Resource Hubs

The California Immigrant Policy Center’s (CIPC) Medi-Cal Expansion Resource Hub offers helpful information and materials about the Medi-Cal expansion to include undocumented Californians. The resource hub includes in-language materials to support community outreach, educate impacted communities about proper enrollment in Medi-Cal, and ensure access to vital health care benefits. The resources are available in Hmong, Mien, Khmer, Lao, and Vietnamese for distribution to the SEAA communities. 

Policy Briefs

AB 1726: A California Case Study on Disaggregating Public Health Data by Race and Ethnicity a new policy brief that presents key challenges to implementing California Assembly Bill 1726, which passed in 2016 and requires the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) to break down broad demographic data it collects into more specific Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AA and NHPI) subgroups.

Reports

Data to Action: A Data and Policy Brief About Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders in Orange County, California provides detailed demographic data and information about AA and NHPI communities in Orange County.

Invisibility Is Killing Us: Data aggregation and its health impact on Pacific Islanders and Asian Americans in California summarizes Pacific Islander and Asian American experiences with California county public health departments’ collection and reporting of public health data.

Southeast Asian American Journeys: A National Snapshot of our Communities highlights socioeconomic, housing, immigration, health, and education trends within the Southeast Asian American (SEAA) community in the United States.

The Right to Heal: Southeast Asian American Mental Health in California presents mental health challenges and community solutions, in addition to policy recommendations to support SEAA communities. The report uplifts the unique mental health needs of SEAAs due to experiences with war, violence, genocide, and displacement, and draws directly from community voices and participation in this research.

Voices Unheard highlights the experiences of more than 200 Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) youth. Topics include the pandemic’s effect on AANHPI mental wellness, the importance of culturally appropriate mental health support, and SEARAC’s recommendations to reduce barriers to mental health care in California. Additionally, Voices Unheard bridges the gap of research that focuses on the mental health status of often marginalized AANHPI ethnicities.