Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees - GCIR

Medical Spanish for Health Care Providers is an online tutorial focused on improving language and cultural competency among health care providers. It provides lessons on basic Spanish pronunciation and a list of health care terms in Spanish that visitors can listen to and then repeat. The site also explains cultural beliefs related to health care and differences in accents.

This site offers a range of reports and research briefs on California in the global economy, employment and income, key sectors in the California economy, and health care.

This site offers links to documents about safety and health for immigrant workers and other vulnerable workers and a listing of related news articles on work and health issues for immigrants.

This federal agency is mandated to conduct research to prevent illnesses and injuries in the workplace, and to notify workers and other stakeholders about the findings of these research studies. The site offers indices to the notification materials listed by type of work exposure and the industry group.

This site provides detailed information about Medi-Cal and Healthy Families. The comprehensive Medi-Cal presentation covers the basics on eligibility, enrollment, benefits, service delivery and many other program details. It also includes a review of Medi-Cal's legislative history, points of comparison with other state Medicaid programs, and background on policy issues.

This site offers a range of excellent reports and fact sheets on work, wages, and income figures for California, along with many resources on health issues for low-income families and the working poor.

This directory site offers numerous links to other union sites, COSH groups, government sites, chemical material data sheets, worker's compensation sites, state links, associations, labor organizations, research tools, OSHA standards and occupational safety and health training.

This site is designed to help all workers learn about their rights. It also provides the latest job safety and health information and resources for union and nonunion workers, local union safety representatives and job safety and health professionals.