Just like foster children need a real home to call their own, they also need a “medical home“ they can turn to for their health care: doctors who know them, their health history, and what’s going on with them physically and emotionally. That’s key, considering about half of kids entering foster care have a chronic (ongoing) physical or developmental condition.
Unfortunately, because of the changes foster children often face, their medical needs can sometimes go unnoticed, undiagnosed or unmet. That’s why at Nemours, we’ve teamed up with Delaware’s Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families (DSCYF) to give kids in foster care a medical home.