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Lessons along the way to ending domestic violence and achieving health equity.

"The Guaranteed Income Pooled Fund provides us with the opportunity to invest in a first-of-its-kind statewide initiative that creates a path to economic security, and one that ultimately leads to greater health equity and well-being in communities where it is needed most,” said Asma Day, program manager working to strengthen economic security and mobility at Blue Shield of California Foundation.

Policy shifts help achieve health equity and end domestic violence.

A study by Carolyn Wang Kong, and our own Ana Jackson and Courtnee Hamity, along with Jennifer Green, sheds light on gaps in state health equity data for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander communities, and shows the need for better representation for this fastest growing racial and ethnic group.

Domestic violence is healable and preventable, and our new resource at LetsEndDV.org highlights the visionary work that community and field leaders are taking on to end it.

La fundación ofrece una nueva oportunidad de financiamiento para apoyar los proyectos de California que promuevan enfoques restaurativos y comunitarios para prevenir la violencia doméstica.

This grant will support investments in California to advance restorative, community-based approaches to preventing domestic violence.

Reflections on our shifts in strategy, processes, and people.

Blue Shield of California Foundation is announcing $11.5 million in grants to organizations that are helping to make California the healthiest state

Forging equitable futures for student parents, the cost of childcare in America, and more.

Meaningful progress toward health equity is only possible when the California communities most affected by inequities have the power to set their own prevention priorities — and public systems are prepared to support those priorities.

With another round of investments this week — 32 grants representing nearly $10 million — we are excited to partner with diverse organizations and communities across the state.

Whether highlighting overdue strides in equal pay for AANHPI women, supporting a teen in sharing her experience of an abusive relationship, or sharing strategies for elected officials to do right by child care workers, we offer stories of empowerment in a spirit of linking arms and building a better future together.

During the past two years, three pivotal efforts have emerged in California to shape, name, and resource the world we want to see.

When we are doing our job well as grantmakers, we are empowering people and communities in California to drive the changes they need to achieve health equity and end domestic violence.