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children cleft lip andor palate clp require longitudinal multidisciplinary care travel distance comprehensive cleft centers may barrier families study evaluated geospatial availability certified cleft teams across united states geographic catchment area within 1hour travel radius american cleft palatecraniofacial associationcertified cleft center mapped using traveltime distance matrix programming proportion children located within catchment area calculated using countylevel data national kids count data center aggregate estimates patients clp based statelevel data centers disease control prevention onehour access compared across regions based urbanization data collected us census 182 american cleft palatecraniofacial associationcertified centers identified per study estimates 28331 273 children clp live within 1hour travel distance center onehour access highest northeast 842 children p 001 lowest south 657 higher states greatest urbanization comparison rural states 851 vs 374 p 001 similar patterns seen access 2 cleft centers number clp childrenpercenter highest west 775 lowest northeast 452 travel distances 1 hour may affect 25000 1 4 clp children us significant variation across geographic regions future studies seek understand impact provide strategies overcoming geographic barriers