Parents can access beautifully designed, age-appropriate monthly tool kits that make Jewish time tangible and joyful for their children.

This year’s legislative priorities focus on breaking cycles of incarceration, homelessness, and hospitalization for Californians with serious mental illnesses and substance use disorders.

No two senior centers are alike. We visited three very different venues in L.A. to learn how they’re changing for California’s aging population.

Two lawsuits playing out in federal and state courts are accusing Meta, Google and other tech companies of their social media sites being purposefully designed to hook young users, leading to mental health risks.

This major review paper, the first of its kind to summarize the effects of mental and physical health across domains was just released.

The 2026 Report Card grades the State on its performance supporting better outcomes for kids, from prenatal to age 26, across 30 wide-ranging issues affecting them.

Visual storytelling that brings mental health into focus. Catchlight is launching its first issue-specific desk: a three-year visual reporting initiative focused on mental health.

Listen to Chris Bedford in conversation with Charlie Melcher for the Future of Storytelling podcast about redefining museums, their sustainability, and how we can better serve our public.

A milestone achievement in ensuring California’s most vulnerable populations get immediate access to “whatever it takes” mental health care.

Mike’s appointment ensures that the voices of children and families are represented at the highest levels of Medi-Cal decision-making. His leadership will help shape how California’s Medicaid policies and services evolve to better meet the needs of the state’s youngest and most vulnerable populations.

As part of their ongoing commitment to improve youth mental health, Children Now has partnered with Blue Shield California to conduct the BlueSky Youth Mental Health Survey.

Children Now delivered a Children’s Movement Letter signed by more than 380 organizations across California urging Governor Newsom to sign the Digital Assurance Act and keep kids safer online while dramatically helping their mental health.

Since 2005, Tipping Point has invested over $474 million to support the most effective organizations, advance policies that address poverty at scale, and identify and develop new ideas that increase economic opportunity.

Alonzo King’s LINES Ballet dancer makes the case.

Neil Chase, CEO, said “it is deeply meaningful to be cited for this work by people who know better than anybody else what we do and why it matters.”

The landscape of state-funded mental health services has been shifting in California.

CalMatters marks 10 years of nonpartisan, independent journalism that Californians depend on to build a better future.

HR1, which was signed into law on July 4, 2025, will create profound problems for California’s entire health care system and health coverage for children, youth and families.

Wendy Kopp shared with CNBC her ideas on leadership and what needs to change in the way we educate children, including the role of AI. And she made clear there is still a lot of work left to be done.

California’s economic future depends on a skilled workforce capable of adapting to rapid change.