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.html)
To find out more about child care initiatives in your state visit Healthy Childcare America (http://www.healthychildcare.org/statecontacts.cfm?state=NE)
To find out more about medical home initiatives in your state visit Medical Home Initiatives (http://www.medicalhomeinfo.org/resources/state/nebraska.html)
To find out more about SCHIP Outreach Grant activities in your state visit Reaching Children (http://www.aap.org/commpeds/schip/index.html)
*No information is available about proposed SCHIP Outreach initiatives in your state.
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.
Nebraska
