Click
here to contact your state's Community Foundations
and identify Foundation Center Information, CATCH Facilitator,
AAP Chapter Office, State Medicaid Director, MCH Regional
Program Director, Child Care Health and Safety Contact,
Title V Director(s) and SCHIP Contact.
Click any of the following links for resourceful
state data:
Kids
Count (http://www.aecf.org/kidscount/). KIDS
COUNT, a project of the Annie E. Casey Foundation,
is a national and state-by-state effort to track
the status of children in the U.S.
FedStats
(http://www.fedstats.gov/). The gateway to statistics
from over 100 U.S. Federal agencies.
National
Center for Health Statistics (http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/).
The Centers for Disease Control Web site with
links to data and health statistics.
State Program Information
Breastfeeding
Coordinators
AAP Chapter Breastfeeding Coordinators are members of
the AAP who are appointed by the chapter president and
work with the state chapter to encourage and coordinate
state activities related to the support and promotion
of breastfeeding. For additional Breastfeeding information
in your state please contact lkotch@aap.org
The Community Access To Child Health (CATCH) (http://www.aap.org/catch) Program is a national program of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) to improve access to health care by supporting pediatricians and communities who are involved in community-based efforts for children. The CATCH Program provides pediatricians with:
To find out more about immunization initiatives in your
state visit Immunization
Initiatives (http://www.cispimmunize.org/resour/states/Illinois.pdf)
To find out more about child
care initiatives in your state visit Healthy
Childcare America (http://www.healthychildcare.org/statecontacts.cfm?state=IL)
To find out more about medical home
initiatives in your state visit Medical
Home Initiatives (http://www.medicalhomeinfo.org/resources/state/illinois.html)
To find out
more about SCHIP Outreach Grant activities in
your state visit Reaching
Children (http://www.aap.org/commpeds/schip/index.html)
To find out more about proposed SCHIP Outreach
initiatives in your state visit Community
Ideas of Improving Access (http://www.aap.org/commpeds/schip/state_list.html#il).
This is a booklet of State Children’s Health
Insurance Program (SCHIP) outreach and enrollment
ideas from the proposals submitted to the program
in 2001.
General Program Information
Native
American
Child Health
The Department of Community Pediatrics
is committed to improving the health of Native
American Children. For more information on these
programs visit Native
American Child Health (http://www.aap.org/nach/).
Oral & Mental
Health Activities
The Department of Community Pediatrics
has received a cooperative agreement from the
US Federal Maternal and Child Health Bureau to
work on oral and mental health activities. No
state specific information is currently available.
Illinois
