In the News
July 28, 2009
KFBK 1530 Afternoon News hosts R.E. Graswich and Kitty O'Neal talked to Sierra Health Foundation Senior Program Officer Diane Littlefield about the foundation's Public Opinion Poll on Community Priorities, which found that despite the economic downturn and budget challenges, Sacramento residents want to help young people succeed by providing more programs and services, and they are willing to pay for it. Listen to the interview on KFBK or Read the transcript.
Teens from the Sactown Heroes youth group worked with UC Davis researchers to create the Youth Voices for Change multimedia presentation that shows what helps or hinders youth in West Sacramento. This project is one component of the Healthy Youth/Healthy Regions initiative, a collaborative partnership of Sierra Health Foundation, the UC Davis Center for Regional Change and The California Endowment to document the connections between improvements in youth well-being and regional prosperity in the nine-county Sacramento capital region. The Youth Voices for Change project was funded in part by a grant from the California Council for the Humanities as part of its California Stories Initiative.
News coverage included:
July 3, 2009
Read "West Sacramento teens make their voices heard at City Hall" in The Sacramento Bee.
July 2, 2009
Read "Youth artists transform communities" in the Sacramento Press.
July 1, 2009
Watch the Youth Voices for Change segment on KCRA-3.
June 30, 2009
Listen to the Youth Voices for Change Insight interview on KXJZ.
June 21, 2009
The Appeal-Democrat in Marysville reported on the Youth Development Community Action Coalition's work in Sutter and Yuba counties. Youth and adult coalition members completed an assessment to find out what needs are and are not being met for youth in their local communities. The coalition is a grantee funded through Sierra Health Foundation's REACH youth program. Read "Young voices emerge" in the Appeal-Democrat.
June 17, 2009
The Galt Herald ran an article about the REACH Youth Media Project and the Galt Area Youth Coalition's documentary film, Small City, Big Problem: What Would You Do About It, addressing the lack of youth resources and opportunities in Galt that lead to at-risk behaviors. The Galt Area Youth Coalition is a grantee funded through Sierra Health Foundation's REACH youth program. Read about "Student film night" in The Galt Herald.
June 4, 2009
Capital Public Radio Reporter Kelley Weiss talked to youth and adults from the Health Shack project, which provides online personal health records for foster, emancipated and homeless youth in the Sacramento area. Designed by a team of youth and adults, Health Shack provides a safe location for youth and their care providers to store and access important health and other personal information. Health Shack is a collaborative project of Wind Youth Services, Linkage to Education, UC Davis Adolescent Medicine, California State University Sacramento Public Health Nursing and Sierra Health Foundation, which provided initial funding for the project and continues support as a project partner and funder. Listen to the report on KXJZ.
May 6, 2009
The Sacramento Business Journal reported on the Healthy Youth/Healthy Regions study, supported by Sierra Health Foundation, the UC Davis Center for Regional Change and The California Endowment, to document the connections between improvements in youth well-being and regional prosperity in the Sacramento capital region. Read "UC Davis gets $1M to study youth" in the Sacramento Business Journal.