This week, the Newsom Administration released the California Master Plan for Aging, a comprehensive framework to prepare the state for significant demographic changes in the years ahead, including the growth of the 60-and-over population to 10.8 million people by 2030. The Master Plan was initiated by an Executive Order issued by Governor Gavin Newsom in…
Read More »California State Auditor Elaine Howle this week released an audit report entitled, “Proposition 56 Tobacco Tax: State Agencies’ Weak Administration Reduced Revenue by Millions of Dollars and Led to the Improper Use and Inadequate Disclosure of Funds.” Auditor Howle determined that the Department of Tax and Fee Administration (CDTFA) did not ensure the accuracy of…
Read More »Children Now is set to release the California County Scorecard of Children’s Well-Being on January 26. The report will include 39 data sets and will be broken out by race and ethnicity, where applicable. Children Now additionally will be offering scorecard technical assistance webinars and trainings following the release of the report. Children Now will…
Read More »The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) this week released its first national strategic plan to address the public health crisis caused by alarming increases in rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in the United States over the past six years. The STI National Strategic Plan 2021-2025 sets national goals, objectives and strategies…
Read More »This week, California Surgeon General Dr. Nadine Burke-Harris issued Roadmap for Resilience: The California Surgeon General’s Report on Adverse Childhood Experiences, Toxic Stress, and Health. The report is the first produced by the Office of the California Surgeon General and serves as a blueprint for how communities, states, and nations can recognize and effectively address…
Read More »The California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) recently announced California’s Title V 2019 Annual Report and 2021 Application is now available on the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) website. The state’s application and annual report are accessible here. The state action plan table is available here.
Read More »The week, the Newsom Administration released the Master Plan for Early Learning and Care: California for All Kids report, detailing a research-based roadmap for building a comprehensive and equitable early learning and care system over the next decade. The plan is anticipated to better assist the state in understanding the challenges families, children, and early…
Read More »On Thursday, the California Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO) published a report providing a high-level summary of state and federal funds expended to date in responding to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The LAO’s report explores state and federal authorities for COVID-19 spending, state, federal, and other funding sources for COVID-19 spending, and the amounts of COVID-19…
Read More »This week, the California Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO) released its analysis of the proposed statewide ballot initiative to limit the government’s role to an advisory capacity during any health crisis. Recall, paperwork was filed with the California Attorney General’s Office in September to begin the initiative process, which will eventually be required to collect 623,212…
Read More »This week, the Essentials for Childhood Initiative (EfC), a project of the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) and California Department of Social Services (CDSS), published a report on adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) in California that provides an overview of data from 2011-2017 collected through the California Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS). The report…
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