California Endowment

Led by youth, a coalition of community leaders and school officials ends use of Willful Defiance, a catch-all category accounting for 48% of suspensions

More than a dozen public school teachers respond to NRA’s call for armed teachers in our nation’s schools   May 14, 2013 – Los Angeles-- In a new 60 second video released today by The California Endowment, more than a dozen California teachers ...

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (May 9, 2013) – Robert K. Ross, MD, President and CEO of The California Endowment, released the following statement regarding today's announcement that Governor Jerry Brown signed legislation to protect consumers and reform the ...

Program-Related Investments to Support Expansion and Renovation Projects at Community Health Centers in Advance of Affordable Care Act Implementation

Sacramento, CA - The California Chamber of Commerce today released its latest edition of CalChamber News featuring information about Covered California, the state’s health exchange.  Covered California is the first-in-the nation online health ...

State leaders, experts and youth announce policies to reform school discipline, keep kids in school, increase graduation rates and improve health through Affordable Care Act implementation SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California state legislators today ...

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (April 16, 2013) – Daniel Zingale, Senior Vice President at The California Endowment, released the following statement regarding immigration reform:   “The California Endowment applauds efforts by President Obama and the bipartisan ...

Sacramento, CA – In testimony today before the Assembly Select Committee on Delinquency Prevention and Youth Development, California Endowment President and CEO Robert K. Ross, M.D., urged legislators and education leaders to overhaul California’s ...

Three Boys and Men of Color from Sacramento’s Building Healthy Communities to Receive the Health Happens Hero Award During Halftime Ceremony SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The California Endowment, in partnership with the Sacramento Kings, honors three local ...

CHICAGO - Leaders of 26 of the nation’s leading philanthropic organizations met in Chicago this week to consider issues facing boys and men of color in the United States. The gathering was held concurrent with the annual meeting of the Council on ...

(New York, NY – April 8, 2013) Surviving the emotional rollercoaster of adolescence is a double and sometimes triple challenge for Latino/a youth. Culture and tradition complicate universal adolescent issues like anxiety, depression, peer pressure, ...

LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Today, the California Endowment is proud to announce Greg Campbell, Chief of Staff to Assembly Speaker John A. Peréz, as a recipient of the Health Happens Hero Award for raising concerns on behalf of California’s uninsured in the ...

California Endowment Launches Central Valley Leadership and Learning Network for Positive School Discipline; Group Open to All Area Education Leaders Sacramento, CA – The California Endowment announced today that nine Central Valley school districts ...

Council on Foundation and The Communications Network Annouce Receipients of Wilmer Shields Rich Awards for Excellence in Communications

(Boston, MA: March 25, 2013) -- Social Finance, Inc. and Collective Health announced today that The California Endowment has awarded them $660,000 in grant funding to launch a demonstration project to improve the health of low-income children with ...

A clinic designed to educate students and their families about how they can make health happen when communities work together to support active living. Kings center Cole Aldrich will host a basketball skills station teaching participants how to improve their shooting touch

The California Endowment’s WE Connect program, in partnership with Sacramento Building Healthy Communities, HealthCorps, the Intuit Financial Freedom Foundation and local community organizations, continued its campaign to enroll thousands of eligible California residents in affordable health coverage and link them to valuable money saving resources.

The California Endowment (TCE) today announced a $90 million, multi-year plan to increase the capacity of the state’s existing health care delivery system to accommodate newly enrolled Californians under the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare. The investment is part of the Health Happens Here campaign and 10-year plan for Building Healthy Communities by improving employment opportunities, education, housing, neighborhood safety, unhealthy environmental conditions, access to healthy food and more.

LOS ANGELES, CALIF. (Mar. 12, 2013) – Today, The California Endowment released “Dreaming of Health Care”, a video made in partnership with a group of Californian undocumented youth. The groundbreaking 60-second spot, airing on television and online ...

Los Angeles, Calif. (March 11, 2013) – Daniel Zingale, Senior Vice President of The California Endowment, released the following statement regarding the recent court decision to invalidate New York City’s ban on large sugary drinks: “Big Soda is ...