September Mailing

Meeting materials

• Agenda
• Jason Romero and Gigi dePourtales,
  National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
• Frank Tamborello, Hunger Action LA, Let's Talk about Redistricting

October Mailing

Meeting materials

• Agenda
• Speakers: Jasmine Gaytan & Culeshia Okoli, Victim Services Los Angeles County District Attorney's Bureau of Victim ServicesFamily Violence Division - "Helping victimes become survivors"

November Mailing

Meeting materials

December Mailing

No meeting this month

May Mailing

Meeting materials

• Agenda
• DHCS FY 2025-26 May Revisions Budget Highlights 5-14-25
• Governor’s May Revise Budget 2025
• Meeting chat

June Mailing

Meeting materials

• Agenda
• GA Foods presentation – Carolina Jantac, MS, RD, LD Director of
  Clinical Nutrition. With her, Janet Uy, MHA, Director of Healthcare Partnerships
• Mom's Meals presentation - Brianna Moncada, RDN
• Project Angel Food presentation - Nancy Lopez, MPH, Program Manager and Alyssa Baldino, MPH, RD, Associate Director of Nutrition Services and Therapeutics
• Project Angel Food Meals & Nutrition Counseling
• Community Supports MTM Referral Form
• Meeting chat

July Mailing

Meeting materials

• Agenda
• Lucy Quacinella, Multiforum Advocacy Solutions, Devastating State and Federal Budget Cuts: What now?
• Brief CalFresh and Medi-Cal Updates Marcela Marquez & Liz Ramirez - Two-year statewide able-bodied adults without dependants time limit waivers rescinded
• Meeting chat

August Mailing

No meeting this month

January Mailing

Meeting materials

• Agenda
• Governor's proposed State Budget for FY 2025-2026
• Alert – Medi-Cal Plan Enrollment for Newborns
• Health Care Practice Tip – January 2025 Accessing Health Care After Surviving a Disaster
• Meeting chat

February Mailing

Meeting materials

• Agenda
• Non-Compliance with Medi-Cal Eligibility Requirements and the Elimination of the Requirement to Apply for Other Benefits
  
• Medi-Cal's Medically Tailored Meal Program Los Angeles County Health Plans
• CalAIM Community Supports
• CalAIM Community Supports in each county
• Current and Former Foster Care supports - English and Spanish
  

March Mailing

No meeting this month

April Mailing

Meeting materials

• Agenda
• Meeting chat
• Denim Day 2025 is Wednesday, April 30th!

September Mailing

Meeting materials

• Agenda
• Medi-Cal & Medi-Cal Access Program (MCAP)
• ZOOM MCHA Monthly Meeting - watch the recording
• Meeting chat notes

October Mailing

Meeting materials

• Agenda
• The California Breast Cancer Research Program and Household Workers' Health
• CalFresh Add New Born Flyer
• Legislation - 2024 - WCLP
• Breast Cancer in Los Angeles and Prevention with Promotoras
• MC Billing on Mom's card eligibility
• New Flyer! October SIDS Awareness Month
• NICHD_STS_2022_Handout_English508_0
• NICHD_STS_2022_Handout_Spanish508
• AAP ArticSafe Infant Sleeping Environment
• SaferCAInvite2024 childhood and youth injury prevention action plan conference QR
• SIDS virtual invite Flyer
• meeting chat notes

November Mailing

Meeting materials

• Agenda
• Coalition Letter to OSG
• Health advocates call state plan on maternal deaths burdensome - Los Angeles Times
• MarchofDimesReportCard-California
• 2024 March of Dimes Report Card United States
• State DHCS's Medi-Cal Birthing Care Pathways project:

• State Auditor:
• State Auditor's 2023 report on comprehensive perinatal services under Medi-Cal:
• State Auditor's Recommendations and status of implementation by DHCS and CDPH:
• Meeting chat
• 2025 CalFresh Income Inserts
• English Income Inserts FFY2025 ADA FINAL
• Spanish Income Inserts FFY2025 ADA FINAL
• Hmong Income Inserts FFY2025 ADAFINAL
• Vietnamese Income Inserts FFY2025 ADA FINAL
• Chinese Income Inserts FFY2025 ADA FINAL
• Russian Income Inserts FFY2025 ADA FINAL
  
  
  

  
  

December Mailing

Meeting materials

May Mailing

Meeting materials

• Agenda
• Quality of Life for Families conf brochure FIN
• Newborn Enrollments MCHA May 2024
• Guest Speaker: Lucy Quacinella, Multiforum Advocacy Solutions The State Budget - May Revise Getting Ready for Hospital Newborn Enrollments in Medi-Cal presentation

June Mailing

Meeting materials

• Agenda
• Speakers:
  Blanca Vargas, MPA, RDN, Senior Manager of Operations
  Cindy Clapp, MS, RDN, IBCLC, Deputy Director of Breastfeeding Services Sagrario Nielson, MS, RDN, Deputy Director of Nutrition Services and Projects presentation

July Mailing

No meeting

August Mailing

Meeting materials

• Agenda
• Health Impacts from Extreme Heat Dehydration and How You Can You Take Action English & Spanish
• Physicians for social responsibility -LA - heat relief 4 LA
• Cooling resources - English
• Cooling resources - Spanish
• Meeting chat notes

January Mailing

Meeting materials

• Agenda
• Guest Speaker – Linda Nguy, Associate Director of Policy Advocacy Western Center on Law and Poverty “California’s State Budget Proposal – What’s Ahead?”
• Organizations helping with Kaiser coverage
• For children and adults truly above the Medi-Cal limits, Kaiser Community Health Plan (KCHP) English & Spanish
• CalFresh Alert: Replacement of Electronically Stolen CalFresh Benefits for Thefts Between 10/1/2022 and 11/30/2023: English - Spanish - Chinese - Vietnamese - Armenian

February Mailing

Meeting materials

• Agenda

March Mailing

Meeting materials

• Agenda
• Women's Health - Trends and Updates by Lynn Kersey, MCHA
• Women and Girls Leadership and Wellness Summit Flyer
• Quiz: How Much Do You Know About Women’s Health?
• California bills and policy to watch for! 
•  

April Mailing

Meeting materials

• Agenda
• Zoom Monthly Meeting, with presentation slides
• Hotter Days, Higher Costs
  The Cooling Crisis in America's Classrooms
• 2023 Climate Accountability Legislative Briefing Book
  For State and Local Leaders
• Los Angeles County's Climate Cost Challenge The Center for Climate Integrity A $12.5 Billion Bill to Protect Communities Through 2040
• The Power of Persistence - The Fight to End Neighborhood Oil Drlling in Los Angeles
• Oil & Gas Extraction & Women's Health

September Mailing

Meeting materials

• Agenda
• BAILA MC Expansion Invitation Flyer
• Abortion is Healthcare Training flyer 9-23
• Health Care Practical Support Navigator - Sept 2023
• ZOOM MCHA Monthly Meeting - watch the recording (Passcode: 9G3=DZpr)

October Mailing

Meeting materials

• Agenda
• AE Update October 2023
• COLA CalFresh FY2024 English Flyer
• COLA CalFresh FY2024 Spanish Flyer
• Walgreens Rewards Donation Video
• From the Office of Violence Prevention:
• OVP MCHA Presentation 10_19_23
• OVP Teen Mental Health Summit Info Flyer_100623 (Final)
• OVP 2023 Supporting Children
• Understanding emotional stress
• (Spanish)Understanding emotional stress
• (Simplified Chinese)Understanding emotional stress
• (Traditional Chinese)Understanding emotional stress
• 06232023_GVP Flyer
• 08282023_MythBuster_FINALFINAL
• 10062023_GVP Teach In at CDU_Final
• 0112023_Figuring out the Right Tool Firearm Safety and Restraining OrdersV2 aw
• ZOOM MCHA Monthly Meeting - watch the recording

November Mailing

Meeting materials

• Agenda
• Guest Speaker: Adriana Diaz, MPH,
  “Vaccines During Pregnancy”
  Senior Health Program Analyst, Prenatal and Pediatric Immunization Units Lead, Vaccine Preventable Disease Control Program Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
• Medi-Cal's Medically Tailored Meal Program (MTM)
• AE Update October 2023 - 11-13-23
• ZOOM MCHA Monthly Meeting - watch the recording

December Mailing

No Meeting this month

May Mailing

Meeting materials

• Agenda
• May Revise FY 2023-2024
• Renewals-- full breadth & 12-month post-pregnancy 5-8-2023
• From Chronic Stress to Consistent Self-Care

June Mailing

Meeting materials

• Agenda
• DHCS-Medi-Cal-Community-Supports-Supplemental-Fact-Sheet
• CalAIM Community Supports - Los Angeles County
• Zoom MCHA Monthly Meeting recording = Passcode: V.8VVqdp

July Mailing

Meeting materials

• Agenda
• Group B Strep - Resource List
• More Mothers Are Dying. It Doesn’t Have to Be This Way
• Get Help Applying for Free or Low-Cost Health Coverage
• Association of Increasing the MinimumWage in the US With Experiences of Maternal Stressful Life Events

August Mailing

No Meeting this month

January Mailing

Meeting materials

• Agenda
• Health Issues FY 2023-24 State Budget for MCHA Jan 17

February Mailing

No Meeting this month

March Mailing

No Meeting this month

April Mailing

Meeting materials

• Agenda
• Guest speaker: Sylvia Castillo
  Director, Government + Community Affairs
• Guest speaker: Maria Griglio, Directing Attorney
  Family Support & Advocacy Center
  Children's Law Center of California
• FSAC Flyer color
• Spanish FSAC

September Mailing

Meeting materials

• Agenda
• Guest Speakers: Faith Raider Chief, Communications and Education Unit and Setie Asfaha Health Program Specialist, Genetic Disease Screening Program, California Department of Public Health
• California Prenatal Screening Program - What Is Right for You?
• Programa de Detección Prenatal de California - ¿Cuál es la mejor decisión para usted?
• Speaker Materials and Evaluation Link – Prenatal Screening Program
• A Few Good Bills
• Pregnancy and Prenatal Screening for Birth Defects
• Health Care Legislation Affecting Low-Income Consumers as of September 13, 2022
  

October Mailing

Meeting materials

• Agenda
• MCH-Related Legislation 2022 10-19-22
• Will Barrett,  National Senior Director | Advocacy, Clean Air American Lung Association - Yes on Prop 30
• Yes on Measure ULA Slide Deck
• Yes on Measure ULA Website
• Volunteer for Yes on Measure ULA

November Mailing

Meeting materials

• Agenda
• Guest Speaker: David Pisani, Director, Advocacy and Government Affairs, March of Dimes MOD 2022 maternity Care desert state highlights- california
  
• MOD 2022 March of Dimes Report Card-California

December Mailing

No Meeting this month

May Mailing

Meeting materials

• Agenda
• Access full Medi-Cal benefits

June Mailing

Meeting materials

• Agenda
• Sagrario Nielsen MS RDN Deputy Director Nutrition Services & Projects PHFE-WIC
• YouTube Recording of speaker
• COVID Eviction Protection 4-4-2022

July Mailing

Meeting materials

• Agenda with speaker resources
• Additional Resources from ACCESS RJ

August Mailing

No Meeting this month

January Mailing

Meeting materials

• Agenda
• New Managed Care Rule Starting January 1
• Lucy Quacinella, Multiforum Advocacy Solutions, What's in the Governor's Proposed State Budget for FY 2022-2023?
• Analysis of Governor Newsom’s 2022-2023 California Budget Proposal – Western Center on Law & Poverty

February Mailing

Meeting materials

• Agenda
• New Special Enrollment for 150% FPL
• Susie Baldwin, MD, MPH
  Elizabeth Tapia, MPH Candidate, Intern, Office of Women’s Health, Women's Heart Health and Inequities presentation
• Focus on women’s heart health

March Mailing

Meeting materials

• Agenda
• Revised Emergency Fill Quantity Limit and Frequency Policy
• Sylvia Castillo Associate Director,
  Government + Community Affairs
  Essential Access Health
  State and Local Women's
  Health Update presentation

April Mailing

Meeting materials

• Agenda
• ACWDL #21-15 Postpartum Care Extension 8-6-21
• MEDIL #I21-13 -Postpartum Care Extension Implementation Aug 31, 2021
• MEDIL Errata I21-13E - Postpartum Care Implementation 2-24-22
• 2022 Peace Over Violence External Referral Sheet - agency use only, not client directly
• Rally Weds April 27!
  
• VAWA-2013-Packet
• MCHA Monthly meeting - 50 + Medi-Cal
• Access full Medi-Cal benefits during pregnancy and 12 months after4-29-22
  

September Mailing

Meeting materials

• Agenda
• An Update on SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 and Variants - Timothy Brewer, MD, MPH Departments of Medicine & Epidemiology UCLA
• Baby Safety Month and COVID

October Mailing

Meeting materials

• Agenda
• Mike Odeh, Director of Health Policy
  Children Now “The Future of Medi-Cal for Kids” – changes in 2022 with CalAIM and Medi-Cal
• Planning for a Healthy Home, Body and Baby
• Restricted and Pregnancy Scope & PHE-- 10-08-2021
• UCLA PHHBB English 8.5x11
• UCLA PHHBB English Wallet Card Cover
• UCLA PHHBB English Wallet Card Inside
• UCLA PHHBB Spanish 8.5x11
• UCLA PHHBB Spanish Wallet Card Cover
• UCLA PHHBB Spanish Wallet Card Inside

November Mailing

Meeting materials

• Agenda
• Emergency and Pregnancy Medi-Cal During and After the COVID Public Health Emergency
• Lucy Quacinella, JD, Multiforum Advocacy Solutions:  Updates on pregnancy coverage in Medi-Cal and MCAP 11-18-2021

December Mailing

No Meeting this month

May Mailing

Meeting materials

• Agenda
• Editorial - LA Times 5-20-21
• May is CalFresh Enrollment Month - ACWDL
• MCHA Monthly Meeting-- May Revise Outline May 2021

June Mailing

Meeting materials

• Agenda
• Guest Speaker: Stella Kim, Project Manager Oral Health Collaborative Consortium UCLA School of Dentistry Community Oral Health Improvement Plan – Update
• LACDPH_COHIP
• Guest Speaker– Pina Hernandez, Outreach Manager, PHFE WIC WIC - Summer Increase in Fruits and Vegetables
• AC Dental Deserts One Pager 2021

July Mailing

No Meeting this month

August Mailing

No Meeting this month

January Mailing

Meeting materials

• Agenda
• State Budget Presentation for MCHA Jan 21, 2021

February Mailing

Meeting materials

• Agenda
• COVID 19 TENANT
  PROTECTIONS - AB 3088, AND SB 91 - presentation
• DACA -  Immigration Drive In Forum

March Mailing

Meeting materials

• Agenda
• The American Rescue Plan: What Advocates for Older Adults Need to Know
• Public Charge Update: What Advocates Need to Know Now March 18th, 2021
• Guest Speaker: Susan Flores, Senior Policy Coordinator, California Pan Ethnic Health Network - Medi-Cal Dental Statewide Stakeholder Meeting
• Covered California, Community Leaders and Health Plans Highlight Key American Rescue Plan Provisions and Lay Out a Roadmap to Lower Premiums and Help Millions Get Covered
• MCHA Welcome Baby: March Virtual Event - available for expecting women in L.A. County planning to deliver at MemorialCare Miller Children's & Women's Hospital Long Beach or St. Mary Medical Cente
• MCHA Welcome Baby -  learn more about the FREE services the Welcome Baby program has to offer to expecting and parenting families in Los Angeles. Drop by to learn about the free resources and support available to you
• MCHA Welcome Baby - Spanish Session Thursday March 25th - ¿Estás embarazada y vives en el condado de Los Angeles? Permitenos apoyarte a ti y a tu familia.
  

April Mailing

Meeting materials

• Agenda
• Build Back Boldly Senate Democrats Budget Priorities
• Guest Speaker:
  Dr. M. Lynn Yonekura, MD
  Executive Director, LA Best Babies Network Director of Community Benefits, Calif Hospital Medical Center
• COVID-19 Vaccines and Pregnancy: Conversation Guide for Clinicians
• ACOG Practice Advisory: Vaccinating Pregnant and Breastfeeding Patients Against COVID-19
• From ACOG: Coronavirus (COVID-19), Pregnancy, and Breastfeeding: A Message for Patients
• MCHA Monthly Meeting 4-15-2021 - Links and information from Chat box

September Mailing - no mailing

Meeting materials

• Agenda
• Medi-Cal Program
  Protections During
  the COVID 19
  Pandemic
• New Medi-Cal & MCAP
  12-Month Eligibility Extension
  After the End of Pregnancy
• Medi-Cal and the Medi-Cal Access Program (MCAP) Launch
  12-month Post-Pregnancy Mental Health Expansion on
  August 1, 2020
• What is Healthy Families America?

October Mailing

Meeting materials

• Agenda
• Medi-Cal and COVID 9-28-2020 Final
• Breast Cancer and DV Awareness Month
• Protections-During-a-Public-Health-Crisis 10-15-20
• David Holtzman, volunteer for League of Women Voters, Los Angeles"California State Ballot Measures powerpoint

November Mailing

Meeting materials

• Agenda
• Physician–patient racial concordance and disparities in birthing mortality for newborns
• March of Dimes – Prematurity Prevention
• March of Dimes 2020 Supplemental Report Card California

December Mailing

No Meeting this month

May Mailing

No Meeting

June Mailing

No Meeting

July Mailing

No Meeting

August Mailing

No Meeting

January Mailing

Meeting materials

• Agenda
• Western Center Reaction To Governor Newsom's Proposed 2020-2021 Budget
• Interventions to solve homelessness
• CSH - About Supporting Housing
• Considerations for Medi-Cal's Young Adult Expansion
• CA 2020 New Lawas
• Funding Sources
• CA State Auditor - Report 2019-105

February Mailing

Meeting materials

• Agenda
• Guest speaker: Gabrielle Lessard Senior Policy Attorney National Immigration Law Center Update on Public Charge
• Expanding Access to Doula Care: State of the Union
• Community doula town Hall

March Mailing

No Meeting

April Mailing

No Meeting

September Mailing

Meeting materials

• Agenda
• Guest Speaker: Pina Hernandez Outreach Manager | PHFE WIC Find out when and where the new WIC Card will roll out!
• Guest Speaker: Donald Nollar, Public Charge Update and Discussion
• Are you affected by the public charge rule?
• Public charge and our collective health
• Help us reshape the future of historic general hospital - community meeting
• LA County voting revolutionized
• WCLP health care legislation affecting low income families
• LAC DPH Substance abuse prevention and control campaign
• How can East LA Women's center help me - free services
• Families grow healthy with WIC - providers list
• East LA Women's center Mujeres de paz candlelight vigil
• The childrens clinic - Celebrate families festiival

October Mailing

Meeting materials

• Agenda
• Guest Speaker: R.J. Dreiling
  Deputy District Attorney
  Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office
  Family Violence Division
• As homicides drop
  in L.A., more women
  are being killed
  — often by intimate partners
• Victim's Rights handout
• Speaker: Liz Ramirez, California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal
• Planning for a Healthy
  Home, Body and Baby,
  Iris Cantor - UCLA Women’s Health Center
• How Newsom’s Bill-Signing
  Marathon Affects Your Health Care
• UCLA's Friends or the Semel Institute invite you to a screening or the new highly acclaimed feature-length documentary film. NOT CAROL.

November Mailing

Meeting materials

• Agenda
• Guest Speaker: Marta Bills, March of Dimes Director,
  Maternal-Child Health, Prematurity Update
• 2019 California Prematurity Report Card
• CalAIM Summary
• USDA Proposes More Cuts to SNAP Benefits
• Get ready for the new WIC card

December Mailing

Meeting materials

May Mailing

Meeting materials

• Agenda
• Title V CYSHCN Family Survey
• Governor's Proposed 2019-20 Budget-Community Heath Councils
• Governor's May Revision to the 2019 Budget Proposal - Donald Nollar, Lynn Kersey, MCHA
• Health Access Budget Scorecard
• New Online Home Visitation
  E-Directory – Ana Leiva,
  MCHA, Jessica Leos,
  The Children's Clinic
• Keep Getting the Help You Need - English

June Mailing

Meeting materials

• Agenda
• Guest speakers: Krystal Green,
  Program Officer First 5LA
  and KimberlyCooper,
  CommunicationsManager
  Los Angeles County Department
  of PublicHealth - Help Me Grow -
  What is it? How does it work?
• Medi-Cal
  Managed Care Update, Lynn Kersey
• Dignity Health's Financial
  Assistance - Summary Of
  Financial Assistance Programs
• DOL-WHD / Locating Garment
  Employees for Ceiko Production,
  Inc. / Kenny Sewing

July Mailing

Meeting materials

• Agenda
• Guest speakers: Cordelia S. Hanna, MPH, CHES, ICCE, CLE, CBA | CEO & Executive Director
  Program Director, Felicia Francis-Edwards, CD Nashuwah Abdulmaged, CD, Health Net Community Doula Program
  The Association for Wholistic Maternal and Newborn Health
• Health Net Community
  Doula Program
  Pregnancy & Childbirth Support for African-American Mothers
• Flyer-Client-HN Community
  Doula Program
• Free To Be - foster and support families flyer
• East L.A. Women's Center HIV Project
• Covered CA Cost Relief – Health Access Fact Sheet
• California Budget and Policy Center - First Look: 2019
  20 Budget Includes Balanced Investments, Leaves
  Opportunities to Improve the Economic Well Being
  of More Californians
• We Have Rights ACLU Video series, available in 7 languages

August Mailing

No Meeting this month

January Mailing

Meeting materials

• Agenda
• Guest Speaker Nancy Gomez State Budget Presentation
• Care 4 All CA Goals and Strategies
• Health 4 All Fact-Sheet
• RECAP California Leads on Getting Universal Health Care
• Care 4 All CA flyer
• Governor's Budget
• Transportation NMT Notice
• Mother to Baby Unveils 5 Effective Ways to Prevent Birth Defects
• CBO - Flyer CalFresh During Shutdown Spa - Eng

February Mailing

Meeting materials

• Agenda
• Guest speaker: Tiffany Romo,
  MPH, Sr. Public Health Analyst,
  LA County Department of Public
  Health "City and Community
  Profiles for Service Planning
  Areas – how to access and
  use the data
• City and Community Health Profiles
• Free Hands-Only CPR Training
• Federal Poverty level changes
• Communicating with DPSS
• Breastfeed LA Seminar Blast - Lactation Education at an Affordable Price!
• MHLA Dental Approved Sites
• Procedures and  Prices at USC Dental School Clinic

March Mailing

Meeting materials

• Agenda
• Poisons, Prevention, and Help Presentation
• Pills or Candy? Game
• Immigration Services Fraud
• Transportation flyer English/Spanish version
• Transportation flyer English/Chinese version
• Planned Parenthood : Title X

April Mailing

No Meeting this month

September Mailing

Meeting materials

• Agenda
• Guest Speaker: Nona Randois, Attorney at Law, California Director, Alliance for Justice / Bolder Advocacy
• Resources for Nonprofits
• Public Charities Can Lobby
• Election Checklist for 501c 3 Public Charities
• Cal Fresh Program - CA Monthly Income Eligibility Standards
• Senator Harris Introduces Maternal Health Bill to Address Racial Disparities
• Preemie Act 2018
• CCAC Assessment and Screening Chart

October  Mailing

Meeting materials

• Agenda and Tips for Voters (2nd side)
• Guest Speaker : Denny Zane, Move LA, Executive Director and Santa Monicans for Renter's Right 2018 Ballot Proposition for Homelessness/ Housing
• NO on prop 6 Fact Sheet
• NO on prop 6 Trasportation
• Guest Speaker : Nancy Gomez, Senior Consumer Advocate, Prop 5 presentation
• NO on prop 5
• 2018 Western Center Sponsored and Co-Sponsored Bills Signed by the Governor
• 2018 Voter Guide

November Mailing

No meeting this month

December Mailing

No meeting this month

May Mailing

No meeting this month

June Mailing

Meeting materials

• Agenda
• Guest Speaker: Judy London, Directing Attorney
  Immigrants' Rights Project, Public Counsel Domestic Violence Asylum Ruling presentation
• Free or Low-Cost Consultations with Immigration Lawyers
• WCLP Budget Summary 61818
• Are You Eligible for the CalEITC Cash Back Refund?
• Medi-Cal's Non-Medical Transportation Benefit Under a New State Law
• Amanecer Community Counseling Service: we can help you and your child

July Mailing

Meeting materials

• Agenda
• Guest Speaker: Frank Tamborello, Hunger Action LA presentation
• What's going on -Free workshop
• Market Match Markets
• Title X Comments - Submit by July 31, It is Not too Late to Fight Back ... Bolder Advocacy
• Maternal Mortality - New Report
• Tell Congress to stand up for the lives of pregnant women
• Fact sheet - Medicaid Enrollees by District
• Board of Supervisors Vote on Temporary Rent Freeze Tuesday, 7-31
• Medical Non-Medical Transportation Benefit  Revised      7-12-2018

August Mailing

No meeting this month

January Mailing

Meeting materials

• Agenda
• Guest Speaker: Cheri Todoroff - "Housing for Health" presentation
• Bringing Housing to Scale: Housing for Health Progress Report
• 2018 Homeless Care Days Eng
• WCLP – State Budget Summary
• LA County notice on Deemed Eligibility
• Medi-Cal Non-Medical Transportation
• Denti-Cal – Full restoration report
• LA County DPH – Safe responsible use of Cannabis
• LA County DPH – Pregnant and Breastfeeding use of Cannabis
• Home at last (TAY) – Participants
• Home at last (TAY) - Providers

February Mailing

Meeting materials

• Agenda
• Guest Speaker Nourbese Flint,: - Black Women for Wellness
  Health Issues for Black Women
• Guest Speaker: Celia Valdez: - New changes regarding California Paid Family Leave Eng/Spa
• Five Things to know about California Paid Family Leave Eng/Spa
• Fact Sheet California Paid Family Leave Eng/Spa
• Guest Speaker: Monica Ochoa - Full Restoration of Adult Dental Services in 2018
• Serena Williams Could Insist That
  Doctors Listen to Her. Most Black
  Women Can't.
• The Trump Administration's Blueprint for Health Care

March Mailing

Meeting materials

• Agenda
• Margaret Lynn Yonekura, MD - Director, Community Health, Dignity Health California Hospital Medical Center; Executive Director, LABBN "The Impact of Marijuana on Pregnancy, the Fetus and Child"
• Los Angeles County Substance Use Treatment Services
• Health Care Countable Monthly Income Comparison Chart
• A community luncheon to celebrate the 8th anniversary of Obama Care
• Townhall meeting - save the date - an update on the developmental screening & child find

April Mailing

Meeting materials

• Agenda
• Guest Speaker: Aracely Lozano, Violence Prevention Community Organizer, Peace Over Violence, Sexual Assault Awareness Month and Denim Day April 25! presentation
• Denim Day 2018 - connect with the Denim Day Movement
• Lynn Kersey: Diaper benefit in CalWORKs
• Elevated blood pressure before pregnancy may increase chance of pregnancy loss
• Research In Focus: A Weekly Digest of New Research from the NIDILRR Community

September Mailing

Meeting materials

• Agenda
• Guest Speaker: Reagan Foust,
  PhD - Director of Strategic
  Partnerships, Research
  Scientist- Children's Data
  Network-Connecting the Dots-
  Snapshots of Child Well-Being
  in L.A. County (focus on birth
  data) presentation
• Connecting the Dots Snapshot
  Births in Los Angeles County
• Connecting the Dots Snapshot
  Full-Term, Normal-Weight Births
• Connecting the Dots Snapshot
  Perinatal Smoking
• Connecting the Dots Snapshot
  Timely Prenatal Care
• CalFresh Cost-of-Living Adjustments - ALL County Information Notice I-63-17
• CalFresh Updates - New income limits for 2017-2018 fiscal year effective October 2017
• DPSS - Do you need help because of a disability?
• Maternal and Child Health-Related Legislation California State Legislature 2016-17 Session
• LA County Delegation to California State Legislature 2017
• Medi-Cal's Non-Medical Transportation Benefit Under a New State Law
• ADA - Together we CAN Stop Diabetes
• Coalition on Human Needs - Zombie health care repeal is trying to become undead

October Mailing

Meeting materials

• Agenda
• Guest Speaker: Julie Friedman, Executive
  Director of UCLA Women's
  Health Education & Research
  Center "Planning for a Healthy
  Home, Body and Baby."
  presentation
• # The Dirty Dozen
• California Cleaning Product Right to Know Act
• Free clinic events - provide medical, dental and vision care
• Rates of childhood cancer per million children
• WIC + Calfresh better together
• Your Health Your Rights
• Ten Thousand Villages Flyer

November Mailing

Meeting materials

• Agenda
• Guest Speaker: Marta Bills, MCH Program Director � �Preterm Birth Helping Moms Reduce Risk�, presentation

Material from March of Dimes

• 2017 Premature birth report card
• Are you taking any of these prescription painkillers?
• How long should I wait before getting pregnant again? : Bilingual
• Signs and symptoms of preterm labor : Bilingual
• Progesterone shots (17P) to prevent another premature birth
• We all have a story
• What are you wondering about : Bilingual
• How well does birth control work: Bilingual - Bedsider.org

Other Material

• New Guidelines for High Blood Pressure
• Media Advisory - Air pollution exposure in early pregnancy linked to misc...
• Denti-Cal Bulletin Volume: 33 Number-14
• Cal Fresh Attachment II -PA 6174 (ENGLISH)
• Beneficiary Notice - Deemed Eligible Infants
• Ten Thousand Villages Flyer

December Mailing

No meeting this month

May Mailing

Meeting materials

• Agenda
• CSS LETTER: 11-02 - Medical Support Requirement
• Los Angeles County Women's Well-Being Index
• WCLP May Revise-Budget-Summary-51117_Final
• Kaiser Family Foundation - State Profiles for Women
• Why Medicaid Cuts Would Harm Health Care for California
• AB-992 CalWORKs: Baby Wellness and Family Support Home Visiting Program

June Mailing

Meeting materials

• Agenda
• Guest speaker: Paul Duncan,
  Associate Director of Systems Integration,
  Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority
  (LAHSA) - An Introduction to the
  Coordinated Entry System
• Update: Access to Dental Care
  in Medi-Cal
• Reproductive health in crisis -
  No One Benefits If Women
  Lose Coverage for Maternity Care

• NIH-led task force to address
  research needs of pregnant women
  and nursing mothers
• Learn about the powerful impact
  of home visiting and the agencies
  leading the charge - LACPECHVC
• Coalition for Human Needs -
  6/19: Stand Together to
  oppose cuts to programs and policies
• What can I do about the repeal of the ACA

July Mailing

Meeting materials

• Agenda

• Shari Farmer, Field Deputy / Community Outreach Coordinator, LA County District Attorney's Bureau of Victim Services Helping, "Victims Become Survivors" presentation
• Victim Assistance Program Advocate Working Location
• Victim Assistance Program Public Roster
• Victim Assistance Program Codes
• Nancy Gomez, Organizing Director, Health Access, The Latest on the Efforts to Repeal and Replace the ACA! presentation

• Our Lives On The Line - Los Angeles - National Bus Tour Kick-Off flyer

August Mailing

No meeting this month

January Mailing

Meeting materials

• Agenda
• INFORMATION FOR WEEKLY HEALTH ACCESS CALLS
• Guest Speaker: Andrew Kazakes, Staff Attorney, Legal Aid Foundation of Los
  Angeles - Maximum Family Grant Repeal
• Lynn Kersey, Updates: Medi-Cal and MCAP for Pregnant Women
• Health Law Sleepers: Six Surprising Health Items That Could Disappear With ACA Repeal
• Guest Speaker: Nancy Gomez, Organizing Director, Health Access - State Budget for Health and ACA Update
• Call in to protect mental health services
• CA-Lend Interdisciplinary Training Program at USC UCEDD
• Free books at the Disney Reads Day Family Festival

February Mailing

Meeting materials

• Agenda
• Position Statement on the ACA and Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health
• Speaker: Monica Ochoa, Oral Health Coordinator - Oral health and pregnant women presentation
• Parks Pollution and Obesity conference
• Medi-Cal Children’s Health Advisory vacancies – Mar. 1

March Mailing

Meeting materials

• Agenda
• Guest Speaker: Lucy Quacinella, Esq., Multiforum Advocacy Solutions The American Health Care Act - impact on MCH
• Debra Winski - Celebrating Poison Control Week!
• Save Obamacare rally downtown L.A. March 23 - Eng & Span
• Esperanza Community Housing - Healthy Breathing Program - Could Something in Your Home Be Making You or Your Child Sick?
• Esperanza Community Housing - Healthy Breathing Program Services
• Esperanza Community Housing referral form
• Healthy pet expo 2017 for dogs & cats

April Mailing

Meeting materials

• Agenda
• Guest Speaker: Mayra Joachin, National Immigration Law Center, Working with Immigrant Communities Now presentation
• California WIC's new mobile website
• Health reform: Beyond the basics
• Mental Health Services Are Covered by Pregnancy-Related Aid Codes 4-14-1
• Make a social statement - Demim Day flyer
• Holy Family Services - Role in Adoption Planning
• Los Angeles State Historic Park is about to open after 16 years of delay

September Mailing

Meeting materials

• Agenda
• CalFresh updates: Sept. 2016
• MCHA comments – California's Draft FFS Access Monitoring Plan
• November 8 – Health-Related Propositions on the Ballot
• Speaker: Aurora Garcia-Barrera, Southern California Regional Organizer, Health Access -Prop 55: Tax Extension to Fund Education and Healthcare
• Speaker: Calvin Sung, Yes on Prop. 56 - Tobacco Tax Increase by $2.00/pack
• Speaker: John Schwada, Communications Director, Yes on Prop 60:  Condoms in Adult Films
• Speaker: Amanda Cotylo, Yes on 61 - Drug Price Standards
• Speaker: Raul Riesgo, Smart Approaches to Marijuana (SAM) Prop. 64:  Marijuana Legalization
• Prop. 52:  Voter Approval of Changes to the Hospital Fee Program
• Prop. 63:  Firearms.  Ammunition Sales.

October Mailing

Meeting materials

• Agenda
• Prop 52 -Voter Approval to Divert Hospital Fee Revenue Dedicated to Medi-Cal
  Jennifer Bayer, Vice President, External Affairs - Hospital Association of Southern California
• Prop 63: Background Checks for Ammunition Purchases and Large-Capacity Ammunition Magazine Ban Margot Bennet, Executive Director, Women Against Gun Violence
• Measure M - The Los Angeles Country Traffic Improvement Plan
  Beth Steckler, Deputy Director, MoveLA
• October: Domestic Violence Awareness Month - Aracely Lozano, Violence Prevention Community Organizer
  Peace Over Violence
• Los Angeles Mommy and Baby (LAMB) Survey Project
• Peace Over Violence

November Mailing

Meeting materials

• Agenda
• WCLP CalWORKs Maximum Family Grant Rule Ends
• Release date for new benefits identification card design
• Our health care at risk; Medicare, Medicaid, & the Affordable Care Act.
• Immigrant Legal Resource Center post-election talking points and resources
• Protect our health care rally! Tuesday, Nov 22 11AM
• Know your rights! Everyone has certain basic rights, no matter who is president
• Guest Speaker: Miriam Erdosi, MSW, MCH Director March of Dimes World Prematurity Awareness Day - Nov. 17

December Mailing

No meeting this month

May Mailing

Meeting materials

• Agenda
• May Revise -Western Center on Law and Poverty - State budget bulletin
• Speaker: Fabiola Sandoval - report on BHC-BH
• Guest Speaker: Pilar Schiavo - "Fix It: Healthcare at the Tipping Point" (film and discussion)
• Q &A The national Medicare for All Debate
• Vivian Weinstein Leadership Day
• How they stack up ACA vs Medicare for all
• House passes Zika bill but funding level is far below Obama's request

June Mailing

Meeting materials

• Agenda
• Update: MCH-Related Legislation California State Legislature 2015-2016 session
• Guest speaker: Afton Cissell, Staff Attorney, National Health Law Program, "An Overview of Reproductive Health in the 2016 California Legislative Session"
  
• Guest speaker: Nancy Gomez, Organizing Director, "Health Care Budget and Legislative Update"
• Apply to Women's Policy Institute
• Western Center on Law and Poverty: Summary of Key Budget Provisions Impacting Low-Income Californians June 15, 2016
• Invitation from El Nido to be part of Health Services Advisory Committee Meetings

July Mailing

Meeting materials

• Agenda
• Peak Time for Farmers' Markets
• Episiotomies Still Performed at Troubling Rates at Some Hospitals
• HIV therapy for breastfeeding mothers
• NAMI Walks Oct. 01, 2016 save the date
• Guest Speaker: Carolyn Winston, Program Outreach Coordinator, NAMI, on The Work of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) - Presentation

August Mailing

No meeting this month

January Mailing

Meeting materials

• Agenda
• Reproductive Health Behind Bars in California
• MCHA’s Toll Free Pregnancy Coverage Line
• Child Health and Disability Prevention Program Alert
• Speaker: Lucy Quacinella, Multiforum Advocacy Solutions, Coverage for Pregnant Women Under Health Care Reform - presentation

February Mailing

Meeting materials

• Agenda
• Vector Control Agencies Protect the Health of Millions
• Zika virus disease FAQ (English/Spanish)
• Guest Speaker: Maryjane Puffer, BSN, MPA- Oral Health Initiative: Integrating oral health care into LAUSD's health services program
• Statewide Hearing on Poverty and the Real Economy in Los Angeles
• Save The Date! Reproductive Health and the Environment
• 5 Things to know - Medi-Cal expansion for undocumented
• WIC Authorized Food List Shopping Guide

March Mailing

Meeting materials

• Agenda
• Changes to Pregnancy Coverage - 3-8-16
• California MEC (Pregnancy) Determination 2-12-16
• Zero to Three P-5 Cross-Sector Core Competencies Training
• National Poison Prevention Week March 20-26
• Guest Speaker: Denise Gee, MPH, RD and Sheila Bina, RD, CLE - PHFE WIC WIC Food Package Changes
• Eat Right - Academy of Nutrition and Diatetics
• Guest Speaker: Frank Tamborello, Executive Director Hunger Action LA California Food Policy Issues

April Mailing

Meeting materials

• Agenda
• Glitches prompt Covered California to drop some pregnant women
• Health Professionals for Clean Air
• Denim Day 2016
• Guest Speaker: Cristal Logothetis, founder - Carry the Future - Safe & Dignified Travel for Refugee Families

September Mailing

No meeting this month

October Mailing

Meeting Materials

• Agenda
• Program Updates by Donald Nollar
• BWS Advocate Liaison List
• Changes to Eligibility & Enrollment for pregnant women
• CHDP Provider Information Notice –Limited PE Enrollment
• Pregnancy-Related Medi-Cal Diagnosis with aid codes M9 and MO
• Adoption & foster care - Volunteer support
• Critical questions to ask before you buy pink
• Breast Cancer Legislation and Pinkwashing
• Free film screening on HPV - Oct. 29

November Mailing

Meeting Materials

• Agenda
• Changes to eligibility and enrollment for pregnant women
• Children's health insurance rates in 2014
• Public Health - are you health smart?
• LACOWH - Women's Health Line & Take Care of Yourself Campaign presentation
• Vision y Compromiso - Improving Health Coverage Retention for for Latino Children in LA County presentation

December Mailing

No meeting this month

May Mailing

No meeting this month

June Mailing

Meeting Materials

• Agenda
• SB 4 – Health Care for Undocumentd
• Accelerated Eligibility extended - Tell us if you see clients waiting for MC over 45 days and no AE
• Text for CalHEERs pregnancy determination
• List of sources for California Budget information
• DPSS Express Lane portal now in Los Angeles for those with CalFresh
• Sample letter in support of an alternative to LA County Health Agency

July Mailing

Meeting Materials

• Agenda
• Guest speaker: Ruth Dawson,
  Staff Attorney ACLU of So.
  Cal. & Christine Parker,
  UCLA Law - SB 138:
  Implementing Confidental
  Health Information -
  presentation
• 3 simple steps how to keep
  your health informationt
  onfidential
• Health information Confidential
  Communications Request form
• Guest speaker: Daniela
  Simunovic - Clean Up
  Green Up, City of LA
  Draft Ordenance- Liberty
  Hill Foundation
• Holy Family Services -
  adoption & foster care -
  services
• Health & Family Festibal
  - back to school give away

August Mailing

Meeting Materials

• Coverage for Pregnant Women Under Health Care Reform:
  Big Victories, Big Challenges

January Mailing

Meeting Materials

• Agenda
• Guest Speakers: Governor Brown’s Proposed State Budget for Health/Social Services
• The Health Forum at UCLA (FSPH)
• DHCS Medi-Cal Expansion SB 857 12-12-14
• County supervisors vote to consider consolidating
  health agencies
• Funding cuts hit California’s Medicaid program with double whammy
• How can you help pregnant women in California?
• Repeal the Maximum Family Grant Rule
• Screening - Prevent Cervical Cancer
• IDA Breakfast Meeting: Developmental Screening and Early Identification

February Mailing

Meeting Materials

• Agenda
• Guest speaker: Kennetha Gaines - Maternity care at MLK Jr. Community Hospital
• Choose Health LA Moms
• State audit shows kids in Medi-Cal at higher risk of dental disease
• Tax filing considerations for limited income people under the ACA
• Form 8965 health coverage exemptions
• IDA - developmental screening & early ID
• Medi-Cal managed care ombudsman online form
• NARAL pro choice America
• Stillbirth may increase risk

March Mailing

Meeting Materials

• Agenda
• Guest speaker; Gabriella Lewis & Adriana Taboada, Human trafficking presentation
• Stop human trafficking poster
• IDA conference flyer
• Medi-Cal newsflash - New benefit
• New Calfresh rules starting 4-1-15
• Planned parenthood 5th anniversay
• Special needs network - tools for transformation
• Updates on SB 857 and other perinatal issues
• Wellness Center celebration

April Mailing

Meeting Materials

Sept. Mailing

Meeting Materials

• Meeting agenda
• Chandra Higgins, MPH,The LAMB Project
• Patients sue state over backlog of Medi-Cal aprovals
• My Health L A Forum Invite - English & Spanish
• Sample LOS SB 18 Gov
• SB 1124 Estate Recovery
• First 5 LA Strategic Plan Community Meetings Flyer
• The Wellness Center Open House Eng-Span

Oct. Mailing

Meeting Materials

• Meeting agenda
• American Women, Would You Tell These Heroes You're Not Going To Get Out & Vote?
• Speaker: Tim Molina, Online Strategic Campaign Organizer, Courage Campaign – Propositions on the November Ballot
• Changes in store for November 15 Covered CA Open Enrollment
• MCH-related Legislation passed and signed, or vetoed

Nov. Mailing

Meeting Materials

• Meeting agenda
• American Women, Would You Tell These Heroes You're Not Going To Get Out & Vote?
• Speaker: Tim Molina, Online Strategic Campaign Organizer, Courage Campaign – Propositions on the November Ballot
• Changes in store for November 15 Covered CA Open Enrollment
• MCH-related Legislation passed and signed, or vetoed

Dec. Mailing

Meeting Materials

no meeting

August Mailing

no meeting

July Mailing

Meeting Materials

• Meeting agenda
• Pregnancy Q & A on Cov CA website
• Reporting pregnancy on Cov CA website and moving from Cov
  CA to Medi-Cal
• Backlog – get help! (in L.A. County)
• LACDPH Health Advisory: Large numbers of pertussis cases in LA County
• SB 1053 Contraceptive Coverage Equity Act
• Data
  Dissemination Project LAC OWH Data and Findings – 2013 Indicators Health of Latinas in LA

June Mailing

Meeting Materials

• Meeting agenda
• Oral Health Advocacy update
• Budget updates - May revise
• Program changes, eligibility, & other updates
• Sample Letter to restore the BIH program

May Mailing

Meeting Materials

• Meeting agenda
• Taylor Dudley, Alliance for Children's Rights - Former foster care & coverage 'til 26
• Barbara Facher, Alliance for Children's Rights - AB 1882 CalWORKs: Relative Caregivers
• May Revise State Budet - Lynn Kersey

April Mailing

Meeting Materials

• Meeting agenda
• Pregnancy chart & new screening levels
• Issues for pregnant women
• Covered California's 2014 Standard Plan for Individuals - Key Benefits
• Implementation of confidentiality law SB 138
• SB - 1053 The Contraceptive Coverage Equity Act of 2014
• Food-related legislation - HALA
• MCHA's 2013-14 MCH-related legislation

March Mailing

no meeting

Feb. Mailing

Meeting Materials

• Meeting agenda
• The Children's Partnership - AB 1174 & Virtual Dental Homes
• Black Infant Health funding in State budget
• PE for pregnant women: Important updates from MCHA
• Good News: You can get free health coverage from Medi-Cal!
  
• Medi-Cal updates

Jan. Mailing

Meeting Materials

• Meeting agenda
• Eligibility, Enrollmnet, Managed Care - Update
• 2014-15 Budget News - The Governor's Proposal
• Pregnancy Coverage Under Medi-Cal in 2014
• Income Comparsison Chart
• MLK Communities Empowerd for Change
• California Infant Mortality Rate Reaches Record Low

Nov. Mailing

Meeting Materials

• Meeting agenda
• California sends incorrect info to patients
• How can I get health care now
• Where can I get more info
• Young invincibles eligible to enroll in medicaid
• Tell Revlon you want the company to take our health seriously

Oct. Mailing

Meeting Materials:

• Meeting agenda
• Breast Cancer Coach/Advocate for Breast Cancer Action! PowerPoint - Lori Marx-Rubiner
• Legislation Signed, Vetoed or Held
• ACA Outreach flyers in multiple languages
• LAC+USC Medical Center Master Plan English, Spanish,& Chinese
• Update - SNAP - Marcela Marquez

Sept. Mailing

Meeting Materials:

• Covered California Changes coming to health coverage in 2014 fact sheet
• What is Healthy Way LA?
• I don't have insurance, what are the new options for me in 2014?
• The Affordable Care Act PowerPoint presentation
• Lead poisoning prevention week

April Mailing

Meeting Materials:

• Meeting Agenda
• Pets and home visits
• Rights of nursing moms
• ORSA is now part of ATP

May Mailing

Meeting Materials:

• Meeting Agenda
• DPSS Customer Service - Update
• Cal Fresh Month - Update
• Budget Updates - May Revise
• Pregnancy in the ACA - Principals & Issues PowerPoint Presentation
• Handouts

July Mailing

Meeting Materials:

• Meeting agenda
• Immigration bill
• Do Aspiring Citizens Have Access to Affordable Health Care & Benefits
• Healthy Kids Expansion to 400% - FAQ
• HCC
• Medi-Cal Managed Care Advisory Group
• Holy Family Services - Adoption & Foster Care
• Speak Up When You're Down

March Mailing

Meeting Materials:

• Meeting Agenda
• Healthy Way LA Kids update
• Healthy Familes Transition updates
• Health care countable income comparison chart
• Health Insurance & Health Services income guidelines
• ACA rules on contraception
• Fix medi-cal dental coverage PowerPoint
• Fix Medi-Cal Dental Coverage booklet

June Mailing

Meeting Materials:

• Meeting Agenda
• CHDP Gateway to Health Coverage Medi-Cal Update bulletin
• The Affordable Care Act & California Powerpoint presentation

Jan. Mailing

Meeting Materials:

• Materials distributed at meeting

Feb. Mailing

Meeting Materials:

• Meeting agenda
• Dont guess be sure poison control
• Blood glucose during pregnancy - study
• How to make IFSP and IPP work for you
• Continuity of care for pregnant women
• Request for Medi-cal exemption from plan enrollment
• Example - denial letter of MER
• WIC - Healthy Families to medi-cal transition

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