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Innovative Partnership Delivers Quality Asthma Care to New Orleans Children Whose Care Centers Were Flooded by Hurrican Katrina

NEW ORLEANS, October 20, 2011 – The disappearance of reliable healthcare services in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina left many children with asthma no choice but to seek treatment in emergency rooms across town – if they sought care at all.

9/11 Mobile Trauma Unit Helped Pave The Road to Recovery

Fox News Latino September 11, 2011
By Bryan Llenas

On Tuesday morning September 11th, 2001 Paula Madrid was preparing to give a presentation on the treatment of trauma in a New York City hospital but she never made it to that appointment. Glued to the burning towers on her television, the 25 year-old newly qualified doctorate in clinical psychology called the Hospital.

Share Your Healthy Habits and Help Children in Need

Healthy Habit Advice from Bethenny Frankel: Cleaning at HomeDid you know sharing your healthy habits can help Children's Health Fund provide half a million checkups for children in need across the country?  Bethenny Frankel, supporter of the Check-in for Checkups program, shows you how.

San Francisco Doctor Celebrates 15 Years Working on a Mobile Medical Clinic

Dr. Seth Ammerman, Medical Director, San Francisco Peninsula Children's Health ProjectDr. Seth Ammerman, Medical Director of the San Francisco Peninsula Children's Health Project looks back on fifteen years serving the Homeless youth of San Francisco. Here he shares one of the many success stories that come out of so many of our programs across the country. A child's life can be dramatically impacted by the health care and resources available to her.

Blue Bus of Health and Happiness

The Miami Herald August 26, 2011
By Jon Silman

CHF Miami Moblie UniteUM’s Pediatric Mobile Clinic is back on track serving low-income communities after a donor gives $650,000 to keep it rolling for the next four years.

On a rainy Thursday morning, a big blue bus is parked in front of a Kendall library.
Inside, just about every inch is stuffed with medical supplies and beds and stethoscopes. Any leftover space in the bus that serves as a mobile clinic is for doctors, nurses and patients to squeeze by.

Phoenix Doctor has Unorthodox Method of Providing Care

The Arizona Republic, August 21, 2011

Dr. Christensen shares his experiences on treating homeless children and young adults on the metropolitan streets of Phoenix.  

Dr Christensen, Phoenix Children's Health Project"There are more homeless kids coming since the economy started to be hit hard, but since 2006, we've seen the demand rise to what we think are unprecedented rates." - Dr. Randy Christensen, Medical Director, Phoenix Children's Health Project. 

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Health Fund Brings Free Care To Impoverished Children

NY1, August 9, 2011

Children's Health Fund talks to NY1For a quarter of a century, the Children's Health Fund have been bringing doctors offices to communities throughout the city and other parts of the country where health care isn't easily accessible, without regard for a patients ability to pay. NY1's Kafi Drexel filed the following report.

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Congressional Briefing Raises Concerns about Transportation Barriers to Health Care Access for Children

Three Million Children Annually Miss Health Care Appointments Due to Lack of Transportation

WASHINGTON (June 16) – In order to bring attention to serious transportation barriers that undermine access to children’s health care, Children’s Health Fund (CHF) and the Community Transportation Association of America (CTAA) are hosting a congressional briefing June 16.  more »

New Check-in for Checkups Campaign Helps Provide Checkups for Children in Need

Clorox, Bethenny Frankel and Children’s Health Fund (CHF) Team Up and Challenge America to Check-in One Million Healthy Habits This Summer

Clorox, Bethenny Frankel and CHF Team Up

June 15, 2011 – Want to be healthier this summer? Make those healthy choices count times two. Starting today, Clorox and Children’s Health Fund (CHF), together with New York Times bestselling author of “Place of Yes,” Bethenny Frankel, are challenging America to make healthy choices that benefit themselves and their families, while simultaneously helping provide half a million health care visits to disadvantaged children across the country. more »

Check In for Checkups To Donate Some Healthcare
Mashable, June 30, 2011

Check-In For Checkups Provides Health Care For Needy Kids
Huffington Post, July 6, 2011

Black Tie International; Children's Health Fund Annual Benefit

Bette Midler and Paul Simon performing at the Children's Health Fund Benefit in NY.

On Monday evening, June 13, 2011, long-time friends Bette Midler and Paul Simon reunited to support and perform at the Children's Health Fund's Annual Benefit in New York, where they surprised guests with a rousing performance of "The Boxer." Political elite including former Mayor David Dinkins, U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, New York City public advocate Bill de Blasio and Sandra Lee, first girlfriend of NYC, were also on hand to support the cause.  More »