Publications

Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a public health crisis in California. Among California residents, 35 percent of women and 31 percent of men report experiencing violence

In 2022, Blue Shield of California Foundation awarded 91 grants totaling over $29 million.

Reports of violence have increased in California over the past several years, but our reliance on criminal justice data to examine the state of violence fails to capture the breadth of abuses experienced or committed by Californians. This survey offers insight into these experiences as reported by a state-representative sample of CA adults.

The 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.

In 2021, Blue Shield of California Foundation awarded 96 grants totaling over $30 million to organizations that are working to build lasting and equitable solutions to make

Violence prevention is a perennially underfunded sector of philanthropy, with subtopics straddling criminal justice reform, gender justice, mental health and more. This paper

Increasingly, policymakers are exploring how disadvantage indices can help guide efforts to dismantle structural discrimination by identifying—and then allocating resources

As the longest standing PFL program in the nation, the California PFL program provides a unique view into the impacts and effectiveness of PFL legislation. This report hightlights key findings from an analysis of the past two decades of California’s Paid Family Leave (PFL) program.

Since the beginning of the pandemic, community-based organizations (CBOs) across California have stepped up to provide resources and services to those in need. This report by

Multi-sector collaboratives (MSCs) are a promising strategy for moving the needle on high-priority health and equity issues. However, given their breadth and long-term

Timely, reliable, accurate information is a life-saving part of an emergency response. Without it, rumors and misinformation can spread, causing not just physical harm, but

This California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal (CalAIM) proposal presents an opportunity to improve the health and well-being of beneficiaries by addressing a major social