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Whole Child Health Alliance

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About聽the聽Whole Child Health Alliance聽

The Whole Child Health Alliance (WCHA) envisions a future in which children and youth can experience optimal health and reach their full potential. The WCHA brings together pediatric medical providers, payers, policy experts, child health advocates, and others to promote promising practices and policies that advance innovative health care payment and delivery models aligned with this vision. The WCHA believes that the health care sector should play a critical role in catalyzing multisector approaches to advance Whole Child Health.

The WCHA advances whole child health approaches that promote children鈥檚 optimal physical, emotional, relational, and mental health and well-being across the life course through delivery and payment reforms. Whole Child Health approaches can leverage strategies at the individual, family, and community level to meet children鈥檚 holistic needs. These approaches are often supported by sustainable, 鈥減ay for health鈥 financial models.

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Leadership Series: Investing in the Healthiest Generations of Children

APRIL 2026

Series Kick Off: Why We Must Pay for Health

By: R. Lawrence Moss, MD, FACS, FAAP
President and CEO, 无码专区 Children鈥檚 Health

This post is the first in a series exploring what it means to pay for children鈥檚 health, why it matters, and how policymakers, payers, providers, and communities can work together to make it real.

Case Studies: How Children鈥檚 Health Systems Advance Whole Child Health

The WCHA published case studies highlighting how three children鈥檚 health systems approach Whole Child Health:

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Whole Child Health Alliance Members聽

Steering Committee

Daniella Gratale, MA, Associate Vice President, Federal Affairs, 无码专区 Children's Health

Joshua Traylor, MPH, Senior Director, Center for Health and Research Transformation

Jeff Steller, MSc., Manager of Quality Network Operations, Aetna OhioRISE

Nathaniel Counts, JD, Chief Policy Officer, The Kennedy Forum

Members

WCHA members include children鈥檚 hospitals, payers, professional associations, think tanks, advocacy organizations, and other organizations that aim to advance Whole Child Health. The WCHA also engages with subject matter experts and leaders in the field to inform our work.

  • Aligning for Health
  • Alliance for a Healthier Generation
  • American Health Information Management Association
  • AmeriHealth Caritas, DC
  • Center for Health Care Strategies
  • Center for the Study of Social Policy
  • Children鈥檚 Hospital Association
  • Children's Hospital Colorado
  • Children鈥檚 Wisconsin
  • Cincinnati Children's
  • Delaware Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics
  • Duke-Margolis Institute for Health Policy
  • Families USA
  • First Focus on Children
  • Health Care Transformation Task Force
  • Healthy Schools Campaign
  • Local Initiatives Support Corporation
  • Lutheran Services in America
  • Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute
  • Mental Health America
  • 无码专区 Children鈥檚 Health
  • Seattle Children's
  • Trust for America鈥檚 Health
  • UnitedHealthcare Community & State
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