(New Orleans, LA) Dr. Kim Mukerjee of the CHF-supported New Orleans Children’s Health Project explains how children’s health is impacted by lack of access to primary care and insurance coverage. In 2019, roughly 11,000 children in Louisiana lost their health insurance, the largest single-year drop in over a decade. Read more at Nola.com
Voting is one of the tools we have in our hands to create a more just and equitable world. Our democracy depends on our participation. Voting matters, and elections have consequences for kids even though this has hardly been mentioned by any candidates. Earlier this month, we arranged meetings between leaders from the programs we
The Children’s Health Fund 2020 virtual benefit will take place on October 7, 2020 to benefit children and families in marginalized communities during the COVID-19 pandemic. Pix 11 Sports Director and Lead Sports Anchor Andy Adler will host the event. Read more at Pix11
The issue of how to best support students’ learning this coming school year is gripping communities across the country. For many students and their families, the difficulties brought on by the pandemic have not subsided with time, especially in underinvested communities and communities of color. Even through the challenges of this crisis, school communities (virtual
In the last two months, conversations that I never thought would make it to the mainstream are suddenly circulating through social media graphics, news pieces, and corporate messaging. America is finally admitting that inequities stemming from white supremacy and racism have systematically cut off Black and Brown people from resources and political power, creating
GiftPax announces the launch of a digital fundraising platform, Project ThankYou, to attract more supporters for charity programs. The first beneficiary of the project is Children’s Health Fund’s Covid-19 Emergency Response and Recovery Fund, with a goal to provide support for 50,000 children in the areas where it is needed the most across the U.S.
A bipartisan bill supported by Children’s Health Fund from Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and John Cornyn (R-Texas), which would prevent online sales of electronic cigarettes to minors by applying the same safeguards already in place for traditional cigarettes and smokeless tobacco products, was passed in the Senate. Read More at Sierra Sun Times
We are honored to have been invited by P&G to partake in this important message, along with other organizations working to combat social inequities affecting children. We thank P&G for the opportunity to create greater awareness of the need for social change and for their generous donation in support of our efforts. This full-page ad
As a Black woman and an educator, I have been feeling many emotions since hearing of the brutal murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery. Primarily despair, grief, rage, and exhaustion. I look at my community and see so much beauty, vibrancy, and life. I am the aunt of four Black nephews, and
June 4, 2020 – Children’s Health Fund is outraged by the racist, anti-Black violence this last week and in recent months. The brutal murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery are compounded by the disproportionate deaths of Black Americans from COVID-19. These past months have thrown our country into mass mourning for the loss
(Douglas, AZ) Douglas, Arizona residents showed up early Saturday, May 16, 2020 to get a free COVID-19 virus test courtesy of Chiricahua Community Health Centers Inc. The testing blitz was made possible by the following partners: Cochise County Health and Social Services, Legacy Foundation of Southeast Arizona, and Children’s Health Fund via a grant from
(Memphis, TN) The PepsiCo Foundation, the philanthropic arm of PepsiCo Inc., has earmarked $7 million for communities of color — which have been hit particularly hard during COVID-19 — in cities across the country. Memphis will receive $500,000 from the fund. The funds will be distributed through the Community Foundation of Greater Memphis and will