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Policy Updates Victory: Vital Children's Health Coverage Protected June 30, 2008 Passed (House): Stop Child Abuse in Residential Programs for Teens Act June 25, 2008 Passed (House): Fostering Connections to Success Act June 24, 2008 News: Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act Filed June 18, 2008 CDF Calls President Bush's FY09 Budget Shameful February 4, 2008

Latest News Child Welfare & Mental Health "Advancing Kinship Care" Washington Times, July 2, 2008 "Raise foster care age-eligibility to 21" The Hill, July 15, 2008 Child Health NPR compares health care for pregnant women in the U.S. and France July 10, 2008 Education "The Next Kind of Intergration" New York Times, July 20, 2008 CDF signs "A Bolder, Broader Approach" Statement Child Poverty "Edelman Renews Call to Help Poor Children" Toledo Blade, April 17, 2008 CDF Report Finds Low-Income Families Lose Billions to Predatory Commercial Tax Preparers March 26, 2008 Juvenile Justice "Investing In Our Nation's Youth" Louisiana Weekly, July 28, 2008  "Mass Incarceration of Children Must End" Huffington Post, July 3, 2008

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Child Health

The CDF^® Child Health Division works to ensure all American children have health insurance so they can get health care and mental health services.

To accomplish this goal, CDF analyzes data and existing research to:

• find out which children lack health insurance in America
• identify the consequences for families without health insurance
• track federal and state policy developments

Then, we use the information we gather to help children by:

• educating the public and your representatives about the costs of not having every child insured
• supporting local organizers and advocates in the states

We also work to get health care for as many children as possible under current programs like the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and Medicaid.

Child Health Research: Access CDF's latest reports, guides, toolkits, surveys, and fact sheets on child health.

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