The California Endowment

Health Happens in the Workplace: Employee Wellness Program to Improve Lives and Save Money

Robert Ross | Posted 05.16.2012

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Robert Ross

We know health happens in the workplace, and there is plenty of research now telling us that savings happen with prevention.

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Teaching Gardens are Sprouting

Kelly Meyer | Posted 05.01.2012

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Kelly Meyer

I draw an invisible circle around my body and say, "the environment starts here." To kids living in inner cities where trees and plants are scarce, personalizing the environment is crucial.

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Schools Must Pull Kids in, Not Turn Them Away

Robert Ross | Posted 05.30.2012

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Robert Ross

For each day that a young person is suspended from school, his or her educational attainment experiences a setback.

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Public-private Partnership in California Tackles Obesity, Hunger Epidemics

Araceli Ruano | Posted 04.22.2012

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Araceli Ruano

California's Freshworks Fund serves as a model for an innovative public-private partnership loan fund with the potential to increase access to healthy and affordable food throughout the state.

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Aurelia Fierros

Latino Teens Write Stories Telling Full Tale Of Their 'Hood

HuffingtonPost.com | Aurelia Fierros | Posted 12.14.2011

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In the Latino neighborhood of Boyle Heights in Los Angeles, a group of high school students write and produce a newspaper looking at their own communi...

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An Open Letter To President Obama About The Importance Of The Prevention And Public Health Fund

Robert Ross | Posted 06.11.2011

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Robert Ross

I write to strongly urge you to stand firm in the face of attempts to eliminate or reduce the Prevention and Public Health Fund created by the Affordable Care Act.

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Two Profiles in Courage

Robert Ross | Posted 05.25.2011

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Robert Ross

Community-based nonprofit organizations are struggling for their organizational lives these days. The oppressive economic downturn has made it hard t...

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A Shared Vision of Health

Robert Ross | Posted 05.25.2011

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Robert Ross

We all know to call 911 to reach the fire department. But who do we call to help address the nationwide health crisis we all face?

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