The mission of Any Baby Can is to serve families of children and youth facing serious health and developmental challenges. Founded in 1982, to provide information and support to families in accessing resources for their medically fragile children, Any Baby Can has grown and sustained programs and services in response to new and ongoing needs of families of children with serious special needs. Any Baby Can offers the following programs and services: case management, the core service; parent, family, sibling counseling and support; autism education; health, nutrition and fitness program for children with developmental disabilities and their families; funeral assistance, grief support/counseling; crisis assistance; and prescription assistance. All services are provided at no cost, regardless of income, to families who have a child birth through 17 years of age with a chronic illness, disability, developmental delay or health risk, in Bexar County and 18 surrounding counties.
The mission of Any Baby Can is to serve families of children and youth facing serious health and developmental challenges. Founded in 1982, to provide information and support to families in accessing resources for their medically fragile children, Any Baby Can has grown and sustained programs and services in response to new and ongoing needs of families of children with serious special needs. Any Baby Can offers the following programs and services: case management, the core service; parent, family, sibling counseling and support; autism education; health, nutrition and fitness program for children with developmental disabilities and their families; funeral assistance, grief support/counseling; crisis assistance; and prescription assistance. All services are provided at no cost, regardless of income, to families who have a child birth through 17 years of age with a chronic illness, disability, developmental delay or health risk, in Bexar County and 18 surrounding counties.
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What is your organization aiming to accomplish?
The goal of Any Baby Can is to improve the quality of life of families with children and youth facing special health care needs through comprehensive services, education, and supports.
What are your strategies for making this happen?
ABC provides an array of programs and services to improve the quality of life of families with children and youth facing special health care needs. This includes comprehensive long-term case management and wraparound services and program. Coordinated and comprehensive services are vital to the success of families raising individuals with special needs. ABC's vision is to be able to provide comprehensive support services to all children and families that require assistance in our community.
What are your organization's capabilities for doing this?
For over three decades, ABC has served as the community safety net for children, youth and families at risk by providing comprehensive services, referring and transitioning clients to other services and agencies where appropriate, and incubating new services to address gaps in our community. Through these actions, ABC serves as the vital link in the chain of services that safeguard our community and enable every person to reach their maximum potential.
How will your organization know if you are making progress?
ABC measures the effectiveness of all programs by stabilizing individuals and families so that they are able to move forward to meet challenges and provide nurturing care to their children. ABC utilizes surveys; a survey is provided to each family with questions regarding the identified measures. The results of the pre-survey are compiled and compared to the results of the post-survey results no later than once case becomes inactive. A report is generated each month that measures individual's level of change in each measured area since services were initiated. ABC continues to demonstrate successful results that exceed the goals set for each measure.
What have and haven't you accomplished so far?
Since 1982, ABC has developed and sustained multiple programs and services to address unmet and emerging needs of the community and of families of children with serious disabilities, serious and chronic illnesses or special health care needs. ABC plans to continue to refine programs, creating efficiencies to enable more families to be served in other counties. ABC will continue to provide an array of comprehensive services to all children and families that require assistance. This will be done through concentrated efforts in outreach and a strategic awareness campaign using various forms of social media, attendance at health and community events as well as outreach to the faith based community. ABC has sought out and established relationships with local resources for ABC families. ABC will continue to work with any new community programs, as well as current programs and agencies, to meet the needs of families that require assistance.
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Ratings History Any Baby Can of San Antonio has received 2 consecutive 4-star ratings from Charity Navigator.
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