Over the last three years, a policy committee comprised of more than 50 San Joaquin Valley Health Fund (SJVHF) nonprofit leaders has met to accelerate policy and systems changes to improve the health and well-being of vulnerable children and families and advance racial equity and social justice in the region.
In order to accelerate momentum, residents and local elected officials need to work together. Recognizing that, Stockton Mayor Michael D. Tubbs and Chet P. Hewitt, President and CEO of The Center at Sierra Health Foundation, convened a Leadership Conference in October 2017 in Stockton to discuss policy priorities and to create a Leadership Executive Committee, comprised of local elected officials from the Valley advocating on a united platform of policy priorities.
A joint meeting of the Leadership Executive Committee and the SJVHF Policy Committee was subsequently convened to discuss and identify a set of priorities that can advance policy change on a larger systems level.
The San Joaquin Valley Health Fund believes advocating for a Golden State for All means that we do not leave anyone behind. Our fundamental rights derive, irrespective of legal status, from the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights. As such, we will provide the leadership that some elected officials at the national level have failed to provide. Together, we are committed to building a movement across issues, ethnicities and counties so that future generations have a healthier future. The Valley is rising!
The following are policy priorities that build upon our 2017 Policy Platform.
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- W.K. Kellogg Foundation
- California Wellness Foundation
- California Endowment
- Rosenberg Foundation
- Blue Shield of California Foundation
- James Irvine Foundation
- Tides
- Sierra Health Foundation Center for Health Program Management
- Wallace H. Coulter Foundation
- Dignity Health
- Hellman Foundation
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- North America / United States (Western) / California / Fresno County
- North America / United States (Western) / California / Kern County
- North America / United States (Western) / California (Northern) / Kings County
- North America / United States (Western) / California / Madera County
- North America / United States (Western) / California / San Joaquin County
- North America / United States (Western) / California / Tulare County
- North America / United States (Western) / California / Stanislaus County
- North America / United States (Western) / California / Merced County