Research and Resources

AB 665 Minor Consent Mental Health Services Fact Sheet

A fact sheet to help youth 12 and older better understand their new right, established through AB 665, which allows them to consent to outpatient mental health services and bill their existing Medi-Cal insurance.

Making Medi-Cal Work for Families: Keeping Children Covered

Federal continuous coverage protections significantly reduced coverage gaps for California children, protected access to care for children of color on Medi-Cal and served as a critical tool in improving Medi-Cal’s low preventive care rates. TCP...

Medi-Cal Call Wait Times Survey Report

Keeping Medi-Cal coverage requires a program that works for enrollees. This seminal research found long call wait times and high dropped-call rates in several California counties, as well as examples of stellar customer service that...

Community Health Workers Advancing Child Health Equity: Part II

Our latest brief in partnership with the First 5 Center for Children’s Policy provides an update on Medi-Cal’s community health worker (CHW) benefit implementation, as well as uplifts programs and models across California that are...

9-8-8 Fact Sheet

We are excited to introduce the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline Fact Sheet! The 988 Lifeline provides compassionate, accessible care and support for people experiencing mental health-related distress.

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Federal continuous coverage protections significantly reduced coverage gaps for California children, protected access to care for children of color on Medi-Cal and served as a critical tool in improving Medi-Cal’s low preventive care rates. TCP...

NEW REPORT: Telehealth and Children of Color with Special Healthcare Needs: Lessons from the Pandemic

TCP's new report, Telehealth and Children of Color with Special Health Care Needs: Lessons from the Pandemic, utilizes a community-centered approach to create a policy agenda that centers the lived experiences of families and children...

How Families Can Support their Child’s Social and Emotional Development

Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health (IECMH), also known as social-emotional development, is just as important as physical health to a child’s well-being. Without support, even the youngest kids can suffer from mental health issues,...

Securing Food, Securing Our Health: The Impact of Food Insecurity on Latinx Children & Families

Californian Latinx individuals and families come from a wide variety of backgrounds, making us extremely diverse. Yet food insecurity is a pervasive issue among Latinx communities in California.

Youth-Centered Strategies for Hope, Healing and Health

The Children’s Partnership (TCP) and the National Black Women’s Justice Institute (NBWJI) have just released a report, Youth-Centered Strategies for Hope, Healing and Health, from the Hope, Healing and Health Collective (H3 Collective), a youth-led...

Advancing School-Based Mental Health in California

In its latest brief, TCP provides an overview of key components of ​​school-based mental health models and includes data that demonstrates whole-child approaches to student success that are integral to the achievement of students in...

Bright Smile for a Bright Future: Oral Health for California’s Children

We partnered with the Latino Coalition for a Healthy California to create a two-page fact sheet that includes information to parents and families on why protecting the oral health of their children is important for...

Healthy Mind, Healthy Future

American Rescue Plan: Resources for Families

We developed a comprehensive checklist translated into multiple languages to help parents and families learn more about how to access these benefits.

COVID-19 Vaccines for Children Ages 5-11

The COVID-19 vaccine is now available to kids 5 years old and up. We developed a quick and easy fact sheet with five things families and parents need to know about the COVID-19 vaccine for...