Child HealthWatch HelpLine

Aug 18, 2014

For more than 20 years, our Child HealthWatch HelpLine delivered on the promise of helping families find affordable health insurance for their children. We are humbled that we could help thousands of families find affordable options for their children to get urgent medical attention and the health insurance they needed to grow up healthy.

Over the years, finding the resources to continue to provide this vital service have dwindled. We refused to turn our backs on the more than 1,000 families that ask us for help every year and found a solution that continues to ensure families have ready access to critical children’s health insurance navigation support.

As of January 3, 2024, Pennsylvania Health Action Network (PHAN) will continue the HelpLine by embedding it in their their expert operation that has, for more than a decade, reliably assisted individuals in finding affordable health insurance options across the state.

If you know of a family in need of health care coverage for their children, please contact PHAN’s helpline, call/text 877-570-3642, email helpline@pahealthaccess.org, or visit pahealthaccess.org/gethelp.

Attend a Community Budget Meeting

Philadelphia students cannot afford fewer teachers or other support staff. City Council can vote to prevent those cuts. Speak up on behalf of students! Attend one (or more) of the upcoming public events and tell councilmembers, “No cuts to schools!” Sign Up, Show Up, Speak Up because Our Kids Are Worth It. Need help with your testimony? Check out our testimony as well as these talking points. We can also help – reachout to frangyp@childrenfirstpa.org. Click the image to download a PDF that you can share.

Postcards: Print, Sign & Share

These postcards are available for your community group or organization to print and share with your members. Postcards can be dropped off to 990 Spring Garden Street, Suite 600 or you can scan and send to info@childrenfirstpa.org. We also have printed postcards available to pick up at our office. Click the image to download a PDF that you can share.

Lower Travel Costs! Options are available.

The Mayor’s proposed tax on ride share companies will protect public schools and ensure students have the resources they deserve. If ride share companies choose to pass these costs directly onto riders, there are options for individuals with disabilities to help lower their travel costs. Click the image to download a PDF that you can share.