Ronald McDonald House Charities - Bay Area

With the goal of reducing chronic stress, worry, and financial burden experienced by families during their child's hospitalization and ongoing care, Ronald Mcdonald House Charities Bay Area (rmhcba) has partnered with local children's health care systems for 45 years to provide wraparound services for families with sick children, including housing, meals, and support services, through our:(see schedule o for continuation)- Ronald Mcdonald House at stanford (founded in 1979): 123-bedroom House near lucile packard children's hospital. Programming includes free family housing stays, 24/7 family services, psychosocial support, youth programs, on-site k-12 school, seasonal day camps, daily meal program, day pass program, and more.- Ronald Mcdonald House Charities san francisco (founded in 1989) inside ucsf benioff children's hospital mission Bay, we provide free weekday meals to patient families, respite, bedside visits, special holiday and family activity programs, and more. - Ronald Mcdonald House oakland (established in 2022 ): 7-bedroom House across from ucsf benioff children's hospital oakland. Programming includes free family housing stays, 24/7 family services, psychosocial support, youth programs, daily meal support, day pass program, and more. The House also offers a homebase for our feed the love meal program, which provides weekday meals to families at the hospital.- hospital-based programs at stanford, san francisco, and oakland sites, e.g., bedside visits, daily meals, support services, holiday programming, and more.- 2 Ronald Mcdonald care mobiles offering free oral health care services to underserved children in santa clara and contra costa countiesrmhcba's comprehensive services create a continuum of family-centered care that include: free short- and long-term housing services for families displaced by medical crises; meal support; in-hospital programs; and comprehensive family services, including culturally-relevant psychosocial support, family recreation and wellness, and child enrichment such as day camps and k-12 educational services. Rmhcba relies on individual and organizational donors to advance our mission to be there for sick kids and their families, providing comfort and support when and where they need it most.formerly three separate entities that merged in january 2018, Ronald Mcdonald House Charities Bay Area serves families with sick children accessing advanced pediatric care at our partner hospitals, ucsf benioff children's hospitals in san francisco and oakland and lucile packard children's hospital stanford. Today, we provide in-hospital programming at all three major children's hospitals in the Bay Area and operate our 123-bedroom Ronald Mcdonald House at stanford - which is one of the largest Ronald Mcdonald houses in the world - and in 2023, rmhcba opened the first Ronald Mcdonald House in oakland, located just steps away from ucsf benioff children's hospital oakland. Rmhcba also supports two Ronald Mcdonald care mobiles offering free oral health care services to low-income children in santa clara and contra costa counties, operated in partnership with santa clara valley medical center and john muir community health alliance, respectively. While our Ronald Mcdonald House programs increase access to lifesaving pediatric care by providing accommodations and family services near our partner hospitals, our Ronald Mcdonald care mobiles increase access to essential oral health care services where low-income children need it most - their schools and communities.we were able to accomplish the following in 2023:- we provided $18,524,165 in housing, meal, and support services to families in medical crisis. - we delivered 8,123 snack packs to families at the hospital.- we served 104,387 meals for families with hospitalized children at lucile packard children's hospital stanford and ucsf benioff children's hospitals in san francisco and oakland.- we provided more than 38,400 overnight stays for families.- we provided over 2,500 hours of psychosocial support through our family support services program. - our community rallied during our holiday comfort & joy drive to provide over 7,740 toys and care items. - 168 students enrolled in our k-12 Ronald Mcdonald House school.we serve a largely invisible population of at-risk children who require basic needs support and specialized family-centered care to cope with serious medical crises and access treatments at our partner hospitals. The lingering impacts of the pandemic continue to exacerbate the challenges and expenses families face when accessing care for their children, including feelings of isolation, uncertainty, chronic stress, barriers to food access, and financial stressors. Socioeconomic risks are magnified for the 56% of families we serve who reported household food insecurity. Family demographics include hispanic/latino (41%), caucasian (39%), asian/pacific islander (7%), african american (5%), other (4%), native american/alaskan (2%), and multi-ethnic (2%). The top clinical services accessed by families at stanford are cardiology, oncology, neonatal intensive care, and organ transplants. Top clinical services accessed by san francisco families are cardiology, oncology, and neonatal intensive care. Top clinical services accessed by oakland families are bone marrow transplant and oncology. Relying on community supportrmhcba receives 96% of its operating revenue from private contributions, including individual supporters, endowment income, event attendees and sponsors, foundations, and corporations, and in-kind support. Grateful families donate to support our comprehensive programming for families like them; however no family is ever turned away for an inability to make a contribution, making donor support critical to our sustainability and enables rmhcba to help thousands of families annually. In 2023, 4% of revenue was earned income, including state-funded agencies (based on family eligibility for medical reimbursements).

Ronald Mcdonald care mobilethe Ronald Mcdonald care mobile ("rmcm") program provides oral health services to low income children who would otherwise go without care. Through partnerships with local healthcare organizations, our rmcm programs in the south and east Bay Area are bringing essential oral health care services and education directly to those in need so children facing socioeconomic and cultural barriers to care can receive high quality convenient dental services and education. Each partner plays a critical role in providing rmcm services. Rmhcba supports this program through annual operating support and providing the mobile clinic facility.