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From the Housing Programs Advisory Committee, the Housing Programs Implementation Study is out.

A study published last week by UC San Francisco argues the San Joaquin Valley has some of the lowest ratios of behavioral health providers like psychiatrists and licensed clinical social workers in the state . The study also predicts that if nothing changes, California is on its way to a …

Temperatures in the Central Valley are dropping as fall gives way to winter. But for many families that also means enduring another winter in substandard housing, a problem that the City of Fresno says it has been working to fix since the passage of a new rental inspection ordinance in …

Since joining the Merced City School District last year, I’ve had the joy of seeing the many ways in which our community supports our students. We’re so fortunate to have … Click to Continue »

Volunteers from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) are visiting Gracey Elementary every Wednesday after school for a pilot program that began in September. They guide the children through a variety of literacy activities, including timed reading lessons that track the participants’ progress. Video by Sara …

A health insurance program for low-income kids is going to run out of money by the end of the year and thousands of Merced County children depend on it. Congress … Click to Continue »

The Merced College Los Banos Campus is holding a free workshop and presentation to help students under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program. DACA is a federal … Click to Continue »

California lawmakers voted Monday evening to extend the state’s premiere program on climate change, a victory for Gov. Jerry Brown that included unprecedented Republican support for fighting global warming. In … Click to Continue »

After weeks of back-and-forth between environmentalists and business interests, Gov. Jerry Brown and legislative leaders introduced a proposal Monday to reauthorize California’s cap-and-trade program, the centerpiece of the state’s efforts … Click to Continue »

Health and food bank officials in Merced County are teaming up on a project to make fresh produce more accessible to food pantries and low-income households. The Merced County Food … Click to Continue »

An after-school program headed by the Merced Salvation Army focused on helping children in South Merced might not continue into the next school year if funding doesn’t start to increase, … Click to Continue »

Just because the end of the school year is approaching doesn’t mean that’s the end of breakfast and lunch meals that students and their families Various students depend on the … Click to Continue »

This week three family nurse practitioners started their full-time nursing positions at Golden Valley Health Centers, just days after they were the first group to graduate from the health center’s … Click to Continue »