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These 1-pagers draw from findings from the evaluation of the first seven years (2019-2025) of SHINE (Safety & Healing in Networks of Equity) and bring that learning to life through quotes, images, and examples of actions and accomplishments. Together, they show how SHINE invests in leadership, anchor organizations, and community connectedness and cultural practice to build community power, advance policy and systems change, and support safety, equity, and healing. They also describe who SHINE is as a statewide and trans-local effort and outline what’s next, including continued investment in
Blog post by Prevention Institute partner Jeremy Cantor on California’s new Community Reinvestment requirement for Medi-Cal Managed Care Plans and the opportunity to advance health equity through community-led investment, accountability, and partnership.
Year 3 and Year 6 Communities of Care showcases highlight collaboratives' efforts to support mental health and wellbeing through community-led prevention, featuring presentations, partnerships, and stories of resilience, youth leadership, and local impact.
Building off of the CDC's Framework for Thinking about Evidence, UCEE seeks to elevate and integrate Contextual (i.e., measurable factors in a community) and Experiential (i.e., the collective experience and expertise of community residents and practitioners, or lived experience) Evidence alongside Best Available Evidence (i.e., peer-reviews, published scientific literature) for evidence-informed decision-making. This project complements Prevention Institute’s Health Equity in Practice (HEiP) modules to embed health equity and racial justice in community safety work to support local government
This webinar collection explores how to integrate contextual and experiential evidence alongside research evidence to support more equitable and effective decision-making in public health. Building on the CDC’s Framework for Thinking about Evidence and Prevention Institute’s Uplifting Contextual and Experiential Evidence (UCEE) project, these sessions share principles, strategies, and real-world examples from practitioners working to apply this approach across funding, policy, programs, and long-term planning.