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Search Results: MCH Organizations

This list of organizations is drawn from the MCH Organizations Database. Contact information is the most recent known to the MCH Digital Library.


Displaying records 1 through 2 (2 total).

Children's Hospice International (CHI)

Annotation: Children's Hospice International (CHI) is a non-profit organization foundered in 1983 to promote hospice support through pediatric care facilities, to encourage the inclusion of children in existing and developing hospice and home care programs, and to include the hospice perspectives in all areas of pediatric care, education and the public arena. CHI provides referrals, inquiry responses and publications for consumers. The organizations produces and newsletter and also sponsors conferences.

Keywords: Bereavement, Grief, Hospice services, Terminally ill children

Make-A-Wish Foundation of America (MAWFA)

Annotation: The Make-A-Wish Foundation of America provides operating guidance and resource support for all chapters of the Make-A-Wish Foundation. The Make-A-Wish Foundation, established in 1980, grants wishes to children with life-threatening illnesses. The foundation handles all financial and logistic arrangements for the child and his or her family. Requests for wishes come from parents or guardians, medical professionals, and children themselves. MAWFA publishes a newsletter and provides some materials in Spanish.

Keywords: Family support, Financial support, Terminally ill children

   

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