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Promoting a system that works for children with special health care needs
Through grantmaking, advocacy and communications we promote a system of care that improves outcomes for children with special health care needs and enhances the lives of their families.
Amanda Sechrest dropped onto her bed, exhausted after a late night of
studying for finals at Saint Mary’s College of California. For some reason,
on this particular night in May 2012, the first-year student felt compelled
to keep her phone’s ringer on, instead of turning it on silent.
That night...
PALO ALTO – As the health care policy flexibilities that were instituted during the COVID-19 public health emergency begin to wind down, regulations are changing across the country and in states, potentially putting children’s health at risk. Two new grants from the Lucile Packard Foundation for...