Children, Health, and Human Services Standing Committee
About the Committee
The Children, Health, and Human Services Standing Committee (CHHS) reviews and recommends for consideration policies on children, health, and human services issues that impact U.S. cities. These issues include but are not limited to issues such as healthcare, childcare, poverty, mental health, chronic disease prevention, substance use disorders, and senior care. The Committee comprises full-member mayors and meets once a year in June to consider policy resolutions but may meet other times as deemed appropriate.
Leadership
Latest News and Resources
The Nation’s Mayors Stress Impact of Affordable Care Act Repeal
Washington, D.C. – The nation’s mayors today spoke out to stress the serious impact that losing healthcare coverage would have
Six Cities Share $445,000 in Grants to Support Childhood Obesity Prevention Programs
WASHINGTON, DC. — Today The United States Conference of Mayors (USCM) announced the winners of the 2017 Childhood Obesity Prevention
Preparing for Aging Populations in America’s Cities: Status Report on Aging in America
Download our 2017 Aging Report.
Adopted Policies
During the Conference’s Annual Meeting every June, standing committees recommend policy positions they believe should be adopted by the organization. At this time, every member attending the Annual Meeting is given the opportunity to discuss and then vote on each policy resolution. Each city, represented by its mayor, casts one vote. The policy positions adopted at the Annual Meeting collectively represent the views of the nation’s mayors and are distributed to the President of the United States and Congress.
Search all Children, Health, and Human Services Standing Committee resolutions dating back to 1992 using the search bar, or view the resolutions passed by Annual Meeting below.