Healthy Outcomes from Positive Experiences (HOPE) is thrilled to invite you to the Spreading HOPE: First Annual HOPE Summit taking place on April 9! This virtual summit seeks to inspire a group of leaders who will, together, champion a HOPE-informed movement. We have the opportunity to shift how we support children and families and create
For years, pediatric providers, children’s advocates, parents, and others have advocated that the child health delivery system focus more on family-based primary and preventive care, including social and economic drivers of health. Unfortunately, reforming the pediatric delivery system often has taken a back seat to other health policy priorities.
Comprehensive immigration reform is long overdue and necessary to achieve a more equitable immigration system for families. As we noted in our 2019 report, Our Future Together, comprehensive immigration reform must be guided by a commitment to protect and promote the health and well-being of children and families.
In June 2019, as part of the Pediatrics Supporting Parents initiative, CSSP, Donna Cohen Ross, and Manatt Health released Fostering Social and Emotional Health through Pediatric Primary Care: A Blueprint for Leveraging Medicaid and CHIP to Finance Change. Designed as a practical guide for policymakers, program administrators, managed care plans, pediatric care providers, advocates, and others, the Blueprint features key strategies and
In the American Rescue Plan, President Biden has called for expanding the Child Tax Credit (CTC) for one year as part of a comprehensive package to address the ongoing economic crisis. This week the House of Representatives unveiled legislation that would do just that, while U.S. Representatives Rosa DeLauro, Suzan DelBene, and Ritchie Torres simultaneously reintroduced the American Family Act, which would make these expansions of the Child Tax Credit permanent. In order to ensure that families receive the full benefit from these proposed expansions, however, the CTC needs to be reformed so that it functions more like a child allowance.
The COVID-19 pandemic has worsened material hardship for families across the country. But there are innovations—like DULCE—that are making a difference for families during this unprecedented crisis. These innovations should inform future relationship-building at the local and regional level, including with the public interest law community.
The pediatric primary care setting provides a near-universal opportunity to support the youngest patients and their caregivers, strengthening vitally important foundational relationships and promoting social and emotional development.
A growing body of research provides evidence that the places where children live, learn, and play have a significant impact on their health and development. Early childhood advocates increasingly recognize the importance of these community determinants of health and are paying more attention to the housing, neighborhood, and community conditions in which families are raising
I’ve been off social media for a bit. Stepping back from the constant doom scrolling was great for my mental health and feeling like I had my brain back. However, I recently got back on to check in and see what folks were posting about related to post-election and the holidays. Now as the holiday
CSSP Policy Analyst Nico’Lee Biddle contributed an article to Children’s Bureau Express, discussing the fundamental brokenness of the child welfare system and how “to truly be relentless” when it comes to reimagining child welfare. “Over the years that I’ve been involved in child welfare system reform efforts, I have frequently heard the system described as