July 2015

We’re pleased to launch the San Joaquin Valley Health Fund E-Newsletter to share news, updates and resources with grantees and funding partners. Please send us updates, photos, meeting notices and other information you would like to share. We will publish in January, March, May, July, September and November.

It was great to see everyone at the March 26 convening in Fresno. The graphic report with photos and grantee reports is posted on the Center for Health Program Management web site.

Photo: Community organizer and social justice activist Dolores Huerta shared an inspiring message about empowering people in communities.

We’ll be scheduling a visit with each SJVHF grantee organization this summer. You should hear from Administrative Assistant MyShawn Cooke to set up a day and time. Please e-mail Kaying Hang with any questions.

As mentioned at the Grantee Convening, we are committed to creating a space for regional collaboration and coordination. Please send your suggestions for how we might structure a grantee learning community to Kaying Hang.

We’re accepting applications for a Program Officer to manage the San Joaquin Valley Health Fund from our Merced office, as well as a Program Associate to work in Sacramento. See job descriptions and application instructions on Sierra Health Foundation’s Employment web page.

The SJVHF Round Two funding opportunity is scheduled to be released in October. We will announce it in this newsletter and on the SJVHF web page.

We’re pleased to share the first SJVHF video, which includes highlights from the grantee convening in Fresno, interviews with representatives from three grantee organizations and three funding partners, as well as beautiful footage of the San Joaquin Valley. View it online.

Congratulations to the city of Stockton for being recognized as an All-America City by the National Civic League! A 38-member delegation represented the city at the awards event in Denver last month. Read the article in the Record.

The California Legislature passed Gov. Brown’s Drought Consolidation Budget Trailer bill and moved closer to granting the State Water Board authority to mandate drinking water system consolidations as a means of securing safe and affordable drinking water in disadvantaged communities.

Fresno residents recently scored two major victories through budget negotiations at City Hall. In response to community efforts and calls to action, the City Council voted unanimously to allocate $450,000 in the 2015-2016 fiscal year budget to fund an update to the City's 1989 Parks Master Plan and $100,000 to conduct an Industrial Compatibility Assessment in Fresno’s residential neighborhoods.

This paper presents findings from a study by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco to better understand how cross-sector efforts are being implemented on the ground as part of a larger effort to promote the development of integrated, interdisciplinary solutions to increase economic opportunities for low-income people. The report is available on the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco web site.

This briefing kit from the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) includes nine short policy briefs related to the issue of water in California. It’s available on the PPIC web site.

Sierra Health Foundation
The California Endowment
Rosenberg Foundation
The California Wellness Foundation
W.K. Kellogg Foundation

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