When people ask me what I value the most about the work of Children’s Health Fund, the obvious answer, and the one I never hesitate to give, is how every day across the country we provide vital healthcare services to children living in under-resourced communities to help them succeed and thrive. But also important to
Today is an important day in the history of Children’s Health Fund. It marks the 35th year that we have been providing comprehensive healthcare to help millions of children across America thrive and succeed. And while we are proud of our accomplishments over nearly four decades, we are even more excited about the new work
“Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health is the most shocking and the most inhuman because it often results in physical death.” – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Nearly sixty years later, the words of our great civil rights leader still ring true. The abundant advances in healthcare and medical science that are
For their unrelenting commitment to providing healthcare to children, regardless of their ability to pay, Drs. Darlene and Jonathan Melk received the Irwin Redlener Award for Innovation and Advocacy at the Children’s Health Fund 2021 annual benefit. Darlene and Jonathan lead Chiricahua Community Health Centers, Inc. (CCHCI), serving a community in southern Arizona on the
Several notable actors and influencers attended a Hamilton Experience, Children’s Health Fund’s 2021 benefit, including champion gymnast Katelyn Ohashi, How to Get Away With Murder‘s Amirah Vann, and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel‘s Matilda Szydagis. Read more on Broadway World.
Children’s Health Fund is pleased to announce their upcoming fundraising event, a Hamilton Experience, which will feature stars from the Tony Award-winning musical Hamilton, on November 8 at 6 pm at TAO Downtown in New York City. The event will help raise funds to ensure that children from under-resourced communities across the country have access
The Children’s Health Fund 2021 benefit, a Hamilton Experience, featured stars from the Tony Award-winning musical, including Chris Lee, who played Marquis de Lafayette & Thomas Jefferson in Hamilton from 2016 to 2018, and Miguel Cervantes, currently in the title role at the Richard Rogers Theater. Read more on Broadway World.
“We were supposed to be untouchable,” said Dr. Nelson Almodóvar Rodríguez, medical sub-director of Salud Integral en la Montaña (SIM), a network of community-based clinics in Puerto Rico. “Historically, hurricanes went underneath us or above us.” But on September 20, 2017, Hurricane María struck the island with direct, deadly force as a category five hurricane.
Thousands of children have lost parents or caregivers to COVID-19. Children’s Health Fund President and CEO, Dr. Arturo Brito, spoke to Lilo Stainton of NJ Spotlight News about what is needed to support them. “We must ensure they have the care and resources they need.” Read more at NJ Spotlight News.
On August 11, 2021, Senate Democrats approved a budget reconciliation plan known as the Build Back Better Act. Intended to expand the social safety net, this bill provides funding for a wide array of policy initiatives, many of which center the needs of children and families. Through efforts to close the Medicaid coverage gap, subsidize
“Nutrition is the foundation of health. Just like housing, food should be a human right,” says Fadhylla Saballos, registered dietician with the CHF-supported Bronx Health Collective. This may sound like an indisputable truth, but the 13 million children who are expected to experience food insecurity this year live a very different reality. These children cannot
Photo courtesy of NOLA Ready The destruction that was predicted in Louisiana from Hurricane Ida is now heartbreakingly evident across the region. The winds tore up businesses and homes and terrified many children and their families who could not evacuate. Some areas experienced devastating flooding where people feared for their lives and lost power and
