Oakland – Children Now, The Children’s Partnership, United Ways of California, and the California Children’s Health Initiatives announced the receipt of grants today from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation under the Foundation’s Insuring America’s Children: Getting to the Finish Line initiative. These organizations partner with Children’s Defense Fund – California and PICO California in their children’s health work. These grants coincide with the two-year anniversary of the reauthorization of the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and will support the organizations in their work to advance policies and best practices that can help cover California children and their families.
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