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The Children's Health Fund, through the clinical experience of the National Program of Children's Health Projects, works to convey the unique health needs of medically underserved children, families, and advocates for the best public policies that can address those needs.

Read about and access our archives of advocacy and related research publications, below. For more information, please send e-mail to: advocacy@childrenshealthfund.org

 

Legacy of Katrina: The Impact of a Flawed Recovery on Vulnerable Children of the Gulf Coast. A Five Year Status Report Children’s Health Fund and The National Center for Disaster Preparedness, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health August 23, 2010
Addressing Tranportation as a Barrier to Care Children's Health Fund, August 2010
Letter of Support for Donald Berwick in coalition with other advocates, June 6, 2010
Health Care Reform: Implementing the Law Children's Health Fund Policy Brief, June 2010
Health Care and Children: What Next? Children's Health Fund Policy Brief, April 2010
Letter from CHF Co-Founders to Speaker Pelosi in Support of Preserving CHIP January 7, 2010
Letter from CHF Co-Founders to Sen. Reid in Support of Preserving CHIP January 7, 2010
Letter in support of child preventive health provisions In coalition with other advocates, December 8, 2009
Reforming Disaster Case Management: National Lessons from Louisiana A roundtable on recovery hosted by Children's Health Fund, December 2009, Louisiana State University
CHF's Policy Brief on Health Care Reform, Health Reform 2009: What's In It For Kids? Children's Health Fund Policy Brief, December 2009
REPORT CARD: Child Health Provisions in Congressional Health Reform. Senate Bill. Children's Health Fund, November 23, 2009
REPORT CARD: Child Health Provisions in Congressional Health Reform. House Bill. Children's Health Fund, November 11, 2009
Letter in support of key children’s coverage provisions In coalition with other advocates, October 22, 2009
Letter in support of provisions to improve the oral health of children In coalition with other advocates, October 15, 2009
The Recession and Child Health Access: Why 21 Million Uninsured Kids and Young Americans Can’t Wait for Health Care Reform April 16, 2009
Letter in support of expanding healthcare coverage to legal immigrant children In coalition with other advocates, July 28, 2009
Letter from CHF President, Dr. Irwin Redlener, to Congressional Leadership on Health Care Reform, July 17, 2009
Letter in support of provisions to improve health coverage and care for children In coalition with other advocates, July 14, 2009
The Recession Generation: Detroit's Children at the Center of the Nation's Economic Crisis April 2009
Health Information Technology and Electronic Health Records Children's Health Fund Policy Brief, April 2009
Establishment of a White House Office on Children and Youth Children's Health Fund Policy Brief, April 2009
The Economic Crisis and the Health, Well-Being and Security of New York’s Children and Families Children's Health Fund Policy Brief, March 2009
Legacy of Shame: The On-going Public Healthy Disaster of Children Struggling in Post-Katrina Louisiana Revised January 12, 2009
State Children's Health Insurance Programs (SCHIP) Children's Health Fund Policy Brief, January 2009
The Enhanced Medical Home for Medically Underserved Children Children's Health Fund Policy Brief, January 2009
Medically involved infants and toddlers in the Early Intervention Program: Implications for policy. Roy Grant, MA, and Molly Nozyce, PhD. American Public Health Association, October 25-29, 2008. San Diego, CA.
The 2008 American Preparedness Project: Why Parents May Not Heed Evacuation Orders &What Emergency Planners, Families and Schools Need to Know Annual Survey of the American Public by the National Center for Disaster Preparedness, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and The Children's Health Fund Survey administered by the Marist College Institute for Public Opinion. September 2008
Preventing Further Trauma for Children and Families Relocated from FEMA Trailer Parks. May 2008
Mental Health Care in New York State: Prescriptions for Policy Change March 2008
The Growing Health Care Access Crisis for American Children: One in Four at Risk May 2007
Benefits of Best Practice: Asthma Care for High-Risk Children December 2006
Where the American Public Stands on Terrorism, Security, and Disaster Preparedness Sep 2006
CHF Comments to the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services on the Medicaid Citizenship Documentation Interim Final Rule, 71 Fed. Reg. 39214 August 2006
Health Status of Harlem’s Children: Improving, but Lagging Far Behind the Rest of the City May 2006
Quality Health Care for Homeless Youth: Examining Barriers to Care July 2005
CHF Comments to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on the development and adoption of a National Health Information Network January 2005
National Center For Disaster Preparedness How Americans Feel About Terrorism and Security: Three years after September 11 Sep 2004
Preventing Pediatric Diabetes: Are Racial Disparities A Factor? Feb 2004
Disaster Planning After 9/11: Is New York City Ready to Care for its Children? Sep 2003
Health Care for New York’s Homeless Children and Families: Models that Work. May 2003
New York City’s immigrant children: the challenge of ensuring access to care. May 2002
Childhood Obesity and Its Consequences: Nutrition, Activity and the Role of the Health Care Provider. Jan 2002
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND CHILDREN: A Children’s Health Fund Report. Jan 2001
The Referral Management Initiative: A Children’s Health Fund Report Sep 2000

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