Author: Jessica Pika

CSSP works to transform systems and strengthen communities by developing and implementing policies and practices that promote justice, advance equity, and eliminate structural bias. We work in a number of different spaces and, consequently, use a number of different methods to communicate with our various audiences. But regardless of what we’re saying or how we’re saying it, we also work to center equity in our communications tools. One recent example is a video series developed by CSSP’s DULCE team.

Photo credit courtesy of First 5 Alameda County The COVID-19 pandemic and economic recession have created significant challenges for young children and their families while also dramatically impacting the budgets and operations of government and community programs that serve young children and families. Nowhere is this truer than the state of Nevada. The gambling and

I’ve been honored to attend the DULCE National Forum this week, during National Public Health Week (NPHW) 2021. Wednesday’s NPHW theme was Strengthening Community, and spending that day with members of the growing national DULCE Learning Network was a perfect fit.

Revamping Medicaid policies to improve young children’s social and emotional health and address health care inequities is particularly critical in California, where over half of children ages 0 to 5 have Medicaid coverage (known as Medi-Cal, in California), and three-quarters are children of color. California ranks near the bottom of the nation on most standard measures of child well-being and access to care.