Join us June 3-5, 2026 in DC!
We are proud to be the national voice of more than 200 children’s hospitals.
The Children’s Hospital Association is the nation’s leading advocate for children’s health, driving action, innovation, and advocacy so every child gets the care they deserve.
Family Advocacy Day
For more than 20 years, Family Advocacy Day has been CHA’s annual patient advocacy event in Washington, D.C., where we bring patient stories straight to our nation’s lawmakers and underscore the need to create a better tomorrow for children with medical complexities through legislation. Our theme, Team CHA, captures our shared journey toward strengthening pediatric care.
Engaging Members of Congress
During Family Advocacy Day, pediatric patients and their families travel to Washington D.C. to share their stories and advocate for policies that allow children’s hospitals and health systems to provide effective, specialized patient – first care.
Our Policy Priorities
Team CHA will focus on the following public policy priorities:
Strengthening and protecting the pediatric health care workforce, including doctors, nurses, and allied health professionals, and investing in training to ensure the timely delivery of comprehensive and specialized care.
Preventing proposals that could jeopardize children’s access to care and encouraging Congress to look at how changes to vital programs could impact the ability of children, especially with complex medical needs, to get care closer to home.
Enhancing Medicaid support to provide an adequate and consistent financing stream and framework for the pediatric provider workforce.
Addressing the mental health crisis facing our youth and encouraging robust investment to expand children’s access to a full range of pediatric mental and behavioral health services.
Family Advocacy Day Resources
Visit the resources page to find helpful information ahead of your trip to Washington D.C. including a “know before you go” factsheet, storytelling guides, social media toolkit, and programming agenda.