by Eden Desta | Jun 15, 2020 | Pulse Newsletters
The Early Childhood Connector: A Virtual Solution for Supporting the Early Childhood Field through COVID-19 Colleen Murphy, Vice President, Early Childhood Connector The Ounce of Prevention Fund As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact our health care...
by Eden Desta | Jun 15, 2020 | Pulse Newsletters
Lauren Geary, M.P.H., American Academy of Pediatrics Kathy Janies, American Academy of Pediatrics Jane Bassewitz, M.A., American Academy of Pediatrics The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is striving to provide vital support to pediatric health care professionals,...
by Eden Desta | Jun 15, 2020 | Promoting Coverage for MCH, Pulse Newsletters
Atyya Chaudhry Senior Program Manager Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. uninsured rate was approximately 8.5 percent or about 27.5 million people. Since the COVID-19 outbreak was declared a national emergency on March 13, 2020,[1] an estimated 12.7 million...
by Eden Desta | Jun 15, 2020 | Pulse Newsletters
Paige Bussanich, M.S. AMCHP Senior Program Manager, Children & Youth with Special Health Care Needs Author’s note: I believe that we all can become empowered when we are able to share our personal stories. When our staff decided to expand beyond the usual bounds...
by Eden Desta | Jun 3, 2020 | COVID-19, Government Affairs, Policy Alerts
82 bipartisan Members of Congress sent a letter to House of Representatives leadership urging them to include increased funding for the Title V Maternal and Child Health Block Grant in the next COVID-19 relief package.
