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LATEST NEWS FROM THE NETWORK
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How Rural Communities Can Fill Care Gaps for Children with Disabilities
December 06, 2024
Amidst a nationwide shortage of pediatric subspecialty physicians, families caring for children with special health care needs in rural areas are often forced to travel long distances for care.
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In the Eastern Sierra, Therapists Are Expanding Access to Mental Health Care
November 04, 2024
The majority of counties in the rural north, Central Valley and the Eastern Sierra have fewer than 243 providers per 100,000 people.
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Many Rural Californians Still Lack Abortion Access. Here Are Solutions
October 28, 2024
Two years ago after California voters overwhelmingly decided all residents should have access to reproductive health care, including abortion, residents in many parts of the state still struggle to access it.
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Punjabi Residents in the Central Valley Find a Lifeline in a Community-Led Health Program
August 15, 2024
While some Punjabi residents own farmland or other businesses and have built successful careers, others — particularly older and more recent immigrants working low-wage jobs — struggle to access critical health services and basic necessities.
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How to Get Medical and Education Services When You Don’t Speak English
February 12, 2024
Almost half of California residents speak a language other than English at home, most often Spanish. The Report spoke with disability rights experts and parent advocates about what these families need to know about their rights when accessing health care and special education services.
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For Medically Fragile Kids, Access to Palliative Care Depends on Family Resources
June 07, 2023
Systemic failures such as a shortage of places that offer palliative care services for children, and also a shortage of physicians who do this work, lead to long wait times and administrative hurdles.
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‘I Had Already Walked That Road:’ How One Woman Is Helping Survivors of Violence
May 02, 2023
California has some of the strictest laws in the country aimed at protecting survivors from this danger. Yet enforcement of these laws has often failed to measure up.
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Can Cash Payments Improve the Health of Pregnant People and Children?
March 27, 2023
Guaranteed income programs across California are working with pregnant women and families in an effort to break the cycle of poverty-driven health disparities. Pregnant women and their babies are especially vulnerable to the effects of stress, which is often tied to poverty and exposure to violence.
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