Weekly Wrap-Up
May 28, 2021
On behalf of everyone at MHAC, we wish you a safe and happy Memorial Day weekend. May we always remember our nation's heroes and their service to our country.
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3 Things Gold Star Families Want You to Know this Memorial Day

Memorial Day is one of America’s long-standing holidays that has been in place since the end of the Civil War.

Gold Star families, the surviving family members of military personnel who died in an active duty status, often take offense at the commercialization of Memorial Day — particularly when the “fun-factor” of the weekend eclipses the reasons why this holiday was created. While others are excited about a day at the beach or a good deal on a refrigerator, Gold Star families contend with the intensified feelings of losing a loved one who was also a service member. At Memorial Day ceremonies across the county, they stand with the nation to honor their own service member, while struggling with the personal grief of losing a spouse, adult child, parent, sibling or grandchild.
The Military and Mental Health 

Mental health is just as important for military and family readiness as physical fitness. While Military OneSource does not provide health care services, it does point members of the military family to the resources available to help. If you or someone you know is in crisis, contact the Military Crisis Line at 800-273-8255, then press 1, or access online chat by texting 838255.
Congratulations to CAYEN and Hmong Cultural Center
for their Successful Town Hall

Did you miss the CAYEN and the Hmong Cultural Center’s Town Hall?

Listening to Californians with Low Incomes: How They Experience the Health Care System and
What It Means for the Future

To better understand how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted the health and health care experiences of Californians with low incomes, the California Health Care Foundation and NORC at the University of Chicago, a national research organization, conducted a statewide survey of California residents who had received care since March 2019,1 with an oversampling of residents with low incomes (defined as below 200% of the federal poverty level).2

The survey was conducted in the summer of 2020 and was supplemented with qualitative findings from interviews conducted with 37 survey respondents with low incomes and with 10 health care experts.
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