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The Reproductive Freedom Alliance Taps its First Leader
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.
New Clinic Is Attempting to Raise Healthier Families
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
Envision Returns to San Francisco with “The Future of Work” JVS’s Annual Gala Celebration
Attendees commemorated 51 years of transforming the California workforce and looked toward a future where all jobseekers have access to quality, lasting careers.
These Tech Tips provide best practices for parents and families to establish healthy and balanced relationships with technology
Parenting in a digital world is hard, but there are things we can do to make it easier.
The Promises and Possibilities of California’s Bi-Furcated Mental Health System
ver the past few years, California has taken
admirable steps towards more robust and
fairer access to the mental health resources
young people need in the midst of an
enormous surge in demand.
Sign Up for the Healthy Masculinities Expert Interview Series
Exposing the harms of restrictive masculinity.
A New Day in Wraparound Services for Foster Children
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.
Is California failing women on maternal care? Cal Matters reports.
Expectant mothers in California have been struggling for years to get the healthcare they need, and a new report from the state auditor underscores just how difficult it is for the state to keep tabs on vulnerable mothers-to-be.
How IsraAID’s evolving programming continues to support displaced communities in Israel
Four months after October 7 2023, almost 218,000 Israelis remain internally displaced. Mostly from communities nearest the Gaza border, many of them experienced extreme violence and loss, and continue to process individual and communal grief, trauma, uncertainty, and stress.
Jim Steyer, CEO of Common Sense Media, talks about their Summit on America’s Kids and Families on the Today Show
Millions of parents who may face challenges around youth mental health, social media, and lack of optimism about the future, were tuning in for advice on how to navigate these complex times.
Stanford VMware Women’s Leadership Innovation Lab and CA Partners Project have produced two playbooks to help corporate boards maximize effectiveness by recruiting and retaining top women directors
This partnership has produced two playbooks to build diverse and inclusive boards.
Nancy Adler, ‘Icon in American Medicine’ and Architect of Health Psychology and Social Determinants of Health, Dies at 77
Nancy will be remembered for her unwavering commitment to social justice. She was a fierce advocate for marginalized communities, using her platform to speak truth to power and dismantle inequities in healthcare.
JVS Celebrates 50 Years of Service. Read about their work across the decades.
As our 50th anniversary year comes to an end, we invite you to take a look back at the legacy JVS and our supporters have built in San Francisco and beyond. We partnered with J. The Jewish News of Northern California to create this special issue containing a collection of articles featuring JVS stories since our inception.
The All-Payer Fee Schedule will roll out in January, making all schools in CA automatically “in-network” for reimbursement of mental health services. Read the overview by the CA Children’s Trust.
Because of the hard work of our team and many of our allies, the All-Payer Fee Schedule makes all schools automatically “in network” for all managed care plans.
SPUR’s Q&A with Jonathon Kass about the Benefits of Making Roads Work for Transit
A recent SPUR report describes the multiple challenges a typical Bay Area bus trip can entail and highlights the ways that bus riders and other transit users often don’t get a fair shake when it comes to transportation investments.
IsraAID providing long-term support to Israel’s displaced communities
IsraAID, Israel’s leading non-governmental humanitarian aid group, is supporting vulnerable and displaced Israeli communities at over a dozen locations across the country.
Homeless Prenatal Program has big plans for San Francisco mothers and families
Homeless Prenatal Program gets pregnant women and families off the street, but only a fraction of those who need it.
How local Jewish orgs are helping Ukrainian and Afghan refugees find jobs
With their home in Kyiv under bombardment by the Russian military, the Ukrainian family fled for Poland. From there, they booked a flight to San Francisco.
Jewish Film Institute Awards Grants to Seven Groundbreaking Projects that Reflect Diversity of Jewish Identity and Experience
The Jewish Film Institute (JFI), the San Francisco-based nonprofit media arts organization and presenter of the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival (SFJFF), announced today the recipients of its fourth cycle of JFI Completion Grants.
Youth-led EPACENTER brings art and hope to East Palo Alto
East Palo Alto often sits in the shadow of Silicon Valley. One place that’s evident is in the options for youth. Only 17% of students have access to art education in school.