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San Joaquin Valley Health Fund
2018 Policy Platform
Over the last three years, a policy committee A joint meeting of the Leadership Executive
comprised of more than 50 San Joaquin Valley Committee and the SJVHF Policy Committee was
Health Fund (SJVHF) nonprofit leaders has met to subsequently convened to discuss and identify a
accelerate policy and systems changes to improve set of priorities that can advance policy change on
the health and well-being of vulnerable children a larger systems level.
and families and advance racial equity and social
justice in the region.
The San Joaquin Valley Health Fund believes
advocating for a Golden State for All means that
In order to accelerate momentum, residents and we do not leave anyone behind. Our fundamental
local elected officials need to work together. rights derive, irrespective of legal status, from the
Recognizing that, Stockton Mayor Michael D. U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights. As such,
Tubbs and Chet P. Hewitt, President and CEO of we will provide the leadership that some elected
The Center at Sierra Health Foundation, convened officials at the national level have failed to
a Leadership Conference in October 2017 in provide. Together, we are committed to building
Stockton to discuss policy priorities and to create a movement across issues, ethnicities and
a Leadership Executive Committee, comprised of counties so that future generations have a
local elected officials from the Valley advocating healthier future. The Valley is rising!
on a united platform of policy priorities.
The following are policy priorities that build upon
our 2017 Policy Platform.
2018 Policy Platform (H.E.E.L. Framework)
HEALTH EDUCATION
Beginning in 2017, there have been unprecedented According to Update to the California Communities
attempts at the federal level to dismantle the health Environmental Health Screening Tool, Version 3.0,
care gains from recent years. The attacks come at a “[e]ducational attainment is an important element
significant cost to the Valley as we have some of the of socioeconomic status and a social determinant
highest Medi-Cal rates in California. Our community of health.” Valley counties have some of the
clinics have expanded operations thanks to federal state’s highest percentages of populations over
funding streams, and job growth has resulted from 25 years that have not completed high school.
Covered California and other entities placing call Stronger investments in education are required
centers in the region. so that high quality K-12 instruction is prioritized
irrespective of a student’s zip code.
We stand united in our call to:
We stand united in our call to:
1. Increase outreach and support the Affordable
Care Act and Health for All Kids in California to 1. Increase outreach and support for quality early
ensure health and dental care for every childhood education, including preschool
Californian regardless of immigration status and programs that are culturally competent and
geography, i.e., portability across counties customized to meet local community needs,
2. Address the shortage of medical providers and especially in communities that have lacked
specialists in the region through recruitment, access to or underutilized these programs
retention, training and forgiveness of student 2. Ensure literacy for all students by the third grade;
loans literacy instruction must be culturally competent
3. Continue expanding and strengthening Medi-Cal 3. Support school districts to implement the state-
4. Support investments in transition-related health adopted ethnic studies curriculum, including
care for transgender Californians statewide standards and teacher training
5. Advance a broad range of comprehensive 4. Commit to decriminalizing school campuses and
reproductive justice policies implementing restorative justice practices, includ-
ing trauma-informed care, within welcoming,
community-engaged schools and school districts
5. Train teachers and incorporate information on
healthy relationships and dating abuse into
school curriculum as required by the Healthy
Youth Act
6. Prioritize adult education and training for
sustainable workforce development; support
community-based re-entry programs and
increase college accessENVIRONMENT LAND USE PLANNING
According to California Environmental Screen 3.0, By 2050, it is projected that the San Joaquin Valley
the 4 million residents in the Valley face environ- will be home to more than a quarter of California’s
mental challenges (contaminated air, pesticide population. Yet children and families have little
use, hazardous waste generators and facilities) access to green space and safe, healthy places to
and have population characteristics (low educa- play, and there is a dearth of decent and afford-
tional attainment, linguistic isolation, unemploy- able housing. Recent data shows that more than
ment, asthma, low-birth-weight infants), with 82 percent of low-income and extremely low-
some of the poorest scores in the state in these income renters pay more than 30 percent of their
categories. The San Joaquin Valley is in the income on housing, and more than 60 percent of
highest percentile for “high pollution burdens these renters spend more than half their income
and population sensitivities.” on housing. Furthermore, exclusionary zoning
practices exacerbate racial and economic
segregation and contribute to development of
We stand united in our call to: more racially concentrated areas of poverty.
1. Improve the state’s data collection and We stand united in our call to:
management of safe and affordable drinking
water and management of ground water and
sanitation, including small and private wells 1. Prioritize increasing the supply and quality
2. Reduce greenhouse gas emissions and of affordable and sustainable housing and
co-pollutants while ensuring climate change rehabilitation of existing housing through
policies do not steer investments away from incentive availability, housing trust funds
disadvantaged unincorporated and vulnerable and fee reductions
communities 2. Address homelessness, displacement,
3. Develop funding, incentives and technical segregation and gentrification
assistance to encourage widespread adoption 3. Support transit-oriented development that
of child-safe farming practices that promote co-locates housing, jobs and amenities
soil health and clean water and allow the 4. Prioritize existing communities and mixed
community to monitor air quality use, e.g., work, school and play, for smart
4. Support funding, incentives and technical growth and sustainability
assistance to ensure access to safe and 5. Support projects that conserve habitat,
affordable drinking water promote healthy access to green space and
mitigate negative environmental burdensIMMIGRATION
PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS
Immigrants and refugees are critical to California
and are at the heart of the San Joaquin Valley. Thank you to all of the partners who contributed their
time and expertise to developing this policy platform
According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the Valley is over the past several years.
home to more than 3 million people and growing ACT for Women and Girls
at double the state average. Immigrants make up Black Parallel School Board
California Center for Public Health Advocacy
42 percent of the agricultural workforce and 11 California Coalition for Rural Housing
percent of the region’s overall workforce. More California Immigrant Youth Justice Alliance
Californians for Pesticide Reform
than 10 percent of California’s undocumented California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc.
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Stockton
immigrants and more than 13 percent of California’s Center on Race, Poverty & the Environment
DACA-eligible residents live in the San Joaquin Central California Asian Pacific Women
Central California Environmental Justice Network
Valley. Of that population, 55% of undocumented Central Valley Air Quality Coalition
residents are uninsured. Mixed-status families are Central Valley Immigrant Integration Collaborative
Centro Binacional Para El Desarrollo Indígena Oaxaqueño
common. It is estimated that more than one-third Children Now
CLRA Foundation
of undocumented immigrants are living with at least Community Water Center
one U.S. citizen child that is under the age of 18. Congregations Building Community Modesto
Cultural Brokers
Dolores Huerta Foundation
East Bay Asian Youth Center
Education and Leadership Foundation
We stand united in our call to: El Quinto Sol de América
Environmental Justice Coalition for Water
Faith in the Valley
Fathers and Families of San Joaquin
1. Create a legal defense fund for immigrants Focus Forward
Foodlink for Tulare County
facing deportation in every county and all Fresno Barrios Unidos
major cities in the San Joaquin Valley Fresno Immigrant Youth in Action
Golden Valley Health Centers
2. Support full implementation for SB54 to Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice
Greenlining Institute
ensure immigrant rights through the Immigrant Legal Resource Center
enforcement of California laws, and protect Kings Partnership for Prevention, Inc.
Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability
immigrants while they are receiving quality Little Manila Foundation
health care Madera Coalition for Community Justice
Merced Organizing Project
3. Expand One California funding to provide for People and Congregations Together-Stockton
Planned Parenthood Mar Monte
guardianship preparation for families facing Project Prevention Coalition
Public Health Advocates
the possibility of deportation Reading and Beyond
Reinvent South Stockton Coalition
4. Increase the capacity of organizations to provide San Joaquin Immigrant Youth Collective
legal assistance to immigrant families by San Joaquin Pride Center
Sequoia Riverlands Trust
including funding in the One California program Stone Soup
for organizations to complete the Recognition Southeast Asia Resource Action Center
The Source LGBT+ Center
and Accreditation Program of the California The Utility Reform Network
UFW Foundation
Department of Justice
5. Support pathways to citizenship for immigrants
The San Joaquin Valley Health Fund is managed by The Center
and efforts to keep families intact
with funding from Sierra Health Foundation, The California
Endowment, Rosenberg Foundation, The California Wellness
Foundation, W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Blue Shield of California
Foundation, Wallace H. Coulter Foundation, Dignity Health,
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