Advocacy Update: Schedule Your Legislator Meetings!
Amber Ulvenes WCAAP Legislative Liaison Summer is the time of year when we are more engaged with the Governor’s office, state agencies and community partners than we are with legislators. […]
Advocacy Updates
Washington Pediatricians for Climate Action: 2021 Achievements
Nancy Danoff, MD, FAAP Washington Pediatricians for Climate Action In the past year, Washington Pediatricians for Climate Action (WPCA) helped successfully pass a significant bills to address climate change. Throughout […]
Fair Start for Kids Act: Investing in Early Childhood
Edna Maddalena, MA Program Manager, WCAAP The Fair Start for Kids Act provides the largest ever investment in early learning in Washington State’s history. The Fair Start for Kids Act […]
Advocacy Update: What’s Next?
Jennifer Donahue WCAAP Communications Manager With a successful 2021 legislative session behind us, WCAAP’s legislative committee is ready to focus on preparations for the 2022 session. The committee met for […]
2021 AAP Advocacy Conference
Jerrold Eichner, MD, FAAP WCAAP Legislative Committee WCAAP Member Engagement Committee The AAP has held a Legislative Conference each year from 1988 to 2019 to educate pediatricians on advocacy, particularly […]
2021 Climate Policy Wins
Alexandra Perkins, MD, MPH Resident | University of Washington Department of Pediatrics Seattle Children’s Hospital The 2021 Washington legislative session has wrapped up, and there have been many victories for […]
Washington’s Working Families Tax Credit
Ellie Graham, MD, FAAP WCAAP Legislative Committee WCAAP Equitable Care Work Group The Working Families Tax Credit (WFTC), or Recovery Rebate, became a funded law this month with overwhelming bipartisan […]
WCAAP Legislative Summary – A Tough Journey Together, and Hard-Fought Gains for Kids
Beth Ebel, MD, MSc, MPH, FAAP Co-Chair, WCAAP Legislative Committee Think back to the darkest moments last year. As the legislative session ended in Spring 2020, pediatric providers moved into […]
The American Rescue Plan: Cutting Child Poverty in Half
Rupin Thakkar, MD, FAAP Immediate Past President WCAAP Board of Trustees The American Rescue Plan is being called the most ambitious anti-poverty initiative since the New Deal. It is projected to cut […]
Advocacy Works!
Elizabeth Meade, MD, FAAP President, WCAAP We have said it again and again; despite all the incredible challenges of the last 12 months, in strange ways the COVID era has […]