The Jakara Movement’s community health worker program is led by Punjabi Sikh residents but assists people of other faiths and ethnicities too. Like other immigrant communities in California, Punjabi ...

Since launching the program in 2020, the workers have organized over 41 health resource fairs, shared information at dozens of community events, taught more than 90 workshops on health-related topics, ...

Youth from Fresno’s Punjabi Sikh community perform a traditional dance at a May, 2023, event organized by the Jakara Movement at Jaswant Singh Khalra Park in Fresno. The park is named after a Sikh ...

California lawmakers will vote Friday on a budget proposal to freeze enrollment in a state-funded health care program for immigrants without legal status to help close a $12 billion deficit. Their ...

STATE CAPITOL, CALIFORNIA LAWMAKERS APPROVED A PLAN TODAY THAT WILL SCALE BACK THE STATE PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES HEALTH INSURANCE TO UNDOCUMENTED PEOPLE. IT’S PART OF THE LEGISLATURE’S OVERALL STATE ...

Cash-strapped California will ring in the new year by offering free health care to all undocumented immigrants who qualify for the state’s government-run health insurance program. The state, which ...