Washington Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics

Champions for youth - as a component of the Washington child health improvement parnership (wa-chip), champions for youth works to ensure primary care, state agencies, and school partnerships advance the well-being of school-aged children and adolescents from kindergarten through the twelfth grade. the clinical focus of the program includes increasing child and adolescent immunizations and improving youth mental health.

Covid-19 vaccination - wcaap supported 16 pediatric and family medicine clinics to improve their approach to covid-19 vaccine communications and workflows and reduce missed opportunities. In addition, wcaap collaborated with the Washington state department of health and the school nurse organization of Washington to support school efforts to increase family confidence in covid-19 vaccines.

First year families - as a component of wa-chip first year families works to advance family well-being and child development in the first five years of life. the current clinical focus of the program includes work on attachment/early relational health, maternal health and developmental screening & early intervention.

Advocacy - wcaap works to advocate for children and families. In 2022 such efforts worked to: establish a pediatric community health worker workforce to improve family well-being and kids' mental health in primary care settings, fund clinics to build behavioral health integration in primary care for kids, increase the tax on vape products to reduce youth uptake in vaping.

Membership and other - as a professional membership organization wcaap assesses membership dues which offer its members a variety of benefits throughout the year. In addition, to those programs previously mentioned, other programs led by wcaap in 2022 include: an equity toolkit and webinar series to improve care for diverse children and families, and leading a learning collaborative to improve immunization rates.