The Children’s Defense Fund (CDF) is a non-profit child advocacy organization that champions policies and programs that lift children out of poverty; protect them from abuse and neglect; and ensure their access to health care, quality education and a moral and spiritual foundation. The CDF often works closely with faith-based organizations to reach their goals.

Robert E. Moffit is a senior fellow in The Heritage Foundation’s Center for Policy Innovation. Previously, Moffit directed The Heritage Foundation’s Center for Health Policy Studies and specializes in health care and entitlement programs, especially Medicare. Interview requests are processed through his page on The Heritage Foundation’s website.

Karen Davenport is the director of health policy at the National Women’s Law Center. She has focused her career on advocacy, research and public policy development dedicated to improving Americans’ access to health care. Contact Maria Patrick or Rachel Perrone.

Alexandra E. Shields is the director of the Harvard/MGH Center on Genomics, Vulnerable Populations and Health Disparities.

Sandra L. Thurman is the director of the Interfaith Health Program (IHP) and the president of the International AIDS Trust at the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University’s Rollins School of Public Health in Atlanta, Ga.

Gary Gunderson is a professor of faith and health of the public at Wake Forest University as well as the vice president of faith and health ministries at Wake Forest Baptist Health in Winston-Salem, N.C. He is an ordained American Baptist minister and the author of several books on faith and health including Religion and […]

Diane Rowland is a nationally recognized health policy expert and the executive director of the Kaiser Family Foundation’s Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured. In 2009, Rowland was appointed as the inaugural chair of the congressionally-authorized Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC) established to advise Congress on issues related to Medicaid and the […]

InsureKidsNow.gov provides information about Medicaid and CHIP services for families who need health insurance coverage. These programs are designed to be affordable for families who are not able to afford health insurance coverage in the private market or do not have coverage available to them.

June 22, 2013, Baltimore Sun article about the role of religious leaders and institutions in Maryland’s outreach program, designed to enroll uninsured Maryland residents in health insurance programs under the Affordable Care Act.