Pediatric Health Care Capacity
A robust, diverse, pediatric behavioral health workforce is needed to meet children’s unique mental, emotional and behavioral health care needs across the full continuum of care.
CHA Releases Report with First-Of-Its-Kind Data on Children’s Hospitals’ Impact and Challenges
Results emphasize the value acute care children's hospitals provide to patients, communities, and society.
Bipartisan Legislation Would Invest in Children’s Mental Health Care and Workforce
The Helping Kids Cope Act would invest in critical areas of youth mental health infrastructure.
Support the Pediatric Access to Critical Health Care (PATCH) Act
The PATCH Act will support national investments in strengthening pediatric preparedness.
Pediatric Health Care Organizations Call for Response on RSV and Flu Surge
Pediatricians’ offices and hospitals are experiencing higher volumes of patients and many are at or beyond capacity.
4 Trends in Pediatric Hospital Utilization
A comparison of hospital utilization trends in acute care, surgery and emergency departments pre- and mid-pandemic.
Take Action to Boost the Pediatric Behavioral Health Workforce Now
America must invest in a specialized, pediatric behavioral health workforce now to ensure that children can receive the care they need.
Investing in Kids’ Mental Health Now Act Introduced in the Senate
This bipartisan bill would provide much-needed Medicaid investment for mental health services for children and the behavioral health workforce that cares for them.
Legislation Would Invest in Kids' Mental Health
The bipartisan Health Care Capacity for Pediatric Mental Health Act supports pediatric behavioral health care integration and coordination, workforce training, and increases investments in infrastructure.
Patients and Families Advocate for Improved Care
Participants from over 30 children’s hospitals met with legislators to champion topics related to Medicaid, mental health and more.
Letter to FDA on Critical Shortages Affecting Pediatric Care
CHA sent a letter to the FDA asking the agency to address two critical shortages affecting children and families.
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For the Record
View CHA communications to federal policymakers such as statements for the record, RFI responses, regulatory comment letters and more.
