Pictured L-R: Senior Government Affairs Strategist Jamie Zamora; Strategic Partnerships Manager Alba Bautista; Community Relations Manager Fabiola Montiel; Policy Analyst Taylor Ferguson; Commissioner Yvette Martinez; Strategic Partnerships Manager Sharon Murphy; Vice...
In the late 1990s, U.S. health maintenance organization Kaiser Permanente conducted a 17,000-person study linking adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) with poor health outcomes later in life. The study, known as the ACE Study, looked at ten specific types of adverse...
October 20, 2019 After leaked language and several...
“If a thing is worth doing, it is...
Six decades ago, Dr. Seuss’s “Green Eggs and Ham” hooked Geoffrey Canada on reading and saved him from a lifetime of poverty in the South Bronx, “one of the wastelands we have in this country,” he said. As he grew older, he found solace from his rough neighborhood in...
Highlights from the October 10 Commission meeting include the approval of two new Strategic Partnerships in the area of Communications, a presentation on the Strategic Plan Refinement (SPR4): 2020-2028 Draft Strategic Plan, and updates on the Early Care and Education...
Pictured L-R: Administrative Assistant Marcy Banuelos; Payroll & Accounts Payable Assistant Marie Estrella; Writer/Editor Anastasia Howard; Financial Planning & Analysis Manager Daisy Lopez; Early Care & Education Program Officer Kevin Dieterle; Family Supports...
In a landmark legislative year...
Ask any public health official and they will tell you that disease eradication through immunization is one of the greatest population-level health achievements in modern history. Deadly diseases like small pox, polio and diphtheria — which at one time killed thousands...
Following the Learners Today, Leaders Tomorrow summit, dozens of Long Beach leaders in business, early childhood and the community gathered at a reception at the Long Beach Marriott with California State Senator Lena A. Gonzalez (D-Long Beach) to discuss how...
