Issue Areas
The Center for Children and Families (CCF) works to expand and improve health coverage for America's children and families. We develop and disseminate research, strategies, and ideas to improve coverage for children and families, working at both the federal and state level to bring these strategies and ideas to fruition.
Visit the following sections to learn about the issue areas that CCF focuses on, and obtain relevant resources.
Fulfilling the Promise of Health Reform
On March 23, 2010, President Obama signed into law the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which is designed to provide coverage to 32 million uninsured people. CCF's health reform work focuses on providing federal and state organizations working on implementation with the tools and resources they need to fulfill the promise that the new law offers.
Learn more about Fulfilling the Promise of Health Reform
CHIP: Putting the New Law to Work
CHIP, with Medicaid, has been resoundingly successful in providing health care to low-income children. CCF's CHIP work provides information and resources on issues impacting the program's efforts to provide health coverage to children, including activities surrounding the implementation of the 2009 CHIP law.
Getting to the Finish Line
Lawmakers across the country are investing in efforts to make health coverage available to more children and families. CCF's work (including a project by the Packard Foundation) builds upon this progress and provides states with resources to cover all of America's children and families through public and private health coverage initiatives.
National Covering Kids & Families Network
The National Covering Kids & Families Network (NCKFN) is a community of organizations and individuals committed to advancing health care coverage and equal access to high quality health care. CCF serves as a policy and technical resource center for CKF coalitions and network members.
Strengthening Medicaid
Medicaid provides health coverage to more than one out of every four children, making it a strong and reliable building block for children's coverage. CCF's Strengthening Medicaid project develops fresh approaches to bring a new voice to the public debate about improving the Medicaid program.