Seeing Dilenia share a snuggle with her toddler Sophia, who glows with good health and delights in her mother’s affection, it’s hard to imagine their recent trauma and hardship before arriving at this happier moment. As an expectant first time mother, Dilenia’s real struggles began just two weeks before her due date when she and
To do well in school children must be in attendance. Children’s Health Fund’s Healthy and Ready to Learn program, used innovation and creativity to help eliminate absences. On the morning of the second day of March, the hallways at PS 36 were humming with excitement. In fact, more children aged 3-12 eagerly made their way
Children’s Health Fund is committed to ensuring kids can access healthcare whenever they need it. That’s why every year we make sure the voices of our medical providers across the country echo powerfully in Washington DC and are heard loud and clear by our nation’s elected officials. At our Spring Advocacy Conference last week, we
New York, NY) – Children’s Health Fund (CHF), which brings high-quality healthcare to some of the country’s most disadvantaged children, is pleased to welcome Michele A. Masucci, a Partner at Global 100 law firm Nixon Peabody, to its board of directors. News story here.
(New York, NY) – Children’s Health Fund (CHF), which brings high-quality healthcare to some of the country’s most disadvantaged children, is pleased to welcome Donald H. Layton, the outgoing CEO of Freddie Mac, to its board of directors. News story here.
Some people have a rare ability to make visions come to life. They create tangible solutions to fix a dire need or gap that exists in the world. This spark of creation, the ability to make something out of nothing takes determination, endless resolve, and even a bit of magic. Karen Redlener, co-founder of Children’s
An effort focused on helping kids develop lasting and proper oral health habits is making its way to St. Matthew Catholic School in Phoenix, bringing with it giant floss, larger-than-life teeth and other interactive elements. News story here.
The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America® (Guardian) in partnership with Children’s Health Fund (CHF) brought their national Guardians of the Smile program to students at St. Matthew Catholic School with an event designed to help students form proper oral health habits to last a lifetime. Guardian also presented a $10,000 grant to St. Matthew
It’s hard to believe that even in a U.S. metropolis of four million people, there are still swaths, entire neighborhoods, where people and children are going without basic preventative care, let alone urgent medical care. And yet, this is the reality in Los Angeles. This Women’s History Month, we honor Michele Rigsby Pauley, a star
The number of kids enrolled in Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) — two government health plans for the poor — fell by nearly 600,000 in the first 11 months of 2018, a precipitous drop that has puzzled and alarmed many health policy analysts, while several states say it reflects the good news
The movement to establish community health centers in the 1960s was born of the belief that healthcare is a civil right: that life, liberty, and happiness cannot be pursued without basic health. As a testament to this truth, we can invoke the words of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, who said, “…Of all the
In the 1960s times were changing in America. The civil rights movement was in full swing as the black community rightfully demanded rights and freedoms to help better their lives. Healthcare became an essential platform in the call for change. A young man named Olly Neal had a vision that embraced this ethos. We had