The New England Alliance for Children's Health is an initiative of Community Catalyst, a national nonprofit advocacy organization that builds consumer and community participation in the shaping of the U.S. health care system.
Our Goals:
- Preservation: Preserve federal and state provisions in Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program to ensure all eligible children have access to comprehensive benefits without financial barriers.
- Expansion: Enhance access to care for all uninsured children of low-income families through expanded private and public health care coverage.
- Quality: Improve the quality of children’s health care in New England.
- Coalition: Build sustained support for children’s health care funding from policy makers, community leaders, businesses, families and individuals.
The New England Alliance for Children’s Health is a coalition of:
- Community and business leaders
- Health care and child advocates
- Hospitals and health care providers
- Educators
- Legal experts
- Interfaith organizations
- Families and consumers
Together, these individuals and groups are working to improve access and coverage to the highest quality health care for all children. The Alliance has been made possible thanks to generous support from:
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Inc.
- Children’s Hospital Boston
- Connecticut Children's Medical Center
- Connecticut Health Foundation
- The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
- Endowment for Health
- First Focus
- The Jessie B. Cox Charitable Trust
- Massachusetts Medical Society
