More than 1 in 3 women (35.6%) and 1 in 4 men (28.5%) in the United States report experiencing a form of intimate partner violence (IPV) in their lifetimes, and women of color, especially Indigenous and Black women, report this at higher rates.1 Despite the widespread impact of IPV, public...Read more about State Innovation to Prevent the Recurrence of Intimate Partner Violence
The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the adoption of telehealth services for many California health care providers and systems. While many of the flexibilities to telehealth service delivery may remain permanent, the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) proposed removing payment...Read more about Evaluating Medi-Cal Telehealth Policy for Audio-Only Visits Post-Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately impacted California’s essential workers, particularly Latino and Black workers, employed in low-wage industries. In our brief, “Protecting California’s Essential Workforce During the COVID-19 Emergency,” the objective of our analysis is to...Read more about Protecting California’s Essential Workforce During the COVID-19 Emergency
Agricultural workers in California are pressured by their circumstances and employers to keep working in unsafe conditions that increase their susceptibility to contracting COVID-19. Farmworkers should not have to put their lives on the line to maintain the food supply chain....Read more about California's Farmworkers: Essential but At Risk