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�þþþþþþþ�Ʒ Children’s is committed to leveraging our state and federal government relations teams to support policy and advocacy strategies that benefit military-connected children. On June 28, 2024, we co-hosted at our Delaware hospital “Supporting Our Military Families and Hidden Helpers,” an awareness-raising and press event with the Eliabeth Dole Foundation and U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.). The event included �þþþþþþþ�Ʒ-connected military families and panels focused on policymaking, education and health care.

The event featured the following commitments made by event sponsors and panelists to increase support for children in military and veteran families:

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  • �þþþþþþþ�Ʒ more than 1.9 million patient encounters annually. To more readily identify military-connected families, we have created and will soon deploy a process that identifies children in military or veteran families and captures this important information in our electronic medical record for all users to easily visualize so that we can be proactive in meeting their needs.
  • We power KidsHealth.org, a pioneer and leader in pediatric health content that is visited by nearly 200 million people a year. Given that broad reach, we commit to continuing to expand KidsHealth.org content specific to the needs of military-connected children and families.
  • We're committed to being an outstanding employer for our military-connected associates, especially given our proximity to major military installations in Delaware and Florida. We recently launched a resource group for military and veteran associates, the spouses and partners of service members and their supporters. We commit to expanding the group and hearing member suggestions on ways to better support our military-connected employees.
  • We commit to leveraging our state and federal government relations teams to support policy and advocacy strategies that benefit military-connected children, for example, in the area of mental health for military-connected families.
  • We commit to working with the Children’s Hospital Association, the Veteran’s Administration and others to increase membership of health care organizations in the Hidden Helpers Coalition.
• Elizabeth Dole Foundation
  • The Elizabeth Dole Foundation remains committed to leading the Hidden Helpers Coalition, alongside Wounded Warrior Project, to uplift and support military and veteran caregiving children, teens and families through research, advocacy, partnership and resource development.
• Children’s Hospital Association
  • Children’s Hospital Association (CHA) recently joined the Hidden Helpers Coalition alongside �þþþþþþþ�Ʒ. CHA is committed to advocating for children’s mental health and addressing the unique health care needs of military-connected children, especially those that are caregivers for their families. Through the partnership, CHA will call on more than 200 children's hospitals to join the coalition in advancing support for our nations “Hidden Helpers.”
• Military Child Education Coalition
  • Military Child Education Coalition will build upon our multidimensional approach that trains and supports military-connected high school students in caregiving families and enlightens their peers, parents, educators and other adults who need to better understand and mitigate the unique challenges they experience.
• Providence Creek Academy
  • Providence Creek Academy’s commitment is to continue sharing resources with all agencies regarding military connected youth programs and expand our community partnerships with at least one organization per year.  
• Sesame Workshop
  • Sesame Workshop will continue to support the needs and voices of young children, their families and providers with Sesame Street resources and activities in the military, veteran and caregiving communities.