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.

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.

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

The 2025 California County Scorecard of Children’s Well-Being is an interactive tool that delivers a current and comprehensive picture of children’s health, education, and welfare in every one of California’s 58 counties.  

Raising kids today can be overwhelming. In a world dominated by screens, finding balance is key.

AB1907 aims to improve the behavioral health of children and youth in the child welfare system across California.

Our innovative new AI technology and research project was unveiled this morning in New York at the 2024 CGI Annual Meeting.

Some of the Children’s Movement’s accomplishments during its first 10 years – include historic school equity reform, a critical helpline for foster kids, expanded access to health insurance, and securing billions of additional dollars for child care, home visiting and youth mental health.

The study shows that the treatment not only has psychological benefits but is making a difference on a biological level, according to a team of researchers at UCSF.

Psychotherapy sessions with caregivers may help prevent serious disease later in life for young children who have experienced significant trauma.

With a mission to rid children’s care of disparities serving as a personal and professional backdrop, Long has managed to match medicine and public service for more than 20 years

A Review and Roadmap to Improve the Well-Being of California’s Kids.

The new rates are designed to meet the needs of each individual child, focused on their strengths.

The Senate on Tuesday passed legislation that, for the first time, expressly permits states to spend millions of federal dollars on stillbirth prevention.

A nonpartisan coalition of 23 governors working to protect and expand abortion rights has selected its first leader, according to an announcement shared exclusively with the Health Brief.

East Bay’s BLOOM has created an atmosphere that Black families can turn to because workers understand social, cultural, racial challenges they may be facing

Parenting in a digital world is hard, but there are things we can do to make it easier.

Exposing the harms of restrictive masculinity.

The time is now to ensure that all California children involved in child welfare

and in out-of-home placements get universal access to a defined set of

services, at defined costs, in defined models, and with defined outcomes.