Children's Health Fund

Children's Health Fund
Founded 1987
Founder Irwin Redlener, MD
Paul Simon
Type National organization
Location
  • 215 West 125th Street, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10027
Key people
 Irwin Redlener, MD; Paul Simon; Karen Redlener
Website http://www.childrenshealthfund.org/

Children's Health Fund (CHF) is a non-profit organization that provides health care to children and families on mobile medical clinics throughout the United States. CHF was founded in 1987 by singer/songwriter Paul Simon and pediatrician/advocate Irwin Redlener, M.D.. The organization began with a single mobile medical unit funded by Simon and designed by Redlener's wife, Karen.[1] More than 20 years later, the organization has 23 programs with more than 50 mobile medical units[2] and is the nation's leading provider of mobile-based health care for homeless and low-income children and their families.[3] Karen Redlener remains with CHF, currently serving as the organization's executive director.[4]

CHF programs are committed to the full range of children's health care from health education and preventative care[5] to the diagnosis and management of acute and chronic diseases.[6] CHF programs provide or coordinate care that fosters oral and mental health, as well as specialty or hospital care.[7]

Paul Simon

In 1985, Dr. Redlener joined the board of USA for Africa as the organization’s medical director and director of grants, where he met Paul Simon.[8] In 1987, Redlener and Simon founded Children's Health Fund to provide health care to homeless and medically underserved children in New York City.[9]

Throughout the years, Simon has held charity concerts and benefit events supporting CHF[10] and has traveled to Washington, D.C. to speak to elected officials on behalf of CHF.[11]

National network

CHF's National Network serve children and families in Arkansas;[12] Austin, Texas;[13] Baton Rouge, LA;[14] Chicago, IL;[15] Dallas, TX;[16] Detroit, MI;[17] Harlem, NY;[18] Idaho;[19] Los Angeles, CA;[20] Memphis, TN;[21] Mississippi;[22] Mississippi Gulf Coast;[23] New Orleans;[24] New York, NY;[25] New Jersey;[26] Orlando, FL;[27] Phoenix, AZ;[28] San Francisco, CA;[29] South Florida;[30] Southern Arizona;[31] Washington. D.C.;[32] and West Virginia.[33]

CHF has two affiliate programs in Philadelphia, PA and Montrose, CO.[34]

Advocacy

CHF supported the creation of the Children's Health Insurance Program in 1997[35] and most recently, the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), historic health reform legislation signed into law early in 2010.[36]

Crisis response

CHF works with the National Center for Disaster Preparedness at Columbia University[37] to help document and assess the impact of major disasters on children and the communities they live in.[38]

Since Hurricane Andrew, Children's Health Fund has activated a crisis response plan to help provide medical assistance to the victims of the disaster. CHF initiated this plan again after the terror attacks of 9/11 providing support at ground zero in New York City;[39] after Hurricane Katrina ravaged the Gulf Coast in 2005;[40] and most recently after the BP Oil Spill.[41]

Awards

CHF has received a two star rating from Charity Navigator, although it previously held a four star rating.[42]

References

  1. ↑ LaBarre, Polly (April 30, 2009). "Strategic Innovation: The Children's Hospital at Montefiore". Fast Company.
  2. ↑ Burden, Melissa (December 1, 2010). "Project gives health care to low-income Detroit children". The Detroit News.
  3. ↑ LaBarre, Polly (April 30, 2009). "Strategic Innovation: The Children's Hospital at Montefiore". Fast Company.
  4. ↑ Mishkin, Budd (November 25, 2008). "One On 1: Dr. Irwin Redlener Helps Heal The City's Health Care". New York 1.
  5. ↑ "Wellness Classes Target Obesity in Kids". Tulane New Wave Newsletter. 2010-02-11.
  6. ↑ Rabin, Roni Caryn (2010-06-07). "Enlisting Patients in the Fight to Cut Costs". The New York Times.
  7. ↑ "‘It’s been an amazing week’". Douglas Dispatch. 2009-11-11.
  8. ↑ Vandewinckel, Doug (2009). "Part of the Solution". Hofstra Magazine.
  9. ↑ LaBarre, Polly (April 30, 2009). "Strategic Innovation: The Children's Hospital at Montefiore". Fast Company.
  10. ↑ Silverman, Stephen M. (2005-09-20). "Stars Line Up for Katrina Concerts". People.
  11. ↑ Lloyd, Janice (2009-05-21). "Recession Q&A: 'Kids can't wait' for health care". USA Today.
  12. ↑ "Lee County Coorporative Clinic".
  13. ↑ Cobiella, Kelly (May 28, 2009). "Recession Leaves Many Children Uninsured". CBS News.
  14. ↑ Ward, Steven (2010-12-24). "Mobile clinic helps EBR children get medical care". The Advocate.
  15. ↑ Russo, Alexander (March 14, 2008). "Obama Education Funding Requests". Catalyst Chicago.
  16. ↑ Blundin, Lauren (Fall 2010). "On the Road: Homeless Services for Children Go Mobile" (PDF). Uncensored Magazine.
  17. ↑ Burden, Melissa (December 1, 2010). "Project gives health care to low-income Detroit children". The Detroit News.
  18. ↑ Harper, Jason (January 17, 2007). "Harlem children's zone offers a safe space for city children". Real Estate Weekly.
  19. ↑ "Idaho Family Health Services". Idaho Live, Work, Play. Archived from the original on March 16, 2012.
  20. ↑ Beyette, Beverly (September 9, 1993). "This Van Delivers Health and Hope". Los Angeles Times.
  21. ↑ Haynie, Holli W. (June 13, 2008). "Le Bonheur’s Mobile Health Initiative Brings Medical Home to Underserved Children and Families". Memphis Medical News.
  22. ↑ "Health Games Research". 2009.
  23. ↑ Allen, Krystal (March 30, 2010). "Dr. Persharon Dixon -WLOX". WLOX-ABC News.
  24. ↑ McCormack, Frank (October 19, 2010). "Children’s mobile health center unveiled in Port Sulphur". The Plaquemines Gazette.
  25. ↑ LaBarre, Polly (April 30, 2009). "Strategic Innovation: The Children's Hospital at Montefiore". Fast Company.
  26. ↑ Jackson, Chanta L. (February 22, 2009). "Mobile health unit assists those in need". Newark Live.
  27. ↑ "Teen Xpress Recognized by Children's Health Fund and American Idol Gives Back". The Inspirer.
  28. ↑ Dodd, Johnny (October 13, 2008). "Daring to Care". People.
  29. ↑ "Providing an important safety net". Lucile Packard.
  30. ↑ Cohen, Howard (February 5, 2010). "University of Miami's Pediatric Mobile Clinic gives kids access to healthcare". Miami Herald.
  31. ↑ "Local Living Proof that Idol Gives Back". Douglas Dispatch. April 28, 2010.
  32. ↑ "Children’s Health Project of D.C.". The ARC.
  33. ↑ "The Road Less Taken". Marshall University Pediatrics.
  34. ↑ Herndon, Grace (August 7, 2008). "Dental Center a Rare Gem in Nation’s Health Care System". the Watch.
  35. ↑ McGrory, Mary (2002-02-21). "Care on Wheels". The Washington Post.
  36. ↑ Lehrer, Brian (2009-12-24). "Healthcare Passes: Changes Due for Little Patients?". The Brian Lehrer Show.
  37. ↑ "National Center on Disaster Preparedness".
  38. ↑ Yarett, Ian (2010-08-27). "The Legacy of Katrina’s Kids". Newsweek.
  39. ↑ Celeste, Rigel (2008-04-13). "The Children's Health Fund, Charity of the Day". Luxist.
  40. ↑ Lloyd, Janice (2009-05-21). "Recession Q&A: 'Kids can't wait' for health care". USA Today.
  41. ↑ Walsh, Bryan (2010-06-25). "Assessing the Health Effects of the Oil Spill". Time.
  42. ↑ "Chairty Navigator".
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