The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) this week announced a partnership with actor Tyler Perry to continue educating California residents about the safety and importance of COVID-19 vaccines. The partnership is part of the state’s “Let’s Get to ImmUnity” public education campaign designed to inform Californians about COVID-19 vaccines. CDPH will distribute a series…
Read More »This week, the Office of Governor Gavin Newsom announced the state reached a significant milestone as part of California’s COVID-19 Rent Relief Program for residents who have suffered financial hardship due to the COVID-19 pandemic. California has obligated more than $1 billion in funding in rent and utility assistance to assist over 74,000 additional households…
Read More »California State Auditor Elaine Howle issued a report this week warning the state may be at risk of losing millions of unobligated federal funds intended for rent and utility assistance amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The report comes as part of the state’s high-risk audit program. Recall, in August 2020, the auditor designated the state’s management…
Read More »Today, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced a $2.1 billion investment to improve infection prevention and control activities across the U.S. public health and health care sectors. The investment, made possible through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), seeks to strengthen and equip state, local, and territorial public health departments and…
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…
Read More »This week, Governor Gavin Newsom announced during a visit to a vaccination clinic in Alameda County that more than 80 percent of eligible residents ages 12 and older have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. During his visit to the clinic on Tuesday, Governor Newsom urged unvaccinated residents to receive their vaccine…
Read More »The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) today announced jurisdictions in the San Joaquin Valley Region have met the established threshold to enter COVID-19 surge protocols, pursuant to the State Public Health Officer Order issued on August 16. The San Joaquin Valley Region becomes the first region in the state to trigger the state’s order…
Read More »The Milton Marks “Little Hoover” Commission on California State Government Organization and Economy, an independent state oversight agency, recently issued a report entitled, “COVID-19 and Children’s Mental Health: Addressing the Impact.” The report discusses the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic on child and adolescent mental health, as well as highlights challenges in student mental health…
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