Publications

Come Learn About an Innovative Model to Bring Dental Care to Children in Preschool Settings

The Virtual Dental Home creates a community-based oral health delivery system in which people receive preventive and simple therapeutic dental services in community settings. The system of care utilizes the latest technology to link practitioners in the community with dentists at remote office sites. 

6:00 – 8:30 p.m.
Program starts at 6:30
Download the agenda here. 

West Los Angeles College – HLRC Building
9000 Overland Ave.
Culver City, CA 90230

RSVP by May 1, 2013. Space is limited.
Please email  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it  or call (310) 260-1220 to speak with Karen Anthony.

This event is free. Hors d'oeuvres and drinks will be provided.

Three CE credits will be provided by the University of the Pacific.

This project is funded, in part, by First 5 LA

California Health Report

Concern over accessibility to dental care for children on Medi-Cal brings to surface the need for alternative solutions to increase access. "One of the solutions is to bring dental care to children where they are," says Kattlove. "School-based programs are very successful in addressing access issues."

Read the full article here . 

Download TCP's letter of support to Assembleymember Richard Pan, Chair, Assembly Health Committee, for proposed amendments that would limit out-of-pocket costs and ensure that consumer protections guaranteed by the ACA apply to stand-alone dental plans.

Jenny Kattlove, Director, Strategic Health Initiatives presented "Fix Medi-Cal Dental Coverage:  Half of California's Kids Depend On It" to the San Luis Obispo Children's Oral Health Coalition, San Luis Obispo, CA. 

Download slides from the presentation here. (pdf)

MCH Access Monthly Meeting

Thursday, March 21, 2013 10 AM - 12 noon

Patricia Phillips Community Room
1111 W. 6th St., 3rd Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90017  (6th St. and Bixel St.)

Jenny Kattlove will present TCP's latest Issue Brief, "Fix Medi-Cal Dental Coverage:  Half of California's Kids Depend On It". Download the presentation slides here. 

Jenny Kattlove, Director, Strategic Health Initiatives presented "Fix Medi-Cal Dental Coverage:  Half of California's Kids Depend On It" at the Maternal and Child Health Access monthly meeting on March 21, 2013 in Los Angeles, California.

Download slides from the presentation here. (pdf)

Collaborating with Students and Schools to Maximize Health Insurance Coverage 

Vision & Voice for Healthy Students 
March 14-15, 2013 
Westin Hotel in Long Beach.

The Affordable Care Act will allow millions more Californians to get health insurance coverage. Both students and schools can play a role in maximizing this opportunity. Learn about new health insurance options, how and when families can apply for coverage, and what schools can do to help. 

Speakers include:

Kathleen Hamilton, Director, Sacramento Government Affairs, The Children’s Partnership 
Jenny Kattlove, MS, Director, Strategic Health Initiatives, The Children’s Partnership 

You can register here.

Jenny Kattlove, Director, Strategic Health Initiatives presented at the California School Health Centers Annual Conference on March 15, 2013 in Long Beach, California.

Download the presentation slides here. (pdf)

March 13-15, 2013
San Francisco Marriott Marquis
San Francisco, CA

Between the Great Recession, the volatile policy arena, the 2012 elections, and the Supreme Court decision on the Affordable Care Act, the new normal for grantmakers may be working under conditions of ongoing dynamic change. The 2013 GIH annual meeting Big Ideas to Blueprints: Decisive Grantmaking in Dynamic Times will be a time to focus on how foundations, their grantees, and other partners can thrive in these changing times.

Network Breakfasts featuring TCP staff
Thursday, March 14th, 8am

Kids' Access (featuring Kathleen Hamilton, The Children's Partnership, and Suzie Shupe, California Coverage and Health Initiatives)
Oral Health (featuring Shelley Gehshan, The Pew Charitable Trusts, and Jenny Kattlove, The Children's Partnership)

HealthyCal.org

California needs to act now to prevent a severe dental crisis. “School based programs are very successful in addressing access issues,” says Kattlove. Also, training other medical professionals in preventative oral care and introducing innovations such as teledentistry are alternate solutions offered.  

Download the article here.