Children's Health Fund

Children's Health Fund
Founded1987
FounderIrwin Redlener, MD
Paul Simon
TypeNational organization
Location
  • 215 West 125th Street, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10027
Key people
Irwin Redlener, MD; Paul Simon; Karen Redlener
Websitewww.childrenshealthfund.org

Children's Health Fund (CHF) is a nonprofit organization that provides health care to children and families on mobile medical clinics throughout the United States. CHF was founded in 1987 by singer/songwriter Paul Simon and pediatrician/advocate Irwin Redlener. The organization began with a single mobile medical unit funded by Simon and designed by Redlener's wife, Karen.[1] More than 20 years later, the organization has 23 programs with more than 50 mobile medical units[2] and is the nation's leading provider of mobile-based health care for homeless and low-income children and their families.[3] Karen Redlener remains with CHF, currently serving as the organization's executive director.[4]

CHF programs are committed to the full range of children's health care from health education and preventative care[5] to the diagnosis and management of acute and chronic diseases.[6] CHF programs provide or coordinate care that fosters oral and mental health, as well as specialty or hospital care.[7]

  1. ^ LaBarre, Polly (April 30, 2009). "Strategic Innovation: The Children's Hospital at Montefiore". Fast Company.
  2. ^ Burden, Melissa (December 1, 2010). "Project gives health care to low-income Detroit children". The Detroit News. Archived from the original on November 17, 2015. Retrieved November 16, 2015.
  3. ^ LaBarre, Polly (April 30, 2009). "Strategic Innovation: The Children's Hospital at Montefiore". Fast Company.
  4. ^ Mishkin, Budd (November 25, 2008). "One On 1: Dr. Irwin Redlener Helps Heal The City's Health Care". New York 1. Archived from the original on 2012-09-29. Retrieved 2011-01-18.
  5. ^ "Wellness Classes Target Obesity in Kids". Tulane New Wave Newsletter. 2010-02-11. Archived from the original on 2010-06-05. Retrieved 2011-01-18.
  6. ^ Rabin, Roni Caryn (2010-06-07). "Enlisting Patients in the Fight to Cut Costs". The New York Times.
  7. ^ "'It's been an amazing week'". Douglas Dispatch. 2009-11-11.