In a March 5, 2026, letter to congressional appropriations leadership, the Children’s Hospital Association (CHA) asks to make child health a national priority through the Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education bill.
CHA specifically asked Congress for:
- $1.02 billion for the Children’s Hospitals Graduate Medical Education (CHGME) program
- $30 million for the Pediatric Subspecialty Loan Repayment Program (PSLRP)
- $1.59 billion for Title VII and Title VIII health professions workforce programs
- $45 million for Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection program
- $31 million for the Pediatric Mental Health Care Access Program
- $24.334 million for the Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC) Program
- $7 million for the Pediatric Disaster Care Program
- $51.303 million for the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- $35 million for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), $25 million for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and $1 million for the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) to conduct public health research into firearm morbidity and mortality prevention
