Press Clips

Education Week

Wendy Lazarus describes the need for schools and organizations to prioritize bridging the gap between school and home in order "to have parents become both digitally literate and more engaged in their children's education," in this article about schools using social networking to involve parents. 

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California Healthline, Capitol Desk

Wendy Lazarus, Founder and Co-President, responds to last week's action in California: 415,000 notices were sent to inform Healthy Families participants they will need to switch to Medi-Cal managed care plans on January 1.

"Stakeholders are not against the transition, but are concerned about the speed at which changes take place. When so many providers and consumers are forming opinions about Medi-Cal managed care and about health care reform in general, it's important this transition does not cause undue concern." Ms. Lazarus continues, "With a little more due diligence, it can be done better. If it's premature at the start of it, that could plant questions in the minds of the public to implement health reform. It just needs a little more time to make it right."

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CaliforniaHealthline

As California forges ahead to resolve several key questions about how insurers will provide pediatric dental and vision benefits under the federal Affordable Care Act, a new study examines dental benefits in California's implementation of ACA.

"The study raises good questions," said Jenny Kattlove, who coordinates dental access programs for The Children's Partnership. "We want to make sure that children of all ages have access to dental coverage. We want to make sure families understand that children are eligible for pediatric dental benefits and that enrollment in both health and dental coverage will be coordinated."

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Huffington Post

As gaming becomes more social, it is expanding into parts of society once seen as untouched by video games. The largest of these groups is women, who make up 55 percent of social gamers on average. Women are also more likely than men to make charitable contributions, care about youth-related causes, and purchase virtual goods in social games. 

The kinds of in-game donations and virtual goods that helped fund disaster relief in Haiti and Japan are a natural next step for helping our own children. The potential is enormous for both gaming companies and children. In 2011, the virtual goods industry saw $2.3 billion in US sales. In a market that big, there is certainly room for many causes. The Children's Partnership is working to make sure that child poverty is one of them.

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The Washington Post

An article highlighting the VirtuallyGood4Kids (VG4K) inititative encouraging  the gaming "industry to provide parents and their kids with more opportunities to direct the money they spend on virtual purchases toward fundraising causes."

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California Healthline 

Jenny Kattlove responds on SB 694, an innovation solution to address oral health access challenges for California's children in this week's Think Tank  of the California Healthline

Huffington Post

Senator Padilla's legislation is a forward-looking step that begins to address the state's dental workforce issues and will fulfill the promise of the Affordable Care Act by helping kids get the dental care they so rightfully deserve. It can also be a beacon to other states and give hope to the millions of children living across the United States who today get no dental care whatsoever.

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California Healthline

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California Healthline

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CaliforniaHealthline

State Sen. Alquist's bill to establish a telehealth task force for autism passed the Assembly's Human Services Committee with a unanimous vote. "The biggest policy barrier right now is that some telehealth services are not reimbursed. We need to ensure that all types of telehealth services are reimbursed by both public and private payers," said Jenny Kattlove, Director of Strategic Health Initiatives. "As technology transforms the health care system, its applications give us an opportunity to ensure that children are not left out of the conversation."

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