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Food insecurity affects the pediatric population from their time in utero until adulthood.  Mothers unable to consume adequate calories and a variety of healthy foods can lead to low birth weight infants and birth defects.  Breastfeeding mothers …

Sky Ramos, CHW, is blazing new trails for Cook Children’s Health Plan. As the organization’s first-ever clinic-based community health worker (CHW), Ramos will provide in-person guidance at the new neighborhood health center serving the Las Vegas …

Preston Benjaman-Sewell loves to make others laugh even in the midst of his own personal challenges. The 15-year-old from Lake Dallas has autism and Lennox-Gastaut syndrome, a rare and severe form of childhood epilepsy that often does not respond to …

You may have noticed something new on the Fort Worth campus - 125 life-sized child cutouts located outside the Dodson building on the green space near the roundabout and Peaks. Each cutout represents 1,000 Cook Children’s Health Plan Members who may …

Cook Children's has expressed profound concern over a looming crisis that threatens health care access for Texas' most vulnerable children. A staggering 1.8 million children and expectant mothers statewide, including 125,000 within …

Cook Children's Health Plan (CCHP) is demonstrating its deep-rooted commitment to the well-being of North Texans this week by addressing access to healthy food for families in Arlington.CCHP joined forces with the Tarrant Area Food Bank, Arlington …

Media Statement from Cook Children’s Health Care System (Fort Worth, Texas – May 9, 2025)—Cook Children's expresses profound concern Today over a looming crisis that threatens health care access for Texas' most vulnerable children. A staggering …

Barry Corbin is an Emmy-award-winning actor, Fort Worth resident and grandfather of a Cook Children’s patient.Corbin and his grandson, Jordan Walker Ross, have experienced Cook Children’s care and kindness first-hand as Ross’ childhood was filled …

In 2024, the Texas Health & Human Services Commission (HHSC) denied contract renewals to several Medicaid providers, including three non‑profit, Texas‑based children's hospital plans: Cook Children's Health Plan, Texas Children's Health Plan and …

As part of our efforts to protect Cook Children's Health Plan members, Rick Merrill, President and CEO of Cook Children's Health Care System, wrote an op-ed to the Dallas Morning News highlighting proposed bills that offer a ray of hope. He …

The Texas Health & Human Services Commission (HHSC) has denied Cook Children's Health Plan (CCHP) a contract and awarded the contract to several out-of-state, for-profit insurance companies. This decision by the HHSC puts 1.8 million children …

Every Child Matters. Protect Our Promise. Save Cook Children’s Health Plan.

Cook Children's Health Plan (CCHP) remains committed to protecting more than 125,000 families who rely on our plan for the care and well-being of their children. The hope is that Texas representatives will recognize how beneficial and necessary this …

Since 2000, Cook Children's Health Plan has kept its commitment to safeguard the well-being of more than 125,000 families who rely on their plans, allowing them to uphold Cook Children’s bold Promise “to improve the well-being of every child in our …

Shaquerial Evans is looking forward to having her first baby in June. As a first-time mother, she researched health plans to ensure a healthy pregnancy and baby. She found Cook Children’s Health Plan (CCHP). “I knew about Cook Children’s, but I …

Cook Children's Health Plan is facing a potential end, which could leave thousands of its members without access to their current care teams.Last year, the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) denied Cook Children’s Health Plan a …

As part of our efforts to protect Cook Children's Health Plan members, Rick Merrill, President and CEO of Cook Children's Health Care System, wrote an op-ed to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram highlighting two proposed bills that offer a ray of hope. He …