Align Systems with Community Priorities
Communities understand their needs and strengths best. Supporting them to have more say in which issues get addressed is the best way to build lasting, more equitable solutions to health disparities, domestic violence, or any other societal issue.
Equity in Multisector Collaboration Toolkit
March 23, 2023A comprehensive resource to deepen equity for collaborations. This toolkit focuses on five equity capabilities and...Read more »
Supporting the transformation of California's public health agencies
July 19, 2022California’s city and county public health departments have been transforming themselves in the face of three connected...Read more »
Three factors determine readiness to address domestic violence prevention
March 18, 2022After working for two years with multisector collaborations that take on domestic violence, Program Officer TC Duong...Read more »
2021: The year in numbers
March 16, 2022In 2021, Blue Shield of California Foundation awarded 96 grants totaling over $30 million to organizations that are...Read more »
How California’s Community-Based Organizations Filled the Gaps for Underserved Communities: Meeting the Needs of Racially & Ethnically Diverse Communities During the Pandemic
February 14, 2022Since the beginning of the pandemic, community-based organizations (CBOs) across California have stepped up to provide...Read more »
Using Disadvantage Indices to Guide State Health Equity Efforts: On-the-Ground Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic
September 30, 2021Increasingly, policymakers are exploring how disadvantage indices can help guide efforts to dismantle structural...Read more »
Bold goals, refined strategy: Foundation takes new approaches to fulfilling its mission
September 10, 2021The Foundation recently updated its priorities with three new multidisciplinary tracks to turn California into the...Read more »
Applying the lessons of one pandemic to another
August 23, 2021The echoes of the AIDS crisis have been ringing loudly since the start of COVID-19 pandemic.Read more »
How to leverage federal dollars to advance equity through community councils
May 27, 2021This piece...Read more »
Communities of tomorrow can be free of violence by focusing on prevention today
December 11, 2020We explore five ways communities of the future can prevent domestic violence.Read more »