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San Joaquin Valley Health Fund Publications

Download San Joaquin Valley Health Fund Participatory Evaluation Technical Assistance Final Reflections and Learnings (.pdf)

Census 2020 in the San Joaquin Valley

This report looks at the grassroots, community-driven outreach strategies implemented by The Center’s funded community partners to increase participation in the census among communities in the southern San Joaquin Valley that have been historically undercounted. The study was conducted by the Equity Research Institute at the University of Southern California and commissioned by The Center.

Download Census 2020 in the San Joaquin Valley (.pdf).

Download San Joaquin Valley Health Fund Participatory Evaluation Technical Assistance Final Reflections and Learnings (.pdf)

San Joaquin Valley Health Fund Participatory Evaluation Technical Assistance Final Reflections and Learnings

This report summarizes the participatory evaluation activities of San Joaquin Valley Health Fund partners and the technical assistance they received, and provides lessons for funders and others who are planning similar approaches to evaluation. This report was written by consultants at Learning for Action. The project was funded by W.K. Kellogg Foundation.

E-mail The Center to request the Participatory Evaluation Technical Assistance report.

Download Guide to Community-First Funder Collaboratives (.pdf)

Guide to Community-First Funder Collaboratives

This guide is intended to help foundations and other funders understand the value of community-led funder collaboratives and take the steps needed to build and implement them. It was written by Harder+Company Community Research and funded by Sierra Health Foundation and W.K. Kellogg Foundation.

E-mail The Center to request the Guide to Community-First Funder Collaboratives.

Read Equity for All: Building the Infrastructure for Change through Community-First Funder Collaboratives (ScholarWorks.GVSU.edu).

Download San Joaquin Valley Health Fund: Its Origins, Progress, and Future (.pdf)

San Joaquin Valley Health Fund: Its Origins, Progress, and Future

This is a companion report to the Guide to Community-First Funder Collaboratives. It provides a full description of the San Joaquin Valley Health Fund model. It was written by Harder+Company Community Research and funded by Sierra Health Foundation and W.K. Kellogg Foundation.

E-mail The Center to request the Origins, Progress, and Future report.

Download Kern County: Geography of Inequity and Opportunities for Action (.pdf)

Kern County: Geography of Inequity and Opportunities for Action

This report looks at the racial and health inequities in Kern County, as well as the power of community organizing for policy and systems change. UC Davis Center for Regional Change conducted the study for the San Joaquin Valley Health Fund with funding from The California Endowment.

E-mail The Center to request the Kern County report.

Download California’s San Joaquin Valley: A Region and Its Children Under Stress (.pdf)

California’s San Joaquin Valley: A Region and Its Children Under Stress

This report documents racial and health inequities and the effects they have on the lives and life chances of families raising children in the San Joaquin Valley. UC Davis Center for Regional Change conducted the study with funding from Sierra Health Foundation and W.K. Kellogg Foundation.

E-mail The Center to request A Region and Its Children Under Stress report.

Download Mapping Opportunity in California’s San Joaquin Valley (.pdf)

Mapping Opportunity in California’s San Joaquin Valley

This report provides a review of inequities faced by San Joaquin Valley residents. Sierra Health Foundation commissioned the study, which was conducted by the UC Davis Center for Regional Change, as a resource and to inform our work through The Center.

E-mail The Center to request the Mapping Opportunity report.