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February 2022

The 2022 CHCF California Health Policy Survey [chcf.org]

By Rebecca Catterson, Lucy Rabinowitz, and Emily Alvarez, Photo: Unsplash, California Health Care Foundation, January 27, 2022 California is home to a diverse population varying by income, age, region, and racial and ethnic background. Annually since 2019, the California Health Care Foundation has conducted a survey of residents’ views on a variety of health care topics, some of which are tracked over time to detect meaningful differences in public opinion. The California Health Care...

India-born Devika Bhushan is California’s top doctor [tribuneindia.com]

By Aditi Tandon, The Tribune, February 3, 2022 India-born Devika Bhushan was on Thursday appointed California’s top doctor after incumbent surgeon general Nadine Burke Harris resigned on Wednesday, following three years in the role. Bhushan, the newly-appointed California surgeon general, is Agra born. She’s the daughter of Indu Bhushan, who set up and steered India’s flagship Ayushman Bharat Mission for annual cashless hospitalisation cover of Rs 5 lakh for over 10 crore vulnerable...

The spa-like atmosphere of ‘calming rooms’ help students find peace in turbulent times [fontananewsroom.com]

By Fontana News Room, Photo: Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times, Fontana News Room, February 7, 2022 When I conjure the image of a typical public school — the bright fluorescent lighting, the hard, unyielding plastic desk chairs and the shrill bells that announce the beginning and end of class — the word “calming” doesn’t exactly come to mind. Combine that with the frenetic energy that comes with 15 to 30 students crammed into a relatively small room all day, and you’ve got a recipe for...

Community schools can reinvigorate learning after Covid — if done right [edsource.org]

By Joel Knudson and Jennifer O'Day, Photo: Liv Ames/EdSource, EdSource, February 7, 2022 A s 2022 begins, educators, students, families and communities continue to navigate a state of prolonged and volatile crisis. The persistent spread of Covid-19 has compounded the challenge of ensuring safe and healthy learning environments. Meanwhile, too many students continue to suffer from the ongoing effects of the pandemic — academically, socially, emotionally and mentally. Community schools may...

A Message from UCAAN's Leadership

A Message from UCAAN's Leadership Dear ACEs Aware family, California Surgeon General Dr. Nadine Burke Harris has announced that she will step down from her position on February 11. It is hard to overstate her influence in catalyzing the statewide movement to identify, address, and overcome the health impacts of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and toxic stress on California's families. In just two years, she worked with the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) to launch...

Scholarships now available for Mind Matters Now!

Has the pandemic stressed you out? Want to learn the self-soothing skills of Mind Matters: Overcoming Adversity and Building Resilience directly from the author, Dr. Carolyn Curtis? Good news! The Dibble Institute has received generous funding for scholarships to the online, full 12-lesson series, Mind Matters Now . The course helps teachers, social workers, medical professionals, and others manage their stress by building resilience skills and practices for mental well-being. (CEUs are...

California’s first surgeon general, Dr. Nadine Burke Harris, resigns [latimes.com]

Dr. Nadine Burke Harris, shown at her home in San Francisco, became the state’s first surgeon general in 2019. (Paul Kuroda / For The Times) By Hayley Smith | Staff writer California’s top physician is stepping down. Dr. Nadine Burke Harris, who became the state’s first surgeon general in 2019, announced her resignation Tuesday, her office confirmed. Dr. Devika Bhushan, chief health officer, will serve as acting surgeon general. Gov. Gavin Newsom thanked Burke Harris for “the impactful...

Governor Newsom proposes dismantling California’s death row [mercurynews.com]

By Jakob Rodgers, Photo: Robert So/Pexels, The Mercury News, January 31, 2022 California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who three years ago placed a moratorium on executions, is moving to dismantle the United States’ largest death row by moving all condemned inmates to other prisons within two years. The goal is to turn the section at San Quentin State Prison into a “positive, healing environment.” Newsom said Monday it’s an outgrowth of his opposition to what he believes is a deeply flawed system, one...

California ready to launch $3 billion, multiyear transition to community schools [edsource.org]

By John Fensterwald, Photo: Allison Shelley/Eduimages, EdSource, January 31, 2022 I n coming weeks, California will embark on a massive undertaking to convert several thousand schools in low-income neighborhoods into centers of community life and providers of vital services for families as well as students. Known as community schools, they will be established over the next seven years. New York and Maryland are among states that are investing in community schools, but California’s $3 billion...

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