offered by
Division for Children & Youth with Special Health Needs
Bureau of Family Health and Nutrition
Department of Public Health

Pediatric Palliative Care Network (PPCN)

A network of people caring for children and youth living with life-limiting illness and their families.

The Pediatric Palliative Care Network (PPCN) serves the unmet physical, emotional, social and spiritual needs of eligible children in Massachusetts and their families. Services are provided at no cost to children 18 years old and younger who have a life-limiting illness.

What would you like to do?

Top tasks

Learn about the Pediatric Palliative Care Network 
Learn about palliative care  

All other tasks

Get a Pediatric Palliative Care Network brochure  
Watch videos of families describing their experience 

Contact Information

Phone

Jennifer Kenyon Bates, Director, Pediatric Palliative Care Network (508) 961-2004
Community Support Line (800) 882-1435

Online

Jennifer.bates@state.ma.us

Related Services

Additional Resources

Family TIES of Massachusetts
Courageous Parents Network
Federation for Children with Special Needs
Lucy’s Love Bus
Make-a-Wish Foundation
Hospice and Palliative Care Federation of Massachusetts
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