Strengthen Economic Security and Mobility
We are working to strengthen the economic security and mobility for those that need it most because when families are economically secure, they can meet their basic needs which leads to healthier communities.
How the history of care work impacts today’s narrative
April 15, 2024Learn how The Maven Collaborative is working to create gender and racial equity via research, advocacy, and narrative change.
Women in the Economy: Survey Findings
April 4, 2024Women in the Economy is a research and action project designed to answer the question: What would the economy look like...
California’s Care Workforce: an overview of needs, opportunities, and challenges
April 4, 2024California’s care sector is at a critical juncture. The state recently developed master plans to address the needs of its...
Forging a Sustainable Future for California’s Direct Care Workforce
February 12, 2024The crisis facing the paid direct care workforce is evident: a rapidly aging population, a critical workforce shortage, poverty-level wages, and poor job quality – all disproportionately impacting immigrants and women of color.
2023: The year in numbers
January 31, 2024In 2023, Blue Shield of California Foundation awarded 70 grants totaling over $17 million to organizations that are working to build lasting and equitable solutions to make California the healthiest state and end domestic violence.
Toward Safety: Understanding Intimate Partner Violence and Homelessness
January 25, 2024To better understand the experiences of survivors of IPV who are experiencing homelessness, the UCSF Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative analyzed data related to IPV in the California Statewide Study of People Experiencing Homelessness (CASPEH).
Care is essential, care is love, and care connects us all
December 1, 2023Care work is skilled work that should be compensated. Care work allows all other forms of work to take place. Care work is vital to our economy.
California Statewide Study of People Experiencing Homelessness
June 23, 2023The UCSF Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative completed this study — the largest representative study of homelessness since the mid-1990s — to better understand homelessness across the state of California.
2022: The year in numbers
January 31, 2023In 2022, Blue Shield of California Foundation awarded 91 grants totaling over $29 million.
Caring for California: Investing in cross-sector collaboration to advance an equitable care economy
November 10, 2022The COVID-19 pandemic has further amplified the fault lines in our systems of care. At the same time, we are seeing hope in policymakers’ increased interest in and attention to the care economy. These developments inspired us to explore opportunities to support similar cross-sector collaboration in California.