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The Crime Victim Compensation Program has helped 1,300 individuals in four years, but diversion programs have eroded the amount of funds coming in.
California Native Americans won health care settlement. Federal government hasn't delivered Yesenia Amaro View Comments Fresno, Calif. — The court rulings brought hope. Finally, California's Native American population — the nation's largest — would receive its rightful share of federal health care funding. Triumphant, leaders in the California Native community journeyed to Washington to negotiate the process of opening the funding pipeline. That was more than four decades ago. Today, despite a 1979 federal court-ordered settlement that would have pumped millions of dollars into Califo...
FRESNO, Calif. â The court rulings brought hope. Finally, California's Native American population â the nation's largest â would receive its rightful share of federal health care funding. Triumphant, leaders in the California Native community journeyed to Washington to negotiate the process of opening the funding pipeline. That was more than four decades ago. Today, despite a 1979 federal court-ordered settlement that would have pumped millions of dollars into California for Native American health care, the state's share remains stunningly underfunded by the Indian Health Servi...
May 2—The court rulings brought hope. Finally, California's Native American population — the nation's largest — would receive its rightful share of federal health care funding. Triumphant, leaders in the California Native community journeyed to Washington to negotiate the process of opening the funding pipeline. That was more than four decades ago. Today, despite a 1979 federal court-ordered ...