Welcome to Almost Home Kids

OSF HealthCare Children’s Hospital of Illinois is proud to offer an Almost Home Kids location – one of only three in the nation – in Peoria.

Almost Home Kids provides transitional care in a home-like setting for children with complex medical needs, as well as training and respite care for their families. Funded entirely through community donations, Almost Home Kids is a 12-bedroom, 21,000-square-foot home.

Who we serve

We provide compassionate, competent care to children from birth to age 21 who have complex medical needs. Often they are dependent on medical technology such as ventilators, tracheostomy tubes, G-tubes, central lines or oxygen. Almost Home Kids has served children with over 400 different diagnoses. The most common include:

• Cancer
• Cardiac Anomalies
• Cerebral Palsy
• Chromosomal Disorders
• Congenital Central Hypoventilation Syndrome
• Gastric Anomalies - Short Gut Syndrome
• Metabolic Disorders
• Neonatal Withdrawal Syndrome
• Neuromuscular Disease
• Palliative Care
• Premature Birth
• Spina Bifida
• Spinal Muscular Atrophy
• Traumatic Brain & Spinal Cord Injury

Learn more

Almost Home Kids at OSF Children’s Hospital is supported by community donations. Learn more about how to fundraise, make a donation, volunteer with Almost Home Kids or refer a family.

Families can learn more about our services here or contact our case manager at (309) 573-0714.

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