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Tools

  • Insure Kids Now!
    Supplies information on free and low-cost health insurance programs for children including Medicaid and CHIP (Children's Health Insurance Program).
    Sponsoring organization: Health Resources and Services Administration
  • ADA Report Provides Checkup on Children's Dental Medicaid Programs
    Contains reports on all 50 states, including the main report titled State Innovations to Improve Access to Oral Health Care for Low-Income Children: A Compendium. Developed to record the activities states have pursued in an effort to improve access to oral health care for children enrolled in Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program.
    Sponsoring organization: American Dental Association
  • KIDS COUNT Regional / Rural Collaboratives
    Links to research projects addressing the unique economic challenges faced by rural families.
    Sponsoring organization: Annie E. Casey Foundation
  • Early Childhood Caries Project (ECCP)
    Transdisciplinary health care approach to prevention of dental disease in children ages 0 -3 years.
    Sponsoring organization: Association of Clinicians for the Underserved
  • KIDS COUNT Data Center (KCDC)
    Provides child well-being data by state and county.
    Sponsoring organization: Annie E. Casey Foundation
  • Alabama KIDS COUNT Data Center (KCDC)
    Provides data on child well-being for the state.
    Sponsoring organization: Annie E. Casey Foundation
  • Arkansas KIDS COUNT Data Center (KCDC)
    Provides data on child well-being for the state.
    Sponsoring organization: Annie E. Casey Foundation
  • Illinois KIDS COUNT Data Center (KCDC)
    Provides data on child well-being for the state.
    Sponsoring organization: Annie E. Casey Foundation
  • Kentucky KIDS COUNT Data Center (KCDC)
    Provides data on child well-being for the state.
    Sponsoring organization: Annie E. Casey Foundation
  • Mississippi KIDS COUNT Data Center (KCDC)
    Provides data on child well-being for the state.
    Sponsoring organization: Annie E. Casey Foundation
  • Missouri KIDS COUNT Data Center (KCDC)
    Provides data on child well-being for the state.
    Sponsoring organization: Annie E. Casey Foundation
  • Tennessee KIDS COUNT Data Center (KCDC)
    Provides data on child well-being for the state.
    Sponsoring organization: Annie E. Casey Foundation
  • Knowledge Path: Overweight and Obesity in Children and Adolescents
    Provides a selection of current, high-quality resources about the identification, prevention, management, and treatment of overweight and obesity in children and adolescents.
    Sponsoring organization: National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health
  • Diabetes in Children and Adolescents Knowledge Path
    Offers a selection of recent, high-quality resources about preventing and controlling diabetes in children and adolescents and lowering the risk of complications. The path also identifies tools for staying abreast of new developments in diabetes care and conducting further research.
    Sponsoring organization: National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health
  • Action for Healthy Kids: Resources to Improve Schools
    Searchable database of successful school-based interventions, policies, programs and practices that improve children's health and readiness to learn through better nutrition and physical activity.
    Sponsoring organization: Action for Healthy Kids
  • We Can!
    Provides resources for parents and caregivers aimed at helping children maintain a healthy weight.
    Sponsoring organization: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
  • Take10!
    A classroom-based physical activity program for children in grades K-5.
  • Maternal and Child Health Library
    A virtual guide to maternal and child health information. Offers a combination of maternal and child health information compiled by library staff and pathways to the best maternal and child health information available on other Web sites, from organizations, and in libraries.
    Sponsoring organization: National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health
  • Healthy Kids Challenge
    Information for parents, teachers, and schools on improving the fitness and nutrition of children.
  • Maternal Infant Health Outreach Worker (MIHOW) Program
    Works to stimulate the birth and growth of parent-to-parent interventions that improve health and child development for low-income families in urban and rural areas.
  • Covering Kids & Families Communications Action Center
    Tools and training opportunities that organizations can use to promote low-cost and free health coverage to uninsured families.
    Sponsoring organization: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
  • MedlinePlus: Child Dental Health
    Contains listings of research articles, and health information on child dental health.
    Sponsoring organization: National Library of Medicine
  • Kentucky KIDS COUNT
    State and county data on the well-being of Kentucky children.
    Sponsoring organization: Kentucky Youth Advocates

Success Stories

  • Healing Center Helps Children
    Dedicated to enriching the lives of children with disabilities in middle Georgia, The Healing Center provides financial assistance in physical, occupational, music, massage, speech, hippo, aquatic and mental therapies.
  • Maternal Infant Health Outreach Worker Program
    The Vanderbilt Center for Health Services’ Maternal Infant Health Outreach Worker (MIHOW) program provides early intervention services to low income families in Nashville as well as other urban and rural areas in Appalachia and the Mississippi delta, including Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, and West Virginia.
  • Rural Alabama School Sets High Standards
    Dedicated teachers, and a "sense of community" figures prominently in the academic success of the rural Fruithurst elementary school.

Funding

  • CIGNA Foundation Grants
    Targeted grants in five areas: Health of Women, Children & Families, Obesity Awareness & Prevention, Patient/Doctor Communications & Health Literacy, Disparities in Health Care, and Connection Between a Healthy Mind & Body.
        Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
        Application Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
        Sponsor: CIGNA Foundation
  • Community Access to Child Health (CATCH) Implementation Funds Program
    Funding supports pediatricians in the initial and/or pilot stage of developing and implementing a community-based child health initiative.
        Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
        Application Deadline: Jan 29, 2010
        Sponsor: American Academy of Pediatrics
  • Community Access to Child Health (CATCH) Resident Funds Program
    Grants to support pediatric residents in the planning of community-based child health initiatives.
        Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
        Application Deadline: Jan 29, 2010
        Sponsor: American Academy of Pediatrics
  • Office Depot Community Relations Program
    Supports local non-profit organizations with product donations and funding.
        Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
        Application Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
  • Regional Community Health Grants Program
    This program provides funding focused on reducing disparities in health care among racial and ethnic populations in eligible geographic areas.
        Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
        Application Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
        Sponsor: Aetna Foundation
  • Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Unsolicited Grants
    Grants to address health care workforce, innovative health care solutions, and health care to vulnerable populations.
        Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
        Application Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
        Sponsor: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
  • Samuel Harris Fund for Children's Dental Health Dentistry Grant Program
    Grants for oral health promotion programs designed to improve and maintain children's oral health through community education programs.
        Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
        Application Deadline: Jan 8, 2010
        Sponsor: American Dental Association
  • Saucony Run for Good Program
    Grants to encourage active and healthy lifestyles in children.
        Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
        Application Deadline: Dec 13, 2009
        Sponsor: Saucony
  • Summer Food Service Program
    Funding to provide free, nutritious meals and snacks to help children in low-income areas get the nutrition they need during the summer months.
        Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
        Application Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
        Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture
  • The Rapides Foundation Healthy People Grants
    Provides grants to parishes in Central Louisiana for a variety of healthcare issues.
        Geographic Coverage: Eligible Louisiana parishes in the Delta region: Allen, Avoyelles, Catahoula, Grant, LaSalle, Natchitoches, and Winn
        Application Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
  • William Randolph Hearst Foundations Health Grants
    Provides funding to improve access to quality health care for underserved populations in rural and urban areas.
        Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
        Application Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
  • William T. Kemper Foundation Grants
    Provides grants for health, human services, the arts, and the environment.
        Geographic Coverage: Missouri, Kansas, and western Illinois
        Application Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis

Publications

  • Access to Care Among Rural Minorities: Children (Appendix - Methods, Data Sources, and Detailed Tables)
    Appendix of report on rural minority children and the factors affecting their health insurance coverage and health services use.
    Author(s): Janice C. Probst, Charity Moore, Karin Willert Roof, Elizabeth G. Baxley, Michael E. Samuels
    Sponsoring organization: South Carolina Rural Health Research Center
    Date: 11 / 2002
    Format: PDF
  • Access to Care Among Rural Minorities: Children (Report)
    Examines rural minority children and the factors affecting their health insurance coverage and health services use. Includes policy recommendations and statistical information.
    Author(s): Janice C. Probst, Charity Moore, Karin Willert Roof, Elizabeth G. Baxley, Michael E. Samuels
    Sponsoring organization: South Carolina Rural Health Research Center
    Date: 11 / 2002
    Format: PDF
  • Action Plan for Halting the Alarming Trend of Childhood Obesity
    Overview of the growing problem of childhood obesity. Discusses the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's work to address this issue.
    Author(s): Flora Davis
    Sponsoring organization: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
    Journal citation: Advances Issue: 2 Date: 2005
    Format: PDF
  • Arkansas Year 2000 Statewide Oral Health Needs Assessment Survey: Findings and Conclusions
    Results of a statewide needs assessment survey on children's oral health in Arkansas.
    Author(s): L.D. Mouden
    Date: 05 / 2000
    Format: PDF
  • Around the Country: Alabama Getting Kids and Moms to the Doctor
    Discusses Alabama's Kid One program.
    Author(s): Erica Hauck
    Sponsoring organization: Rural Assistance Center
    Journal citation: Rural Monitor Volume: 10 Issue: 2 Pages: 1
    Date: 10 / 2003
    Format: HTML
  • BMI - Body Mass Index: BMI for Children and Teens
    Information on how body mass index (BMI) is used in children and teenagers. Includes an example of a BMI-for-age calculation for a child.
    Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    Format: HTML
  • Brushing Up on Children's Oral Health in Louisiana: A Policy Brief
    Documents the barriers children and families must face when trying to access oral health services.
    Date: 2003
    Format: PDF
  • Care Mobile to Serve Seven East Kentucky Counties
    Discusses a partnership between the University of Kentucky Colleges of Dentistry and Medicine and the Ronald McDonald Charities to bring dental care to underserved children.
    Sponsoring organization: Kentucky State Office of Rural Health
    Journal citation: Kentucky - Rural Health Update Pages: 6
    Date: 08 / 2005
    Format: PDF
  • Chartbook of Major Indicators: Conditions Placing Children in the South at Risk
    Chartbook of statistics on economic, health and education for children in the South.
    Sponsoring organization: Southern Institute on Children and Families
    Date: 08 / 2004
    Format: PDF
  • Child Poverty in Rural America
    Overview of the status of rural children, with child poverty data for the nation and each state. Discusses reasons for high levels of child poverty and what can be done to address the problem. Includes examples of counties in Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Montana and Texas with high child poverty rates.
    Author(s): William P. O'Hare, Kenneth M. Johnson
    Sponsoring organization: Population Reference Bureau
    Journal citation: PRB Reports on America Volume: 4 Issue: 1 Date: 03 / 2004
    Format: PDF
  • Childhood Obesity - Advancing Effective Prevention and Treatment: An Overview for Health Professionals
    Presents an overview of pediatric overweight and discusses this condition along with possible solutions.
    Date: 04 / 2003
    Format: PDF
  • Childhood Overweight: What the Research Tells Us
    Facts and statistics on childhood obesity. Includes information on physical activity in school, nutrition in school, and the health consequences of obesity.
    Sponsoring organization: Center for Health and Health Care in Schools
    Date: 03 / 2005
    Format: PDF
  • Children and Poverty in the Rural South
    Discusses the disproportionate share of Southern rural children living in poverty. Includes historical perspective on the economy and access to education in the South, particularly for African American, Latino and Native American children and families. Discusses policy considerations for improving the status of children in the rural South.
    Author(s): Rosalind P. Harris, Julie N. Zimmerman
    Sponsoring organization: Southern Rural Development Center
    Date: 11 / 2003
    Format: PDF
  • Children with Mental Disorders: Making Sense of Their Needs and the Systems That Help Them
    Examines the nature, severity, and prevalence of mental, behavioral, and emotional disorders among children, as well as the types of services that could help them.
    Author(s): Jane Koppelman
    Sponsoring organization: National Health Policy Forum
    Date: 06 / 2004
    Format: PDF
  • Children's Dental Care Access in Medicaid: The Role of Medical Care Use and Dentist Participation
    Reports on children's dental care use in the Alabama and Georgia Medicaid programs and strategies for improving access to dental care.
    Author(s): Karen VanLandeghem, Janet Bronstein, Cindy Brach
    Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    Date: 06 / 2003
    Format: PDF
  • Children's Oral Health in Mississippi: Addressing a Silent Epidemic
    Provides background on the most common dental problems children face and current efforts in Mississippi to improve oral health. Includes maps of Mississippi counties indicating the location of pediatric dentists and dentists who accept Medicaid.
    Author(s): L.H. Southward, N.G. Mosca, S.L. Silberman, N.P. Eklund, D.K. Curtis, C. Lane
    Sponsoring organization: Mississippi Health Policy Research Center
    Date: 11 / 2003
    Format: PDF
  • City and Rural KIDS COUNT Data Book
    The City and Rural KIDS COUNT Data Book uses 10 key measures of child well-being to track the conditions of children living in the rural (non-metropolitan) portion of each state as well as 71 large cities across the country.
    Sponsoring organization: Annie E. Casey Foundation
    Date: 2004
    Format: PDF
  • Drug Endangered Children
    Discusses the harmful conditions methamphetamine labs pose for children exposed to them. Contains statistics and data.
    Sponsoring organization: Carnevale Associates
    Date: 10 / 2004
    Format: PDF
  • EMSC Five-year Plan: 2001-2005
    Serves as a National blueprint for those charged with ensuring the futures of our Nation's children. Includes numerous goals and objectives.
    Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
    Date: 2000
    Format: PDF
  • Gaps in Prevention and Treatment: Dental Care for Low-Income Children
    Examines variations in the receipt of dental care of children in various states.
    Author(s): Genevieve Kenney
    Sponsoring organization: Urban Institute
    Date: 04 / 2000
    Format: PDF
  • Guide to Children's Dental Care in Medicaid
    Contains information on clinical practice, evolving technologies, and recommendations in dental care.
    Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
    Date: 10 / 2004
    Format: PDF
  • Indicators of Access to Early Childhood Services in the Mississippi Delta
    Provides maps and data about access to child care in the Delta Counties of Mississippi.
    Author(s): Elizabeth F. Shores, Erin Barbaro, Michael C. Barbaro, Michelle Flenner, Lynn Bell
    Sponsoring organization: National Center for Rural Early Childhood Learning Initiatives
    Date: 05 / 2007
    Format: PDF
  • Inside the Black Box of High-Performing High-Poverty Schools
    Highlights the best practices in eight Kentucky schools overcoming the barriers of poverty with high performance. Researchers discovered several characteristics among these schools: 1) high expectations for all students with a strong emphasis on quality instruction, 2) routine internal student assessment tools to supplement state exams and 3) a collaborative decision making process that engages all teachers.
    Author(s): Patricia J. Kannapel, Stephen K. Clements
    Sponsoring organization: Ford Foundation
    Date: 02 / 2005
    Format: PDF
  • Leading Causes of Death Among Children in Mississippi
    Presents the leading causes of death for children under age 18 in Mississippi. Data are broken down by age category, and comparisons are made between the Mississippi, its surrounding states, and the United States as a whole. The report also includes a discussion of prevention strategies to reduce the number of child deaths.
    Author(s): R. Cossman
    Sponsoring organization: Mississippi Health Policy Research Center
    Date: 02 / 2005
    Format: PDF
  • Meeting the Child Nutrition Challenges Facing Rural Areas
    Policy brief discussing barriers rural children face to accessing child nutrition programs and steps that could be taken to make child nutrition programs work better for rural communities.
    Sponsoring organization: Food Research and Action Center
    Format: PDF
  • New Data Reveal Widespread Disparities in U.S. State Poverty Rates
    Discusses state poverty rates. New poverty estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau's Current Population Survey indicate that about 13 percent of people nationwide were living in poverty in 2005.
    Author(s): Mark Mather
    Sponsoring organization: Population Reference Bureau
    Date: 08 / 2006
    Format: HTML
  • Poverty Among Rural and Inner City U.S. Children Higher Than Average
    Child poverty is well above the national average in both large cities and rural areas of the United States.
    Sponsoring organization: Population Reference Bureau
    Date: 02 / 2005
    Format: HTML
  • Preventing Childhood Obesity
    Details the factors influencing childhood obesity and provides policy recommendations for addressing obesity in children.
    Author(s): E. Serrano, R. Cox
    Sponsoring organization: Southern Rural Development Center
    Date: 04 / 2005
    Format: PDF
  • Promoting Healthy Weight Families: An Employer Analysis of the Causes of Overweight Among Youth and Promising Solutions to the Problem
    Discusses ways employers can help families achieve healthy weight goals and be a part of the solution to the growing epidemic of child and adolescent obesity.
    Sponsoring organization: National Business Group on Health
    Date: 08 / 2004
    Format: PDF
  • Provider System for Children's Mental Health: Workforce Capacity and Effective Treatment
    Describes the shortage of qualified providers to address children's mental disorders, including shortages in rural areas. Also discusses evidence-based care in children's mental health.
    Author(s): Jane Koppelman
    Sponsoring organization: National Health Policy Forum
    Date: 10 / 2004
    Format: PDF
  • Resources for Improving Mental Health Services for Low-Income Children
    Resources for improving mental health services for low-income children that includes contacts, publications, and electronic resources. Also, some state initiatives are listed and described.
    Author(s): Kelley O'Dell
    Sponsoring organization: Finance Project
    Date: 10 / 2001
    Format: HTML
  • Rural Children At A Glance
    Describes demographic, social, and economic characteristics of rural children in families. Includes information on child poverty, health insurance status, and participation in food assistance programs.
    Author(s): Carolyn Rogers
    Sponsoring organization: USDA Economic Research Service
    Date: 04 / 2005
    Format: PDF
  • Rural Children Lag in Early Childhood Educational Skills
    Reports that young rural children begin elementary school well behind their urban and suburban peers in reading and math skills.
    Author(s): Charles Dervarics
    Sponsoring organization: Population Reference Bureau
    Date: 01 / 2005
    Format: HTML
  • Rural Healthy People 2010: Maternal, Infant, and Child Health in Rural Areas
    Addresses rural health issues associated with the Healthy People 2010 focus area on maternal, infant and child health.
    Author(s): Jennifer Peck, Kristie Alexander
    Sponsoring organization: Southwest Rural Health Research Center
    Date: 2003
    Format: HTML
  • Rural Healthy People 2010: Maternal, Infant, and Child Health in Rural Areas: A Literature Review
    Detailed literature review of rural health issues associated with the Healthy People 2010 focus area on maternal, infant and child health.
    Author(s): Jennifer Peck, Kristie Alexander
    Sponsoring organization: Southwest Rural Health Research Center
    Date: 2003
    Format: HTML
  • Rural KIDS COUNT Pocket Guide: Measures of Child Well-Being in the Nation's Rural Areas
    Statistics on rural children addressing poverty, family structure, parental employment, housing affordability, and education. Includes data for the rural portion of each state and some information on state rankings for each topic.
    Sponsoring organization: KIDS COUNT
    Date: 2004
    Format: PDF
  • Rural Southern Children Falling Behind In Well-Being Indicators
    Author(s): Kerri Rivers
    Sponsoring organization: Population Reference Bureau
    Date: 02 / 2005
    Format: HTML
  • State Efforts to Improve Children's Oral Health
    Discusses what states are doing to improve oral health for children, education programs, access to care, and workforce issues.
    Author(s): Brendan Krause
    Sponsoring organization: National Governors Association Center for Best Practices
    Date: 11 / 2002
    Format: PDF
  • Strengthening Rural Families: America's Rural Children
    Overview of the social, economic, and demographic characteristics of the 14 million children who live in rural America.
    Sponsoring organization: Population Reference Bureau
    Date: 09 / 2004
    Format: PDF
  • Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Children: National Health Interview Survey, 1999
    Presents statistics on selected health measures for children under 18 years of age.
    Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
    Date: 07 / 2003
    Format: PDF
  • Surveillance for Dental Caries, Dental Sealants, Tooth Retention, Edentulism, and Enamel Fluorosis --- United States, 1988--1994 and 1999--2002
    Findings indicate that the dental caries status of permanent teeth has improved since the 1988-1994 survey. Despite this improvement, disparities remain for ethnic/racial minorities, low income populations, and those with lower education levels.
    Author(s): Eugenio D. Beltrán-Aguilar, et.al.
    Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    Journal citation: MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) Volume: 54 Issue: SS-3 Pages: 48
    Date: 08 / 2005
    Format: PDF
  • Why is Rural Important? Enrolling Rural Children in CHIP and Medicaid
    Discusses the Children Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and need for outreach to enroll rural children in the program. Examples of state rural enrollment programs are given.
    Sponsoring organization: Office of Rural Health Policy
    Format: HTML
  • Why Rural Matters 2005: The Facts about Rural Education in the 50 States
    Analyzes the importance of rural education in each of the 50 states. Calls attention to the urgency with which policymakers in each state should address the problems of rural education. Includes statistics and data.
    Author(s): Jerry Johnson
    Sponsoring organization: Rural School and Community Trust
    Date: 05 / 2005
    Format: PDF
  • Young Children and the Rural Information Gap
    Results of a study of a number of national data sets to determine the extent to which child well-being indicators can be determined for rural children. Includes suggestions for next steps to promote analysis and dissemination of child well-being indicators for rural young children.
    Author(s): J. Capizzano, A. Fiorillo
    Sponsoring organization: National Center for Rural Early Childhood Learning Initiatives
    Date: 12 / 2004
    Format: PDF

Journals

  • Future of Children
    Promotes effective policies and programs for children by providing policymakers, service providers, and the media with timely, objective information based on the best available research.
    Sponsoring organization: Brookings Institution
  • Nurture
    Quarterly newsletter that disseminates children's rural health and safety information to professionals in the fields of health and safety, agri-business, policy-making and the media.
    Sponsoring organization: National Children's Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety

Organizations

  • Action for Healthy Kids
    Nationwide initiative dedicated to improving the health and educational performance of children through better nutrition and physical activity in schools. Provides tools and resources to support healthy schools.
  • American Academy of Pediatrics
    Committed to the attainment of optimal physical, mental, and social health and well-being for all infants, children, adolescents, and young adults.
  • American Legacy Foundation
    The American Legacy Foundation is dedicated to building a world where young people reject tobacco and anyone can quit. The foundation is a 501(c)(3) organization that was established in March 1999 as a result of the Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) between a coalition of attorneys general in 46 states and five U.S. territories and the tobacco industry, and is funded primarily by payments designated by the settlement.
  • Bright Futures
    National health promotion initiative dedicated to the principle that every child deserves to be healthy and that optimal health involves a trusting relationship between the health professional, the child, the family, and the community as partners in health practice.
  • Center for Health and Health Care in Schools
    Nonpartisan policy and program resource center located at The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services. CHHCS was established to explore ways to strengthen the well being of children and youth through effective health programs and health care services in schools.
  • Center for Health Care Strategies
    Works to promote high quality health care services for low-income populations and people with chronic illnesses and disabilities.
  • Children's Dental Health Project
    Promotes public and clinical policies to improve health and increase access to comprehensive dental care for children and other vulnerable populations. Includes publications, news, resources, and projects.
  • Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics
    Fosters coordination, collaboration, and integration of collection and reporting of Federal data on child and family issues and conditions.
  • General Mills Foundation
    Charitable foundation of the General Mills corporation that awards grants to improve youth fitness and nutrition among other things.
  • Illinois Children's Healthcare Foundation
    This foundation awards grants to those organizations that are working to remove the barriers that prevent children from receiving the health care they need.
  • KaBOOM!
    Non-profit volunteer organization to build playgrounds in the U.S.
  • Kentucky Youth Advocates
    Promotes positive changes in programs and policies that affect large numbers of children in Kentucky.
  • Louisiana Assembly on School-Based Healthcare
    Promotes the health and academic success of Louisiana students and the economic development of communities by increasing access to quality healthcare and support services provided by school health centers.
  • Maternal and Child Health Bureau
    Works to assure the health of American mothers and children. Part of the Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
  • Mattel Children's Foundation
    Mattels Children's Foundation is committed to helping children in need.
  • National Assembly on School-Based Health Care
    Encourages collaborations between schools and communities to ensure that all children and adolescents have access to health care.
  • National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health
    Provides national leadership to the maternal and child health community in three key areas--program development, education, and state-of-the-art knowledge--to improve the health and well-being of the nation's children and families.
  • National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
    Works to ensure that every person is born healthy and wanted, that women suffer no harmful effects from the reproductive process, and that all children have the chance to fulfill their potential for a healthy and productive life, free of disease or disability. Part of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services' National Institutes of Health.
  • National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center
    Responds to the needs of states and communities in addressing current and emerging public oral health issues. Supports health professionals, program administrators, educators, policymakers, and others with the goal of improving oral health services for infants, children, adolescents, and their families.
  • Office of Children's Health Protection
    EPA established the Office of Children's Health Protection (OCHP) in May 1997 to make the protection of children's health a fundamental goal of public health and environmental protection in the United States.
  • Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools
    Administers, coordinates, and recommends policy for improving quality and excellence of programs and activities for drug and violence prevention that promote the health and well being of students in elementary and secondary schools, and institutions of higher education.
  • School-Based Health Care Policy Program
    Works to increase the sustainability of school-based health centers.
  • Southern Institute on Children and Families
    Works to improve opportunities for children and families in the South, with a focus on disadvantaged children.
  • UnitedHealthcare Children's Foundation
    The UnitedHealthcare Children's Foundation is committed to enhancing the quality of life for children who have health care needs not covered by their commercial health insurance.
  • Voices for America's Children
    An organization that works to improve policies and programs, and enhance advocacy efforts affecting children at the state and local levels.
  • Women, Infants, and Children
    Protects the health of low-income women, infants, and children up to age five by providing nutritious foods to supplement diets, information on healthy eating, and referrals to health care.