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Student leaders pave the way for change
August 29, 2022Shannon Riley and Lisa Quilan, leaders from Project SPARC, share their experiences reimagining CalWORKS.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 »
Lina's Story: Supporting immigrant child care training in San Diego
March 11, 2022The Steps to Family Child Care Success program (STEPS) program is a 14-week technical assistance program where...Read more »
The California Experience: Lessons From 20 Years of California’s Paid Family Leave Program
October 21, 2021California’s Paid Family Leave (PFL) program provides millions of California’s with access to paid leave to care for...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 »
Changing journalism as a force of change
May 24, 2021A Q&A with California reporters covering economic inequality
Journalism can inform and empower communities,...Read more »
California Future of Work Commission Report: A new social compact for work and workers
March 3, 2021Through its work, the Future of Work Commission identified critical challenges for California to address for work and...Read more »
How Children’s Council of San Francisco is turning family and neighbor child care workers into thriving small business owners
February 16, 2021Healthier, happier childcare workers lead to better outcomes for the children they care for. These conditions improve...Read more »
Connecting the dots: Improving child care workers’ conditions leads to better health, economic stability, and greater equity
November 6, 2020
New grants support Californians whose ‘new normal’ in the pandemic is intolerable
April 15, 2020When I came to the Foundation just a few weeks ago, I was energized to help achieve our bold goal: to make California the...Read more »