Systemic Advocacy--Patients to Policy

MLPC will work with individual sites to develop a National Health Advocacy Network designed to build local, regional and national support for policies related to child health.  Possible projects may include:

Creating and implementing a Child Health Impact Assessment designed to help legislators, the public, and the media understand the effect state and local projects and legislation have on the health of vulnerable children, especially where the policy is not obviously related to child health, such as housing subsidies.

Developing a national clearinghouse for information and studies related to the health problems of poor children.