Policy Forums

Materials: Confronting Social Forces Driving Incarceration Policy Forum – June 26, 2025

In this ITUP Policy Forum we will examine critical social and structural barriers contributing to increased incarceration and the impacts on community health.

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Materials: From Crisis to Care: A Policy Forum on Maternal Mental Health

This virtual ITUP event will address maternal mental health disparities, particularly in historically marginalized communities.

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Materials: Retaining Immigrant Health Coverage in California -April 24, 2025

Join Insure the Uninsured Project (ITUP) and California Initiative for Health Equity & Action (Cal-IHEA) for an informative virtual event where policymakers, researchers, health advocates, and health care professionals will describe key issues on immigrant health

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MATERIALS: ITUP Doulas Policy Forum

Join ITUP for an engaging and informative discussion on the role of doulas in improving maternal outcomes in Los Angeles County!

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Materials: ITUP 2024 Election Policy Forum – October 29, 2024

This event explored what’s at stake for health equity in California during the 2024 Presidential election.

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Materials: ITUP Justice-Involved and Behavioral Health Virtual Policy Forum -October 17, 2024

This event delve into California’s integration of behavioral health in prisons and jails, explore challenges, and highlight key innovations and lessons learned.

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Materials: ITUP Artificial Intelligence Virtual Policy Forum

This policy forum will provide an overview of how artificial intelligence is being used in California to bolster health equity, explore current innovations, and uplift policy considerations.

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Materials: Coverage Expansion for California’s Farmworker Communities – October 3, 2023

Join Insure the Uninsured Project (ITUP), UC Merced, Diringer and Associates, and California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation (CRLAF) from 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, October 3 for a policy forum on coverage expansion for California’s farmworker communities!

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Materials: CalAIM and LTSS ITUP Policy Forum – September 7, 2023

During this co-hosted event, made possible with support from the California Health Care Foundation, attendees will join a conversation with state and local leaders to discuss the opportunities and challenges around CalAIM and Long-Term Supports and Services (LTSS) implementation.

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Materials: Digital Equity is Health Equity ITUP Policy Forum – June 8, 2023

This co-hosted ITUP Policy Forum explored the barriers to digital access and how structural racism drives digital inequities for California families and communities. View the recording today!

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Materials: Changes and Opportunities: CalAIM for California’s Older Adults and Dual Eligibles Policy Forum

With the first phase of CalAIM implementation underway, this event will explore which new services and supports are offered to California’s older adult population and dual eligible members, and how these new services are incorporated and aligned with California’s Master Plan for Aging from the state.

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Materials: Addressing the Unaffordability of Health and Long-Term Care for California’s Middle-Income Older Adults

Join ITUP, West Health, The SCAN Foundation, and expert guests for a discussion on the challenges California’s middle-income older adults face in affording health care and social supports.

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Event Materials: California’s Culture of Coverage Policy Forum

ITUP Policy Forums convene experts for state-level discussions related to health policy in California. This policy forum focuses on the opportunities and challenges around implementing new coverage expansion policies. Register now!

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ITUP Broadband and Connectivity Policy Forum

ITUP Policy Forums convene experts for state-level discussions related to health policy in California. This policy forum focused on the importance of expanding broadband to make telehealth utilization meaningful in a 21st-century health care system and offered an opportunity for partnership to use philanthropic funds to enhance connectivity and health in California.  

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Health Information Exchange in a Post-COVID-19 Health System

ITUP Policy Forums convene experts for state-level discussions related to health policy in California. This policy forum focused on health information exchange (HIE) in a post-COVID-19 health system. Find event materials here.

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Telehealth During the COVID-19 Pandemic

ITUP Policy Forums convene experts for state-level discussions related to health policy in California. This policy forum focused on what the future of telehealth can and should look like in a post-pandemic health care landscape.

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Medi-Cal Enrollment: Where are all the People?

ITUP Policy Forums will convene experts for state-level discussions related to health policy in California. This policy forum focuses on why Medi-Cal enrollment in California lags expected projections despite a global pandemic.

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