Project Joy and Hope for Texas

Family assistance grant program: financial assistance provided to families with a seriously ill child receiving treatment in Texas med center. Funds are distributed on one time basis to help with rent, utilities,parking & other financial needs.

Scholarships: funds are distributed to area high school seniors who have experienced the death of an immediate family member. Student application requires the applicant to describe how the death affected them,how they have demonstrated resilience, served their community in spite of this adversity, and define future goals. Scholarship winners are honored at an annual awards program and their loved one is memorialized at the event.

Tulip housing: seriously ill children and their families reside at our tulip campus in a 3 bedroom,2 bath home and receive supportive care services including case mgmt, sibling support & children's programs. This home away from home provides comfort and quiet respite during a challenging timein the lives of the families we serve.children treated at Texas med center for cancer,blood disorders,solid tumors, as well as those awaiting or recovering from transplant, or in need of hospice care are eligible.

Life planning institute:offer advanced legal life planning docs to families powers of atty,medical directives,wills & more available through staff atty

Sib support program:siblings of seriously ill children receive 1 on 1 attn field trips,critical thinking,games & art to allow feeling expression

Texas pediatric palliative care consortium.annual conference in palliative care essentials for medical staff,social workers & caregivers.