I sat down with Dr. Denise Payán, a UC Merced professor, health policy researcher, and the newly appointed Deputy Director of Cal-IHEA. She told me about her work, our role as Cal-IHEA, and what she envisions for us moving forward.
Across the Bay Area and California, people are eager for things to feel normal. But for communities of color hit hardest by the coronavirus pandemic, this crisis has revealed an uncomfortable and urgent truth: “Normal” isn’t working.
The Ending Youth Homelessness Catalyst Group of the UC Berkeley School of Public Health synthesized the latest research on youth homelessness and produced two white papers to inform Gavin Newsom’s Strategic Action on Homelessness. Led by Coco Auerswald, physician, UC Berkeley Professor...Read more about UC Berkeley Researchers Develop Roadmap to End Youth Homelessness in California