The Center works with local, state and national partners throughout California to promote health, racial equity and racial justice. Learn about our focus areas and programs below.
Community and Economic Development
We lead and advocate for emerging economic development projects in California by adding value to communities’ commitment to develop and implement inclusive economic growth strategies in underinvested neighborhoods.
- California Mortgage Relief Program
- Community Economic Mobilization Initiative
- Community Inclusive Economic Development Projects
- Unemployment Language Opportunity Program
Health Equity and Access
Our Health Equity and Access programs and initiatives are creating a California where every person has access to culturally responsive healthcare by ensuring health equity among populations disproportionately impacted by health disparities.
- Asthma Mitigation Project
- Behavioral Health Recovery Services Project (RecoveryServicesProject.org)
- California COVID Mitigation Project
- California COVID-19 Outreach Project
- California COVID-19 Public Awareness Campaign
- California Equitable Recovery Initiative
- COVID-19 Mitigation Project
- Health Ambassadors for People Experiencing Homelessness
- Integrated Care Options
- Medi-Cal Health Navigator Project
- Medication Assisted Treatment Access Points Project (MATAccessPoints.org)
- Sacramento Geographic Managed Care
- Stop the Hate
- Vaccine Equity Campaign
Healthy Youth Development
Our Healthy Youth Development team organizes resources to invest in change driven in partnership with California’s youth of color and their communities to shift power and align systems to center youth opportunity, health and well-being.
- California Funders for Boys and Men of Color (CAFundersforBMOC.org)
- Elevate Youth California (elevateyouthca.org)
- Justice Reinvestment Partnership
- Kings and Queens Rise
- My Brother’s Keeper Sacramento Collaborative
- Parents Advocating for Student Success (SacramentoPASS.org)
- Positive Youth Justice Initiative
- Restorative Youth Justice
- Sutter County Expanded Learning Initiative
- Youth Suicide Prevention Media and Outreach Campaign
Local Initiatives
- ACEs Aware Trauma Informed Network of Care Collaborative
- Black Child Legacy Campaign (BlackChildLegacy.org)
- Build.Black. Coalition (BuildBlack.org)
- Community Responsive Wellness Program for the Black Communities of Sacramento
- Cultural Broker Program
- Doula Community Health Advocate Pilot
- Healing the Hood
- Health Equity Task Force
- Sacramento County COVID-19 Collaborative
- Steering Committee on Reduction of African American Child Deaths
San Joaquin Valley Health Fund
Our San Joaquin Valley team ensures nonprofit partners and grassroots community leaders are supported through funding, technical assistance, training, networking and data to build capacity to advance health and racial equity and racial justice through community organizing, civic engagement, power building, narrative, and policy and systems change advocacy.
San Joaquin Valley Impact Investment Fund
The San Joaquin Valley Impact Investment Fund and its partners are working to make the San Joaquin Valley a healthier place to live, work and prosper by investing in organizations and entrepreneurs whose activities promote community health and well-being for all.
Learn more about the San Joaquin Valley Impact Investment Fund (SJVIIF.org)
Fiscal Sponsorships
The Center serves as a fiscal sponsor for programs that work to improve health and racial equity in California. In this role, The Center provides fiduciary oversight, financial management, human resources support and other administrative services to help build the capacity of organizations and help them fulfill their missions. The Center currently is a fiscal sponsor for the following programs:
- Alliance for Boys and Men of Color (ABMOC.org)
- Building Healthy Communities (SacBHC.org)
- California Alliance for Youth and Community Justice (CAYCJ.org)
- Central Valley United for Power
- Fresno County Legal Defense Fund
- Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples (SacredPlacesInstitute.org)
Learn more the people that support these organizations on our Fiscally Sponsored Programs team page.
Previous Programs and Initiatives
Please contact us if you would like information about our past programs.
- Healthier U
- Leadership Development for Racial Equity
- Minority-Led Organization Capacity Building and Leadership Development Program
- Office of Health Equity
- Respite Partnership Collaborative
- Youth and Community PopUp Program