1987

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Children’s Health Fund is committed to providing health care to the nation’s most medically underserved children through the development and support of innovative primary care programs and the promotion of guaranteed access to appropriate health care for all children.

Children's Health Fund, co-founded in 1987 by singer/songwriter Paul Simon and pediatrician/child advocate Irwin Redlener, MD, is committed to providing health care to the nation's most medically underserved children through the development and support of innovative primary care medical programs; response to public health crises; and the promotion of guaranteed access to appropriate health care for all children.

The Fund works specifically to: