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La búsqueda de indocumentados mayores elegibles para Medi-Cal

by Claudia Boyd-Barret February 28, 2023March 18, 2023

Desde mayo de 2022, California ha inscrito en Medi-Cal a más de 300,000 inmigrantes mayores que carecen de residencia legal. Pero el estado no sabe cuántos más podrían ser elegibles. Los trabajadores comunitarios ahora los están buscando.

Posted inHealth Equity

Community workers fan out to persuade immigrant seniors to get covered by Medi-Cal

by Claudia Boyd-Barret February 27, 2023February 28, 2023

California has enrolled into Medi-Cal more than 300,000 older immigrant adults lacking legal residency since May, but the state doesn’t know how many more might be eligible. Community workers are now searching for them.

Posted inMi Historia

‘Everything piled up’: surviving COVID-19 and violence in East Oakland

by Francisca Sánchez February 21, 2023February 27, 2023

Francisca Sánchez emigrated to California so that her daughter could fulfill the dream of going to university. But the pandemic and the escalating violence got in their way.

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Undocumented and unhoused

by Madeleine Bair and Marta Martinez February 6, 2023March 22, 2023

Evictions went down in California during the pandemic, thanks to an eviction moratorium that protected tenants. But the housing struggles of undocumented communities aren’t being captured by authorities. 

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How one Oakland school is investing in mental health support

by Julia McEvoy September 2, 2022February 24, 2023

California is investing billions in student mental health. Here’s how one school is supporting the needs of Maya Mam students.

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More Oaklanders left sick and in the dark as COVID surges and county says it can’t keep up

by Jacob Simas and Madeleine Bair January 12, 2021March 22, 2023

After Maria González got sick, she expected a follow-up call from county health workers. Why didn’t it come?

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With online schooling, Latino immigrant parents fear their kids are being left behind

by Ashley McBride and Madeleine Bair October 10, 2020February 14, 2023

A third of OUSD students are English learners. For them and their families, getting a free Chromebook is not enough to bridge the digital divide.

Posted inMi Historia

We were happy. But when the illness appeared, things got complicated.

by José Martín Aguilar June 18, 2020February 14, 2023

One member of East Oakland’s immigrant Mam community shares his story about surviving during the pandemic.

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