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A majority of California children are failing to meet educational standards, according to this year’s County Scorecard on Children’s Well-Being. Researchers from the nonprofit Children Now have published the scorecard every other year since 2008, so policymakers from all 58 counties can track progress over time. Kelly Hardy, senior managing...
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Lack of diversity in the medical field is a big problem. Data show fewer than 6% of active physicians in the U.S. are Black and fewer than 7% are Hispanic, so Cedars-Sinai Medical Center is working to diversify across the campus. The Next Generation Healthcare Pathways program offers a 10-week paid...
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New research shows Indigenous youth comprise more than a third of the children in Montana’s foster care system, despite making up a far smaller segment of the state’s overall population. Researchers said addressing the problem is challenging. Data from the National Center for Juvenile Justice show the number of Indigenous...
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Selen Ozturk Ethnic Media Services Aunque el número de californianos que viven con Alzheimer casi se duplicará a 1,1 millones dentro de veinte años, quienes viven en áreas rurales y remotas enfrentan grandes desafíos para acceder a la atención. En comparación con las comunidades urbanas, estos californianos rurales luchan...
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Selen Ozturk Ethnic Media Services Although the number of Californians living with Alzheimer’s will nearly double to 1.1 million within twenty years, those in rural and remote areas face major challenges to accessing care. Compared to urban communities, these rural Californians struggle to access preventative services, including screenings, diagnostic...
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Selen Ozturk Ethnic Media Services A year ago, with the end of the federal COVID-19 emergency, California started redetermining eligibility for the one out of three of its residents on Medi-Cal, its version of Medicaid. At a time when many states are using this process to drop Medicaid members...
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Sunita Sohrabji Ethnic Media Services La tradición de cuidar a los padres ancianos está arraigada en la cultura asiática. Pero los AAPI de segunda generación enfrentan múltiples desafíos al cuidar de sus padres inmigrantes, incluida la falta de apoyo, finanzas y simplemente tiempo. En su informe de 2020: “Asiáticos...
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Sunita Sohrabji Ethnic Media Services The tradition of caring for one’s aging parents is embedded in Asian culture. But 2nd generation AAPIs face multiple challenges in caring for their immigrant parents, including a lack of support, finances, and just plain time. In its 2020 report: “Asian Americans 65 and...
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Los defensores de las familias de acogida están presionando a los legisladores para que salven el Sistema de Respuesta Urgente Familiar del corte presupuestario. California enfrenta un déficit de $37.9 mil millones y la propuesta inicial del gobernador Gavin Newsom reduce a cero el presupuesto de $30 millones del...