CHOP has been named a 2025 Civic 50 Greater Philadelphia honoree, recognized for its strong commitment to community and civic engagement.

Neighborhoods in West and Southwest Philadelphia look cleaner and greener, with more than 1,000 new trees and over 1,000 freshly cleaned and greened vacant lots, thanks to Deeply Rooted, a collaborative between over 25 local community organizations, Penn Medicine and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia with help from strategic greening partner Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS).

Researchers in the Center for Violence Prevention (CVP) at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) collaborated with a team led by Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago that found children living in areas with the lowest Child Opportunity Index (COI), a measure that assesses factors like education, socioeconomic resources and access to health environments, were more than twice as likely to experience another violent injury within a year of an initial firearm related emergency department (ED) visit. The retrospective study was published recently in the journal JAMA Pediatrics.

Seniors from Mastery’s Hardy Williams High have been selected to participate in an exciting dual enrollment pilot program in partnership with CHOP this spring.

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s Healthier Together program has received a $200,000 grant from Rite Aid Healthy Futures to expand access to healthy meals at daycares in West and Southwest Philadelphia.

Researchers at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) found that most patients and their families who reported experiencing food insecurity benefitted from consistent delivery of fresh produce and prepared healthy meals post-hospitalization. The study, recently published in Pediatrics, underscores the need for hospital systems to partner with community-based organizations to address food insecurity throughout the United States.

Researchers at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) announced the launch of the initial phase of DISCOVERY of Risk Factors for Type 2 Diabetes in Youth, a nationwide National Institute of Health (NIH) study to address the surge in youth diagnosed with type 2 diabetes over the past two decades.

The Integrative Health Program empowers patients to take charge of their recovery.

A new partnership between CHOP and a local high school aims to lift families out of poverty.

Leaders from CHOP's Youth Heart Watch and the School District of Philadelphia present certificates to six schools recognizing their Heart Safe School status.