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TECH/LIFE BALANCE: HELPING FAMILIES THRIVE IN A DIGITAL WORLD
Raising kids today can be overwhelming. In a world dominated by screens, finding balance is key.
Steinberg Institute sponsored Assembly Bill 1907 has been signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom
AB1907 aims to improve the behavioral health of children and youth in the child welfare system across California.
Healthy Birth Day, Inc. chosen as Clinton Global Initiative 2024 Commitment-Maker
Our innovative new AI technology and research project was unveiled this morning in New York at the 2024 CGI Annual Meeting.
Celebrate 10 Years of the Children’s Movement
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.
Bay Area Study Finds Early Childhood Trauma Therapy Can Prevent Serious Disease
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.
UC San Francisco Study finds Child-Parent Therapy Has Biological Benefits for Traumatized Kids
Psychotherapy sessions with caregivers may help prevent serious disease later in life for young children who have experienced significant trauma.
Matching Medicine, Social Justice for the Bay Area’s Black Community
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
Read Children Now’s 2024 California Children’s Report Card
A Review and Roadmap to Improve the Well-Being of California’s Kids.
CA Children’s Trust reports on how the Legislature and Governor have recently agreed to a budget that includes the creation of a bold new rate structure for children in foster care.
The new rates are designed to meet the needs of each individual child, focused on their strengths.
Bill to Fund Stillbirth Prevention and Research, Championed by Healthy Birth Day, Passes Congress
The Senate on Tuesday passed legislation that, for the first time, expressly permits states to spend millions of federal dollars on stillbirth prevention.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
The Maternal and Child Health Stillbirth Prevention Act has passed in the United States Senate by unanimous consent
We are thrilled to let you know the Maternal and Child Health Stillbirth Prevention Act has passed in the United States Senate by unanimous consent.
Wrapping Our Youth With the Supports They Need to Thrive Brief, by the California Children’s Trust
In December 2022, we launched our first in a series of four issue briefs about the opportunities and challenges of providing wraparound services in California. Today we’re excited to release a follow up brief, and the timing couldn’t be more urgent.