Childrens Partnerhip (TCP)

In 2023 we used research, policy and community engagement to advocate for child health equity in California. We launched a focus group project to hear from dozens of California families about their experiences with medi-cal. We co-sponsored five state bills focused on youth mental health, early childhood development and parent supports, health care access, and housing justice, and two were signed into law. We launched a significant policy and community engagement effort to help families maintain steady health coverage as protections from The covid-19 public health emergency began to unwinding, risking gaps in coverage for up to 1,000,000 California kids. We co-led a multi-racial, multi-sector coalition, The whole child equity Partnership, together with catalyst California, to unite around a shared agenda for California's diverse, young children. We partnered with 10 bipoc-led organizations to update our a child is a child fact sheet series to uplift protective factors and highlight health inequities of children from lgbtq+, immigrant and bipoc communities. We launched a multi-million dollar Partnership with The state to support eight high schools as pilot sites for youth mental health peer-to-peer programs, building off youth activism and our hope, healing and health collective work. We shared power by redistributing $850,000 to families and community partners to uplift their leadership and expertise, and distributed information to more than 8,000 community members this year.