Our Values
- All children are created in God's image and deserve the blessing of good health.
- Parents are responsible for making sure their children grow up healthy.
- When parents cannot obtain health coverage for their children at work, the government should help them find coverage they can afford
- Every child should have a regular pediatrician or family doctor and should be able to obtain preventive treatment so they can grow up to be healthy and productive citizens
- No child should go without treatment or rely on an emergency room for health care
- Faith communities have the right and responsibility to demand that government act to protect the health and welfare of all children
- Covering all children will take congregations, local communities, states and the federal government working together
- The best way to reach the finish line in covering all children is to build on reliable, cost effective programs like SCHIP and Medicaid that have worked so successfully to expand coverage over the past decade.
PICO's Healthy Families Campaign
PICO's Healthy Families Campaign a step-by-step effort to expand access to health care to the uninsured. PICO's San Jose affiliate helped create the first county program to cover all children, an initiative that has been replicated in more than half the counties in California. PICO federations in California, Colorado, Missouri, Louisiana, Florida, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and Vermont are working on local and state initiatives to expand coverage for adults and children. PICO is work on children's health because we want all parents to be able to raise healthy children, which includes having access to affordable health coverage.
PICO National Network
PICO is a national network of 53 faith-based community federations and 1,000 congregations from 50 different denominations and religious traditions organizing to improve communities and expand opportunities for working families in 150 cities and 17 states. PICO's mission is to equip ordinary people with the skills to participate in public life on behalf of their families and communities. PICO is a non-partisan organization that is not aligned with any political party or partisan effort.
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Contact Us
PICO National Network
171 Santa Rosa Avenue
Oakland, CA
Our Partners
To expand health care coverage for children and families PICO is working closely with many local, state and national organizations, including:
