How a Public-Private Collaboration Is Providing Shelter for Homeless Students in California

How a Public-Private Collaboration Is Providing Shelter for Homeless Students in California

Blue Shield of California is supporting California’s ambitious Homekey program to provide housing for people experiencing homelessness in the Golden State. For some students, it’s been transformative.

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Band-Aids Aren’t Enough: How One Foundation Is Embracing a Broader Definition of Healthcare

Band-Aids Aren’t Enough: How One Foundation Is Embracing a Broader Definition of Healthcare

Health funders are increasingly making grants that speak to broader social determinants of health. At the Blue Shield of California Foundation, Carolyn Wang Kong wants to push the field to go even further.

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A California Funder Backs a Unique Approach to Ending Domestic Violence: Getting Men Involved

A California Funder Backs a Unique Approach to Ending Domestic Violence: Getting Men Involved

The Blue Shield Foundation of California and PolicyLink’s Alliance of Boys and Men of Color are going after the root causes of domestic violence with a unique initiative that supports healing rather than punitive approaches.

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“Idea Generators.” Why This Health Foundation is Investing in Senior Fellows

“Idea Generators.” Why This Health Foundation is Investing in Senior Fellows

Blue Shield of California Foundation is looking to step up its game, bringing “new kinds of solutions and approaches” to complex health and equity challenges. As part of that push, it’s created a new fellowship program.

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Progress Is Possible: How These Funders Are Tackling Gun Violence

Progress Is Possible: How These Funders Are Tackling Gun Violence

While yet another mass shooting is unlikely to bring a strong federal response, the good news is that funders and advocates are doing more to tackle gun violence at the local level, including in California. 

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Why Care Integration Is a Top Priority of This California Health Funder

Why Care Integration Is a Top Priority of This California Health Funder

Like other funders right now, Blue Shield of California Foundation is hot on the trail of ways to deliver better healthcare at a lower cost. And like many, it seems greater coordination as the key. 

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