The Bay Area Regional Health Inequities Initiative (BARHII), along with partners including the Public Health Advocates, will host multiple equity-focused webinar series over the coming weeks. These webinars include: In the Room Where it Happens: Funding Equity Officer Positions for Emergency Management This webinar will occur on Wednesday, September 22 from 10:00 am to 12:00…
Read More »The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) Injury and Violence Prevention Branch (IVPB) and the Prevention Institute will host a webinar on Wednesday, September 29 from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm. The webinar is entitled, “Preventing Trauma and Suicide during Catastrophic Events and Beyond: Strategies for Preventing Suicide in California.” The webinar will feature presenters…
Read More »ACEs Aware, California’s initiative between the Office of the California Surgeon General and the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS), will host a special webinar highlighting the ACEs Screening How-To Guide and implementation lessons from clinics throughout the state. The webinar will occur on Wednesday, September 29 from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm. The…
Read More »The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) Alzheimer’s Disease Program (ADP) will host a webinar on Wednesday, October 22 from 10:00 am to 11:00 am. The webinar will share information about California’s current activities around Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, including highlights on California’s Alzheimer’s Disease Centers, recent research activities, and local efforts to address…
Read More »This evening, the California Legislature reached the end of the first year of its two-year legislative session. Lawmakers spent the week in floor sessions only, working to advance measures to the desk of Governor Gavin Newsom. This week additionally featured actions on numerous budget trailer bills as part of the 2021 Budget Act. CHEAC will…
Read More »On Thursday, the Newsom Administration announced the next phase of the homeless housing initiative Homekey with the release of $2.75 billion in funds from the 2021 Budget Act. The funding will expand the Homekey program for the purchase and rehabilitation of buildings, including hotels, motels, vacant apartment buildings, tiny homes, and other properties, to convert…
Read More »Today, Governor Gavin Newsom announced the appointment of California Health and Human Services (CHHS) Agency Undersecretary Michelle Baass as the Director of the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS). Ms. Baass will fill the role held by outgoing DHCS Director Will Lightbourne since June 2020. Ms. Baass has been CHHS Undersecretary since 2018 and previously…
Read More »This week, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the availability of over $25 billion in new funding available for ethe health care providers affected by the COID-19 pandemic. The funding includes $8.5 billion in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds for providers serving rural Medicaid, Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), or…
Read More »AmeriCorps, the federal agency for volunteering and national service, has launched the Public Health AmeriCorps. The new program is a partnership between the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to support the recruitment training, and development of a new generation of public health leaders. The program is supported by a $400 million investment…
Read More »Through a combination of actions, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. this week laid a six-point plan for a comprehensive, national strategy to address the COVID-19 pandemic. The president’s plan includes: Vaccinating the Unvaccinated Further Protecting the Unvaccinated Keeping Schools Safely Open Increasing Testing & Requiring Masking Protecting Our Economic Recovery Improving Care for those with…
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