Honoring Our Front Line Providers on Doctors’ Day

We can’t get through this without doctors and healthcare providers. Amidst the fear, grief, and uncertainty we are collectively experiencing as we cope with the COVID-19 pandemic, providers are on the front lines caring for our loved ones and protecting our communities. Every day, they brave the enormity of this crisis to deliver care that

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Healthy and Ready to Learn During the COVID-19 Pandemic

For families already experiencing poverty, homelessness, and instability, the changes brought on by the COVID-19 crisis have been devastating and extremely scary. Social distancing and other measures necessary to slow the spread of the virus have led to business and school closures. Some parents and caregivers have lost their jobs or had their work hours

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COVID-19 Action and Guidance Center

The spread of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) impacts all of us. But as with any public health crisis, children and families already experiencing poverty and barriers to health and wellness, like many of those served at the clinics and programs we fund throughout the country, will be the most impacted by this pandemic. Families experiencing

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To Impact Children’s Health, Go Back to School

As children’s health advocates, we can’t ignore the relationship between education and health: a child’s physical and mental health directly impacts their ability to learn. Similarly, the quality of education is a strong predictor of health and wellbeing well into adulthood. Recently, I returned with one of our early investors to PS 36, an elementary

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Employee Spotlight: Kevin Chung, Systems and Network Administrator

When Kevin Chung joined Children’s Health Fund (CHF), he had been unemployed for roughly six months. And while financially he was secure, the concern about healthcare became a real one. Aside from the standard doctor visits, the worry about a scrape, a fall or even something more severe was always in the back corner of

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Telehealth Services to Expand for Children in Rural North Carolina Schools

New York, March 2, 2020 – Children’s Health Fund today announced funding from the Baxter International Foundation to expand telehealth services for children in North Carolina’s rural McDowell and Avery Counties. The $100,000 grant will be administered by Children’s Health Fund and enable the Center for Rural Health Innovation’s Health-e-Schools program to provide access to

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