Your gifts can help find new cures. Here are some of the innovative efforts you can support to improve the care we deliver tomorrow:

• We are finding new ways to treat debilitating pain caused by sickle cell disease.
• We are using a new cancer treatment that uses a person’s own immune system to destroy cancer cells.
• For the first time at Children’s, a child received part of a liver from a live donor. Only 20 of 35,000 liver transplants nationwide over the last five years have been from live donors.
• A 14-year-old was the first patient at Children’s to undergo a new procedure that eliminates seizures while preserving memory function.

Your generosity supports efforts to keep kids safe and help them reach their full potential.

• We place children in foster and adoptive homes and recruit, license and support foster and adoptive parents. Last year, we helped 300 kids become part of their forever family. Our foster care program includes treatment foster care for kids with moderate to severe emotional, behavioral, physical or medical challenges.
• Our school-based mental and behavioral health program provides services at Milwaukee Public Schools and in communities across the state. Because kids receive care at school, regardless of the family’s ability to pay, the program overcomes common obstacles to accessing mental and behavioral health care.
• Our Child Advocacy and Protection Services program is a national leader in treating and advocating for children suspected to be victims of abuse or neglect. Many of the 7,000 kids we help each year come to our seven Child Advocacy Centers across the state, which provide family-centered services—from developmentally appropriate forensic interviews to medical exams, counseling and advocacy—that minimize trauma and improve legal outcomes.