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Mental Health

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CalMatters and CatchLight are partnering on a three-year initiative to tell powerful stories about mental health in California. We’ll spotlight solutions, personal stories, investigate systems, and bring greater awareness to this historically stigmatized topic. This initiative is supported by:

  • Enlight Foundation
  • 加州医疗保健基金会
  • Flourish Impact Fund
  • Lisa Stone Pritzker Family Foundation
  • Resonance Philanthropies
  • Sarlo Family Foundation
  • Sand Hill Foundation
  • Stuart Foundation
An explanation of nine new California laws taking effect in 2021. Illustration by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters; iStock
加州野火
Nine new California laws explained — each in 1 minute
1. California widens mental health conditions insurers must cover In the past, state law only required treatment for nine serious mental illnesses. Even before the pandemic, more than half of Californians said most people with mental health conditions couldn’t get the help they needed. Some families even dropped private insurance to qualify for treatment in […]
经过 • 12 月 31, 2020
People gather near the cliffs as the sun sets in Isla Vista on Dec. 8 2020. Photo by Max Abrams for CalMatters
学院节拍
To spring break or not? California colleges weigh options as pandemic worsens
Updated 12/21/20 Carlos Acosta’s fall semester at the University of Southern California was a lot more grueling than he expected — and it wasn’t just because of the Zoom classes.  In an effort to minimize travel during the coronavirus pandemic, the university shortened the semester so it ended before Thanksgiving, and didn’t include any multi-day […]
经过 , 和 • 12 月 10, 2020
选举
Meant to clarify, BallotTrax confused some voters
Before 2020, the unassuming “I Voted” sticker was enough to satisfy most voters that their ballot had passed into trusted hands. But this past election, amid California’s plunge into mail-in voting and the Trump administration’s baseless claims of election fraud, the state offered higher-tech assurance: ballot updates sent to voters’ phone and email by BallotTrax, […]
经过 • 12 月 8, 2020

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A partnership with CatchLight, telling powerful stories about mental health in California — spotlighting solutions, personal journeys and systemic issues.
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