Tcp at-a-glance

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Mission

The Children's Partnership works to ensure that all children-especially those at risk of being left behind-have the resources and the opportunities they need to grow up healthy and lead productive lives

ISSUES

• Quality, affordable health insurance for all children
• Using technology to improve the lives of children and their families
• E-health applications to improve health and health care systems for children

FOUNDED

1993

OFFICE LOCATIONS

Santa Monica, CA, and Washington, DC

FOUNDERS

Wendy Lazarus and Laurie Lipper

SELECTED SUPPORTERS

• The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
• The California Endowment
• The California Emerging Technology Fund
• The Atlantic Philanthropies
• The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation

selected partners

• National PTA
• National Urban League
• American Library Association

strategies

• Independent research
• Pilot Programs in local communities
• Scaled solutions through marketplace (private and non-profit)
• State and federal public policies
• Public and private partnerships

current priorities

DC Team

• Using technology to advance children's health
• Reauthorizing and improving the State Child Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)
• Advancing Digital Opportunities Now for America's Children Agenda
• Creating Parents and the Internet 2.0, a guide to the benefits and dangers of the Internet for low-income parents of online children

California Team

• 100% Health Insurance for all California children
• Piloting telemedicine for children in schools
• Researching technology applications that benefit children's health
• Piloting Schools2Home, a program to provide home-based computing to low-income families with middle school children