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Understanding Nutrition: A Primer on Programs and
Policies in California is one in a series of primers
offered to assist practitioners and policy leaders in
advancing their basic knowledge of complex social service
systems. This Primer offers a statistical profile of
the weight, dietary practices, and physical activity of
Californians, a review of the relevant federal and state
governmental structures and laws, a description of the
programs supporting nutrition and community food security,
and a review of the key policy issues.
Funding for the Primer was provided by
the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food Stamp Program, an
equal opportunity employer and provider, through the
California Nutrition Network for Healthy, Active Families.
For information about the California Food Stamp Program,
please go to
http://www.dss.cahwnet.gov/foodstamps/ Recommended Citation:
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direct comments about this Primer to
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| Understanding the Child Welfare System in California: A Primer for Service Providers and Policymakers |
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Understanding the Child Welfare System in California: A Primer for Service Providers and Policymakers is one in a series of primers offered to assist practitioners and policy leaders in advancing their basic knowledge of complex social service systems. Funded by the Zellerbach Family Foundation, this Primer and a companion publication on CalWORKs, support the CalWORKs/Child Welfare Partnership Project, which aims to coordinate welfare and child welfare programs in California. Recommended Citation:
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| Understanding CalWORKs: A Primer for Service Providers and Policymakers |
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Understanding CalWORKs: A Primer for Service Providers and Policymakers is one of a series of primers offered to assist practitioners and policy leaders in advancing their basic knowlege of complex social service systems. Funded by the Zellerbach Family Foundation, this Primer and a companion publication on the child welfare system, support the CalWORKs/Child Welfare Partnership Project, which aims to coordinate welfare and child welfare programs in California. Recommended Citation: Kelch, D.R. (2002, November). Understanding the CalWORKs system in California: A primer for service providers and policymakers. Berkeley, CA: California Center for Research on Women and Families, Public Health Institute. Available on the CCRWF website, http://www.ccrwf.org
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| Understanding Child Care:
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Understanding Child Care: A Primer for Policy Makers was developed through the California Working Families Project, a partnership between the California Commission on the Status of Women and the Institute for Research on Women and Families (IRWF), an affiliate of the Center for California Studies. The purpose of Understanding Child Care is to provide a descriptive overview of California’s child care system for state and local policy makers and program managers. Understanding Child Care was authored by Kate Karpilow, Ph.D., formerly the Executive Director of IRWF, and now the Executive Director of the California Center for Research on Women and Families (CCRWF). Understanding Child Care offers an overview of the state and federal agencies responsible for child care and the programs that deliver, finance and regulate services. The primer summarizes some of the professional issues affecting child care providers, particularly in the areas of licensing and wages. The primer also provides background on supply and demand issues and briefly reviews research on cognitive development, often referred to as "brain research." The primer concludes with a synopsis of the barriers and continuing challenges faced by policy makers committed to improving the supply and quality of affordable child care. In addition to Understanding Child Care, the California Working Families Project produced a summary of poll data on public opinion on child care, a summary of legislation for the 1997/98 legislative session, a statistical profile of working families, a list of legislative stakeholders, and a check list of activities to help legislators understand child care in their districts. The project provided background information and analysis for a legislative hearing on child care, held February 19, 1999.
Thanks are extended to the Center for California Studies for their support in making Understanding Child Care available on the CCRWF website. Thanks also to the California Commission on the Status of Women for their considerable support of the California Working Families Project and their dissemination of Understanding Child Care: A Primer for Policy Makers. First printed in February 1999, the primer was reprinted in August 1999, due to a contribution from The David and Lucile Packard Foundation. For more information on Understanding Child Care: A Primer for Policy Makers, e-mail ccrwf@ccrwf.org or call the California Center for Research on Women and Families at (510)559-2696
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| Code Blue: Health Services For Children In Foster Care |
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Through the California Foster Children’s Health Project, more than 30 leaders in child welfare and health care met over a period of six months in 1997-98 to analyze issues and develop recommendations to improve health services for children in foster care. The Project was sponsored by the Institute for Research on Women and Families, an affiliate of the Center for California Studies. The Project was funded in part by a grant from The California Wellness Foundation and through support from The David and Lucile Packard Foundation. Kate Karpilow, Ph.D., now Executive Director of the California Center for Research on Women and Families (CCRWF) served as the Project Director. Terri Carbaugh was the Project Coordinator and Dr. Linda Burden served as the Project Consultant. Code Blue: Health Services for Children in Foster Care summarizes the recommendations and action plan developed by the child welfare and health professionals. First printed in March 1998, the document was reprinted in December 1998, due to support from The David and Lucile Packard Foundation. Code Blue has been read widely by leaders at both the state and local levels. Of particular note, the report was used by advocates to develop legislation sponsored by Assemblywoman Dion Aroner, Chair of the Assembly Health and Human Services Committee. While the Aroner legislation did not pass, agreement was reached to put $2.48 million of general fund dollars into the California Department of Social Services 1999/2000 budget to provide public health nursing expertise to meet the health care needs of children in foster care, a key recommendation in Code Blue. These state funds are matched by federal funds to provide a total of approximately $9.9 million to counties statewide. Code Blue also inspired Andrew Bridge, formerly Executive Director of the Alliance for Children’s Rights in Los Angeles, to organize a partnership of hospitals and health care providers to provide both immediate and long-term health care for foster children. In June 2000, the Health Care Partnership for Children was serving over 600 children, through seven health care providers.
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Thanks are extended to the Center for California Studies for their support in making Code Blue available on the CCRWF website. Thanks also to the statewide Task Force that contributed their time and thoughtful recommendations. A list of the Task Force members is included in Code Blue. For more information on the California Foster Children’s Health Project, e-mail ccrwf@ccrwf.org or call the California Center for Research on Women and Families at (510) 559-2696 To view documents, you will need
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