Dream House for Medically Fragile Children
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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2001 |
| Founder | Laura Moore |
| Headquarters | Lilburn, GA Georgia , |
| Website | www.dreamhouseforkids.org |
Dream House For Medically Fragile Children is an organization dedicated to dramatically reducing the number of medically fragile children in foster care while improving the quality of life for these children and their families. It is a tax-exempt 501c3 charitable nonprofit.
Programs
The organization runs three programs, a "Weekend Retreat" respite program that "offers an opportunity where the children can feel at home, while their families can receive a much-needed break from the stress and exhaustion that comes from providing constant, around the clock care", a "Family for Keeps®" education and skills training program that "provides tailored instruction that teaches foster, adoptive and biological families, social work professionals and other caregivers how to provide safe and effective care for medically fragile children at home," and a "Bridging the Gap" program that is intended "to help foster, adoptive and biological families acquire health care supplies, home modifications, and equipment necessary to provide safe and accessible homes for their medically fragile children."[1]
Founding
In the fall of 2001, Laura Moore founded The Dream House for Kids, Inc. as a non-profit organization dedicated to establishing the resources needed to get medically fragile children out of institutions. Moore was trained as a pediatric intensive care nurse.[2]
The goal was to save these children from neglectful and abusive situations and give them the home, family and future they so desperately needed to live. As the organization continued to grow and develop, the name was officially changed in December 2002 to Dream House For Medically Fragile Children, Inc. and the focus expanded to the metro Atlanta Area to create the community support and partnerships necessary to develop and organize the needed resources for hundreds more children and families. Plans are currently underway to build a state-wide resource center in Conyers, Georgia to serve children and families from all over Georgia.
Development
The nonprofit benefited from a 2007 fundraiser headlined by Atlanta Braves baseball player Jeff Francouer, involving Delta Airlines' frequent flyer program, SkyMiles, donating the value of 25,000 Skymiles for each homerun hit by Francoeur during the season.[3] Delta Airlines is headquartered in Atlanta.
In 2007, Moore was named Gwinnett Magazine's Woman of the Year.[4]
In 2008, for her work in the nonprofit, founder Moore was named a finalist in the Health-Care Innovation section of the 2008 Health-Care Heroes Awards.[5]
Its required filing for 2012 shows that the organization achieved revenues over one million dollars in 2010-2011, and had assets of $585,000 and net assets of 210,000 as of June 30, 2012. The report also states that the program would in the future change its program goal towards its weekend program.[6]
The organization was to hold an inaugural Valentine's dinner and dance as a fundraiser in Duluth, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta, on February 8, 2014.[7]
References
- ^ "Programs". Dream House for Medically Fragile Children. Retrieved February 10,2014.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ "Dream House model helps kids, saves money". Atlanta Business Chronicle. May 28, 2007.
- ^ "Francoeur home runs to help Dream House for Medically Fragile Children". Atlanta Business Chronicle. Jul 13, 2007.
- ^ Gwinnett Magazine's Best Local Charities and Laura Moore - Woman of the Year (link not working, info not fully confirmed, as of 2/10/2014)
- ^ Martin Sinderman (May 12, 2008). "Setting standards of care for medically fragile". Atlanta Business Chronicle.
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- ^ Meghan Kotowski (December 21, 2013). "Dream House to hold inaugural Valentine's dinner, dance". Gwinnett Daily Post.