About CSCC

The Children's Specialty Care Coalition is a non-profit association representing more than 1,000 pediatric specialists in California. We are dedicated to ensuring children with special health care needs have access to necessary high-quality medical care through strong leadership, education, and advocacy.

The Coalition was formed in 1999 to address the growing crisis in the availability of quality pediatric subspecialist care for sick children in California. Based in Sacramento, the Coalition has worked to strengthen the California Children's Services (CCS) program. The Coalition's foremost goal is to advocate on behalf of critically and chronically ill children and their families to ensure every child has access to the life-saving and life-enhancing health care they need and deserve.

Key Objectives

To educate the public and decision makers about the importance of ensuring appropriate, high-quality health care for all children with special health care needs.
To provide and exchange information on new developments and pending legislation in the areas of financing and the provision of pediatric care programs for children with special health care needs.
To increase awareness among state and local decision makers of potential funding shortages or proposed policy changes that might pose a threat to the health of children in California with severe and chronic diseases and their access to pediatric specialty care.
To serve as the collective voice of all pediatric specialists in California.