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Securing the Future of Children's Health: The Importance of …

WebAccess to affordable and comprehensive health care is essential for the well-being and future success of our nation’s children. Established in 1997, the Children’s …

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Policy Brief: 10 Ways to Improve the Health Coverage of America’s

WebWhile much progress has been made in health care coverage for children, there is still more to do to ensure that the more than 4.3 million uninsured U.S. children …

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FACT SHEET: Children’s Mental Health First Focus on Children

WebHalf of all mental health disorders show the first signs before a 20%person turns 14 years old, and 79% of mental health disorders emerge before age 24. Typically, …

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Fact Sheet: Medicaid Unwinding: How To Protect Children from …

WebThe COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of stable access to healthcare coverage for kids. Since March 2020, states have been required to maintain …

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Issue Brief: What Is the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP

WebThe Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) was enacted by a bipartisan group of lawmakers as part of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (P.L. 105-33) …

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COVID-19: How The Health of Children Is at Stake

WebChildren may not be dying in the same number as adults or senior citizens due to COVID-19, but their health is at risk and so are the lives of their parents and …

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Fact Sheet: Child Impact Statements First Focus on Children

WebIn 2009, the local governments of Memphis and Shelby County, Tenn., began to develop child impact statements to “foreground children in policy planning and …

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Key Facts about the CHIP Program First Focus on Children

WebThe Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) was enacted by a bipartisan group of lawmakers as part of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (P.L. 105-33) …

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Children's Health Archives First Focus on Children

WebHealth care is key to promoting children’s physical and mental health, and their educational, financial and social outcomes as adults. First Focus on Children has …

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CHIP, Medicaid changes to benefit millions of children

WebA recent analysis by First Focus on Children and partner advocates found that paperwork and other burdens could cost nearly 7 million children — disproportionately …

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‘The Health of the Child is the Power of the Nation’

WebApril 28, 2015. Bruce Lesley. “The health of the child is the power of the nation.”. — U.S. Children’s Bureau, 1918. By large margins, the United States Senate and House of …

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The Mystery of Federal Pediatric Mental Health Funding: What We …

WebAccording to a poll conducted by Lake Research Partners in May 2022 for First Focus on Children, American voters believe — by a roughly 6-to-1 margin — that …

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Fact Sheet: The “Best Interests of the Child” Standard

WebThe “best interests of the child” term refers to certain factors that contribute to children’s well-being. These factors include: The child’s views: Children’s views should …

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Fact Sheet: Impact of the President’s 2021 Budget on Health

WebIndian Health Service (IHS) The president’s FY2021 budget proposal requests $6.2 billion to fund the Indian Health Service (IHS), which represents a $185 …

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Medicaid Block Grants and the Rationing of Health Care

WebMedicaid is a critically important health program that serves to protect the health of millions of Americans with disabilities and children in low-income families that …

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Nearly 5 million children have lost health care due to “unwinding”

WebMore than 4.6 million children have lost Medicaid coverage due to the “unwinding” of health care protections put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic. In …

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Children Are Not Little Adults: Ensuring Adequate Pediatric …

WebFor decades, we have known that in emergency situations every second counts, and that the lack of proper equipment or expertise can lead to misdiagnosis, …

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History of U.S. Children’s Policy, 1900-Present

WebA first bill to prevent employment of children in factories and mines was unsuccessfully introduced in Congress in 1906. By the 1910s, the Committee, working with the …

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Yolanda McBride the Director of Public Policy at The …

WebYolanda McBride is the Director of Public Policy at The Children’s Aid Society (CAS) leading advocacy efforts in a range of areas including education, health and child welfare, as …

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Washington Post says kids “don’t have the power to vote the …

WebOctober 14, 2020 Washington Post says kids “don’t have the power to vote the bums out. We do.”

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