1. Childcare is a vital issue for Minnesota’s economy. Many young families can’t afford the cost of childcare. Ask your candidate if they favor increasing Child Care Assistance payments for young families from the current 40% to 75% of the cost of childcare. FACTS: Investment in effective childcare pays a return of $10-$16 per dollar […]
Word from the President: Eileen Crespo, MD, FAAP November Elections Will Bring Entirely New Government Partnership with Reach Out and Read Minnesota Yields Anti-Racism Training Pilot Program Transition Roundtable: The Medically Complex as a Model of System Barriers and Potential Solutions Chapter, Foundation Grant Projects Address Mental Health, Food Insecurity, Infection Control Fall 2022 Minnesota […]
The Minnesota Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics (MNAAP) and its sister organization, the Minnesota Academy of Pediatrics Foundation (MAPF) administer and participate in several projects to address a wide variety of topics that affect child and teen development, health, safety, and wellbeing. These projects offer MNAAP and MAPF the opportunity to meaningfully direct […]
The Minnesota Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics (MNAAP), together with Gillette Children’s Specialty Healthcare, the Chloe Barnes Advisory Council on Rare Diseases and the Minnesota Department of Health, hosted a roundtable event to discuss barriers and potential solutions in transitioning medically complex pediatric patients to adult care. Close to 500 people from across […]
A subgroup of the chapter’s Anti-Racism & Disparities work group has successfully launched their first project: a partnership with Reach Out and Read Minnesota to train clinicians to work with parents on how to raise race-conscious children. The program, currently in the pilot phase at several clinics throughout Minnesota, was the result of the group’s […]
