NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE AWARENESS MONTH
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NICU Awareness Month is powered by a collaboration of organizations and companies that are dedicated to supporting NICU families and the providers that care for them. 
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Nonprofit Partners

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Dedicated to empower and support families of fragile infants, and to inspire hope
​ through remembrance for those affected by pregnancy and infant loss.
Services & Resources
  • Care Packages
  • ​Food & Fuel Assistance Fund​
  • Bereavement Support
  • Facebook Group for Peer Support

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The National Perinatal Association (NPA) is an interdisciplinary organization of professionals, parents, students, and advocates.
We are building a community where all voices are heard with equity and respect as we work to improve perinatal care - TOGETHER.  
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Services & Resources
  • Family Presence in the NICU consensus statement
  • Breastfeeding Awareness
  • Skin-to-skin​
  • masks (en español)
  • respiratory viruses
  • COVID-19

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​As the ONLY professional association for NICU Parent Leaders in the US, the NPN provides a platform for NICU Parent Leaders to come together as a collective voice representing the needs and best interests of NICU families in all facets of healthcare policy, care guidelines, advocacy, education, and family support. Our members are NICU Parent Leaders working in highly influential positions in local, regional, national, and international capacities. Their work focuses on improving access to and the quality of education, resources, and support for families along the continuum of care from high-risk pregnancy to life after the NICU. They all have one crucial characteristic in common; they have all been personally impacted by a NICU stay or infant loss.
Services & Resources
  • NICU Baby's Bill of Rights
  • Member Directory

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Project NICU is dedicated to providing financial and emotional support and resources to families with children in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and the medical professionals who care for them.
Services & Resources
  • Peer Support
  • Virtual Support Groups
  • ​Parent Mentor Program
  • Ambassador Team
  • Community Connection 
  • Care Package Program

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GLO Preemies™ seeks to raise the voice of black families in the NICU and post-NICU in terms of creating racial and health equity through policy advocacy, professional educational initiatives, family educational initiatives, and family support for African American families for continuous 18 years. 
​​Services & Resources
  • Breast Pump Program
  • Doula Support
  • Career Support
  • Mental Health Support
  • NICU Support Group
  • IEP Reviews
  • Tutoring
  • Financial Support​
  • Mobile NICU Store
  • Postpartum Support
  • ​Case Management

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Mighty Little Giants (MLG), a grassroots 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that advocates through providing support, education and hope for mothers and fathers experiencing pre-term deliveries resulting in long-term stays in the hospitals’ NICU. MLG’s mission is to bridge and stand in the gap for families with babies in the NICU by embracing MLG’s core values – Integrity, Compassion and Encouragement – ultimately giving them peace and becoming their light during their dark and difficult season.
​Services & Resources
  • NICU Postpartum Support
  • ​In-hospital Support Groups
  • MLG literacy Corner (books for NICU families)
  • Essential Selfcare kits

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The Skylar Project's mission is to provide resources for NICU, PICU, and bereaved families, offering financial assistance, care packages, education, and mental health advocacy and support. 
​Services & Resources
  • care packages
  • Lactation Support
  • ​Gas Cards
  • Art Therapy Support
  • Postpartum Emotional Support

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Multiples of America (also known as the National Organization of Mothers of Twins Clubs, Inc.) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to supporting families of multiple birth children through support, education, and research. In partnering with local support groups, health care providers, researchers, and educators, and with the highest standards of integrity, respect and professionalism, we endeavor to aid parents of multiples and to raise public awareness of the unique qualities of multiple birth families.
Services & Resources
  • Support for Parents Expecting Multiples
  • Connections Corner Blog​
  • Club Membership
  • Affiliate Membership

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NICU Parent Club is dedicated to helping families before, during and after the NICU Journey.
Services & Resources
  • Peer Support
  • Events & Meetings
  •  Resource guidance
  • Give Back

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Ronald McDonald House Charities® of Maine provides comfort for the families of pediatric patients and supports programs that directly improve the health and well-being of all children.

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Our mission is to show the NICU families they are not alone.
Services & Resources
  • gas gift cards
  • food gift cards
  •  baby necessities
  • hygiene items
  • catered meals

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Our mission is to help new parents and babies in the NICU be together.
Services & Resources
  • Gas funds
  • Food funds 
  • Travel funds
  • Sitter funds (if needed for older siblings)

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The Alliance for Black NICU Families™ seeks to create change with:
​Wearable Breast Pump Program
Assistance Grants to NICU Families
​Services & Resources
  • Wearable Breast Pump Program​

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&mamatoo, a mother-daughter run nonprofit that supports ICU mother care! Inspired by our Heart Warrior and 2 time heart surgery champ, Dashel, and his mom, Christina. Dashel was born October 2023 with undiagnosed Congenital Heart Disease and Christina spent her first month postpartum in the hospital with him. Their experience together sparked a passion for supporting postpartum mothers and in sending ‘A Dash of Love’ to those in emergency hospital situations. But that’s not all! Join us in our new ‘Retreat to the Heart’ program where we help moms feel safe in their hearts, again. Retreats for mother’s who have experienced medical trauma with a child. 
​Services & Resources
  • Post Partum baskets
  • Breastmilk jewelry 
  • NICU baskets
  • Retreats & Events

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Kids Helping Kids is a nonprofit corporation made up of empowered students who make a difference from the classroom to the community by investing in the lives of children in need locally and globally.
​Services & Resources
  • LoveLink

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Our mission is to respond to the continually emerging physical, emotional and mental support needs of bereaved parents during and after pregnancy and infant loss.
​Services & Resources
  • Bereavement Doula Support
  • HELD holistic healing series
  • Pregnancy & Infant loss care baskets
  • Events & Fundraisers

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My Kota Bear supports NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit) families (and beyond) by promoting maternal and infant wellness through education, awareness, and postpartum care.​
​Services & Resources
  • Baby Necessities
  • Referral & Resources
  • Postpartum Depression Support Group
  • F.A.I.T.H. Dad's Program (coming soon)
  • Traveling Community Baby Showers
  • Workshops for parents & support persons
  • Clinical & Allied Professional Continuing Educational Credit Units/Workshops

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We provide Grace and Hope to families in the NICU and Families that experience Infant Loss. We never want a family to feel that they walk this journey alone.
​Services & Resources
  • Gracelynn’s Grotto - baby clothes and accessories for families in need
  • Gracelynn’s Treasure Box - tangible ways to cherish and remember lost babies
  • Luminary Cove - Candle lighting every October 15th @ 7pm.


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Supporting NICU babies and their families while in the NICU and beyond, especially those who have experienced loss.

Services & Resources
  • Raise funds for families to help with bills, lodging, travel, therapy, and other needs or hardships 
  • Raise funds to purchase & upgrade equipment for NICUs

Corporate Partners

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​FEIN # 27-3679594


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