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The California Endowment

 

For Immediate Release

December 8, 2005

Statewide Children's Health Initiatives Receive Major Boost in Health Care Funding


Los Angeles, CA – Children’s health care providers received welcome news today with the announcement by The California Endowment that it was awarding $7.5 million in grants to local Children’s Health Initiatives (CHI) in eighteen counties across California, including nearly $1 million for Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo and Santa Cruz. In all, the grants will provide sufficient funding to cover nearly 8,000 children across the state with health care coverage.

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