Mission: The Ainsley Paige Higgins’ Dare To Hope Foundation, Inc. works to raise awareness and better the lives of children with rare diseases and/or complex medical conditions. Our services include procuring free or low-cost legal and advocacy assistance, furnishing medical supplies not covered by insurance, offering toys to brighten a child’s day, providing community resource referrals and coordination and offering emotional support to families.
Target demographics: children either diagnosed with a rare, chronic or critical medical issue, or undiagnosed with complex medical issues
Programs: Services in Georgia:We provide resource referral and coordination to families in Georgia with children affected by rare or complex medical issues including:help and advocacy for school IEPsprocuring durable medical equipmentapplying for Medicaid waivers, grants & scholarships, insurance claims, etc. help with home education & therapy toolslocating or establishing on-line & local supportWe work with existing services and grant opportunities and strive to “fill in the gaps” for Georgia’s families. Contact daretohopefoundation@gmail. com to find out more. Programs:The Dare To Hope Foundation has worked tirelessly to provide the Georgia Disabled Community & Beyond with community connections, global resources and international awareness of rare and complex diseases. Current programs include:Toy and diaper drive benefitting Georgia’s children on waiting lists for services, children in long-term hospital stays & treatment, children confined to home care, etc. Cell phone charger recycling program-collecting cell phone chargers to place in Children’s Hospital’s surgery waiting roomsPartnering with other rare disease organizations to raise funds & Global awareness of children’s medical issuesOn The Horizon:The Dare To Hope Foundation is working alongside other organizations, advocates and parents in ourDiscoveringAreaResources forExceptional Kidsprogram to be unvieled throughout 2011.This state-by-state initiative will enable doctors, specialists and hospitals to hand a list of local resources to newly diagnosed families. This seems so simple, yet parents are often handed a devastating diagnosis (or prognosis with no known diagnosis) with nowhere to turn to answer questions or find support. Doctors have a difficult time keeping up with resources which tend to come & go.
This organization's nonprofit status may have been revoked or it may have merged with another organization or ceased operations.
Target demographics: children either diagnosed with a rare, chronic or critical medical issue, or undiagnosed with complex medical issues
Programs: Services in Georgia:We provide resource referral and coordination to families in Georgia with children affected by rare or complex medical issues including:help and advocacy for school IEPsprocuring durable medical equipmentapplying for Medicaid waivers, grants & scholarships, insurance claims, etc. help with home education & therapy toolslocating or establishing on-line & local supportWe work with existing services and grant opportunities and strive to “fill in the gaps” for Georgia’s families. Contact daretohopefoundation@gmail. com to find out more. Programs:The Dare To Hope Foundation has worked tirelessly to provide the Georgia Disabled Community & Beyond with community connections, global resources and international awareness of rare and complex diseases. Current programs include:Toy and diaper drive benefitting Georgia’s children on waiting lists for services, children in long-term hospital stays & treatment, children confined to home care, etc. Cell phone charger recycling program-collecting cell phone chargers to place in Children’s Hospital’s surgery waiting roomsPartnering with other rare disease organizations to raise funds & Global awareness of children’s medical issuesOn The Horizon:The Dare To Hope Foundation is working alongside other organizations, advocates and parents in ourDiscoveringAreaResources forExceptional Kidsprogram to be unvieled throughout 2011.This state-by-state initiative will enable doctors, specialists and hospitals to hand a list of local resources to newly diagnosed families. This seems so simple, yet parents are often handed a devastating diagnosis (or prognosis with no known diagnosis) with nowhere to turn to answer questions or find support. Doctors have a difficult time keeping up with resources which tend to come & go.
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This organization's nonprofit status may have been revoked or it may have merged with another organization or ceased operations.
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