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    • Firearm and other violence prevention Folder

      See below for fact sheets, messaging guides, and articles related to firearm and other violence prevention.

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    • CHIP reauthorization Folder

      Children's Health Insurance Plan (CHIP) is a federally funded program which provides health insurance to low-income kids not covered by Medicaid, private insurance, or the new exchanges developed in the Affordable Care Act.

      See below for facts on CHIP (tweet them with #celebrateCHIP), suggestions and guidelines for writing op-eds and letters to the editor, and a powerpoint presentation from the AAP's visit to Children's on February 10th, 2014.

    • Food stamps, supplemental nutrition for children URL

      Robert Wood Johnson Foundation recently published research on the effect of proposed legislation related to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) on the health of children.

    • Immigrant Health Folder

      For anyone interested in learning more about Immigrant Child Health - medical issues, access to care, advocacy, etc. - consider the following resources:

      The AAP Council on Community Pediatrics Immigrant Health Special Interest Group. This relatively new SIG has really taken off in supporting advocacy at both the individual child and legislative levels.  Their list-serv is an amazing course of information and I'd highly recommend joining.  They have also starting doing programs at the AAP NCE meeitngs.  Their recent policy statement published in Pediatrics is attached.

      The SIG has also recently published a comprehensive Immigrant Health Toolkit that contains a wealth of information including clinical, access to care, legal, etc.

       

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