About PFC
Every day families are faced with the heart-breaking news that their child has a serious, life-threatening condition. Many do not have access to the pain and symptom management, emotional, social and spiritual support offered by palliative care and hospice.
Partnering for Children is a national awareness campaign to help get the word out about compassionate, family-centered healthcare for children with life-threatening conditions. The campaign is reaching out to parents, healthcare professionals, the media, and funders about the benefits of palliative care and hospice.
To advocate for the highest quality of healthcare that children and families deserve, Partnering for Children is:
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Increasing awareness about the benefits of palliative care and hospice among healthcare providers and the general public;
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Rallying healthcare providers, policy makers and other key stakeholders to increase access to palliative care and hospice for children;
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Mobilizing parents, pediatric healthcare providers and communities to initiate community-based care and support systems; and
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Raising funds for national pediatric palliative care and hospice initiatives.
Partnering for Children is a collaborative effort between the Children’s Hospice and Palliative Care Coalition, the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, the National Hospice Foundation – and you.
The campaign’s spokesperson is director, actor, producer, and activist Melissa Gilbert, a passionate advocate for children who currently serves as board president of the Children’s Hospice and Palliative Care Coalition. Read more about Melissa Gilbert here.
Sign up your organization to help us spread the word. It’s time for each of us to recognize that we can make a profound and lasting difference by joining together to bring comfort and hope to children and families when they need it most.
Support for Partnering for Children was provided by a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Princeton, New Jersey.
