Our Vision
That all children in the communities we serve are able to reach their maximum health potential.
Our Work
Supporting Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford
We are the sole fundraising entity for Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford and the child health programs at Stanford University School of Medicine. Join us in supporting care, comfort, and cures.
Promoting a system that works for children with special health care needs
Through grantmaking, advocacy and communications we promote a system of care that improves outcomes for children with special health care needs and enhances the lives of their families.
Providing data about children's health and well-being
Kidsdata.org is your gateway to comprehensive information about the health and well-being of children in communities across California. This easy-to-use web tool offers data on more than 500 measures, from asthma to vaccinations.
Our Blogs
Your Impact on Research: Fall 2019
Dear Friends, As you may know, when you support the Children’s Fund, you uphold three important pillars of child and maternal health in our community and beyond: providing care for all families, regardless of their financial circumstances; sustaining vital family and community programs (as seen in...-
New Grants Support Family Engagement, Palliative Care, Developmental Disabilities Care
See more stories from the LPFCH.org blogIncreasing family influence on policies and programs that affect children with special health care needs and their families is the focus of two new grants from the Foundation.
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The Policy Impact on Immunizations
Number of California Kindergartners with Permanent Medical and Personal Belief Exemptions: 2011-2019 Two notable immunization trends emerged with the passage of California’s vaccine law which took effect in July 2016. Under SB 277 parents can no longer cite personal beliefs as a reason to not vaccinate their children. Since then, immunization rates increased overall and […]