Help Us Save the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) this September 19!

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Time is running out for Congress to pass legislation that extends funding for CHIP, which expires on September 30, 2017. Urge your Representative and Senators to voice strong support for a clean 5-year extension of CHIP funding and to tell congressional leadership to hold a vote on funding extension before September 30.  

KHSA is asking everyone to join with child-advocacy groups to create a Twitter storm on September 19 from 1:00 - 2:00 PM.  For sample tweets, images (good for Twitter or Facebook), and Twitter handles for Kansas senators and representatives, check out this social media kit.
 

For more information on how CHIP protects children in working families, see this fact-filled blog by Pediatrician David Rubin.  http://policylab.chop.edu/blog/preserving-CHIP

 

 

 

 

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Release: Children In Low-Income Families Exhibit Poorer Cognitive Development As Early As Age One

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Release: Children In Low-Income Families Exhibit Poorer Cognitive Development As Early As Age One

By age one, infants in low-socioeconomic families have already been exposed to greater environmental disadvantages that contribute to poorer cognitive and language development, according to a new study from PolicyLab and the Division of Neonatology at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). Published in the Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics, this study shows that poverty can impact a child's development as early as age one.

http://www.biospace.com/News/childrens-hospital-of-philadelphia-release/462720