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By Alejandra Salgado, Cal Matters, August 20, 2021 El año escolar pasado, Madeline Waters luchó por encontrar una manera de pagar la comida mientras también estudiaba para las clases. Como estudiante de nutrición en Sacramento State, sabía bien lo que saltarse las comidas podría significar para su carrera académica. Así que esta primavera solicitó, una vez más, cupones de alimentos. “Tenía mucha hambre y las células de mi cerebro apenas funcionaban”, dijo. “Estaba tratando de conseguir...

By Genoa Barrow, Center for Health Journalism, August 23, 2021 As a Black female neurosurgeon in affluent Folsom, Dr. Kawanaa Carter is paid well, but has spent the last six months healing the community for free. Armed with the knowledge that African Americans are disproportionately impacted by the pandemic — and the data to back it up — Dr. Carter and other advocates have stepped up to vaccinate thousands throughout the region. They’ve focused on areas like Del Paso Heights, North...

By Michael Tubbs and Libby Schaaf, The Imprint, August 16, 2021 L orrine Paradela is a single mom raising two kids on a tight budget who knows what it’s like to stay up at night worrying about how to pay the bills. She is not alone, particularly since the pandemic, which has put an even heavier economic burden on women of color. What sets her apart is that she had an economic lifeline during the height of the pandemic — an extra $500 a month on top of the income from her job. As a...

By Zaidee Stavely, EdSource, August 24, 2021 As students return to in-person classes, some California teachers are focused on giving English learners lots of time to talk and write about their feelings. In order to learn to speak, read and write fluently in English, those students need many opportunities to practice interacting with their peers in the language. A lot of English learners didn’t get enough of that practice during distance learning. During the pandemic many school districts...

By Steve Pitman, Cal Matters, August 26, 2021 Even before the pandemic, mental health disorders were among the most common chronic illnesses Californians face. The COVID-19 crisis — and the resulting isolation and economic downturn many have experienced — have intensified these challenges. More than one in five American adults reported symptoms of anxiety and/or depressive disorder in the last year — a 20% to 40% increase from the pre-COVID period. The good news is that mental health parity...

From Governor's Office of Planning and Research, July 9, 2021 New state budget investments signed by Governor Newsom on June 28, 2021, expand the state’s funding for preventing and treating Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) by $12.4 million to drive innovative, community-driven research. This additional funding will support seven collaborative demonstration projects total across the state for three years, building on the first round of awards announced by the California Initiative to...

PACEs Connection's Race & Equity Workgroup is examining historical trauma in the United States of America and its impact on American society in a series of virtual discussions. This series, which began in July 2021, highlights each unique region within the United States and outlines how unresolved historical trauma has impacted every aspect of American life and directly shapes the socio-political landscape of today as well as the overall well-being of Americans. The purpose of these...

As schools across the US start the new school year and welcome students back, whether online or in-person, many continue to adapt to the challenges and uncertainty created by COVID-19. Many students going back to in-person learning are adapting to the difficulties that come with entering a classroom for the first time in over a year, and many students continuing distance learning are adapting to being away from their sources of support and resiliency (e.g. classmates, activities, adult...

Rental Assistance Is Now Available for Renters and Landlords Many families are having trouble making rent payments. The COVID-19 pandemic has made it difficult for renters and landlords to cover housing costs. Fortunately, new housing financial assistance is now available. This letter from Aysha E. Schomburg, Associate Commissioner of the Children's Bureau, calls on the child welfare field to spread the word on these emergency rental assistance resources . The Consumer Financial Protection...

By Alejandra Salgado, Cal Matters, August 23, 2021 This past school year, Madeline Waters struggled to find a way to pay for food while also studying for classes. As a nutrition major at Sacramento State, she wasn’t unfamiliar with what skipping meals could mean for her academic career. So this spring she applied, yet again, for food stamps. “I was really hungry, and my brain cells were barely functioning,” she said. “I was trying to get food and I’d fill out the paperwork and I was trying...

Panelists will lead a discussion about how emotional well being strategies have shifted and evolved before and since the Covid19 pandemic.

Por Ana B. Ibarra, Cal Matters, August 16, 2021 El condado de Imperial, ubicado en la esquina sureste de California, aprendió desde el principio lo que significaba ser una zona caliente de COVID-19. El virus arrasó el condado agrícola la primavera pasada y luego nuevamente en el invierno. Aproximadamente uno de cada seis residentes se ha infectado y 745 personas han muerto. Pero el condado de Imperial tiene una estadística que está dando esperanzas a los funcionarios de salud locales: el 86%...