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More online resources needed for Californians with disabilities requiring help making critical decisions

UCLA analysis calls for providing supported decision-making materials tailored for more languages, cultures, employment sectors, and disability types
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Community organizations awarded $200,000 to implement UCLA students’ health equity projects

Four proposals each receive $50,000 to support Black male trauma recovery, foster youth resilience, autism-friendly emergency departments, and accessible playgrounds
The 2025 UCLA Health Equity Challenge finalists

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Ask the Expert: Calvin Chang on what community-engaged research means for Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders

The director of the Native Hawaiian and Pacific islander (NHPI) Data Policy Lab explains how good intentions haven’t always produced good collaborations
Calvin Chang Ask the Expert

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Press Releases
August 28, 2025

Federal poverty level guidelines continue to leave many older Californians vulnerable to economic insecurity

The California Elder Index™, compiled by UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, shows the cost of living exceeds many people’s means

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In Memoriam
April 05, 2021

The UCLA Center for Health Policy Research mourns the loss of our beloved Associate Center Director Steven P. Wallace, PhD

Dr. Wallace served as associate director since 1996 and was essential to building the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research (CHPR) into the successful policy research center it has been for more than two decades

New interactive dashboard for Elder Index Demographic Data
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November 27, 2018

New interactive dashboard for Elder Index Demographic Data

Find 2011, 2013 and 2015 data on the percentage, number and demographic characteristics of seniors with incomes below the Elder Index in all 58 California counties using our new, free Elder Index Demographic Data online dashboard.

New "Elder Index" to launch Sept. 14
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September 02, 2010

New "Elder Index" to launch Sept. 14

Could YOUR Parents Struggling in Silence?  Save the Date: 9/14, 11:30-1pm Please join Assembly Member Beall, Senator Liu, and experts from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and the Insight Center for a lunch discussion about what it really takes for seniors to get by in California.  The UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, in partnership with the Insight Center, will be releasing the 2010 Elder Economic Security Standard Index, a county-specific measure of what it takes seniors to me

Federal Poverty Line Grossly Underestimates the Needs of California's Seniors according to New UCLA Report
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February 26, 2008

Federal Poverty Line Grossly Underestimates the Needs of California's Seniors according to New UCLA Report

If you are elderly and live in California, how poor do you have to be to become eligible for public assistance? Too poor, says a new report issued by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research (CHPR).