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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 22 years old and younger who have a life-limiting illness.

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Learn about the Pediatric Palliative Care Network  Learn about palliative care  

What you need to know

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

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 

Contact Information

Phone

Community Support Line Call Pediatric Palliative Care Network, Community Support Line at (800) 882-1435

Online

Kerri Padgett Email Pediatric Palliative Care Network at kerri.padgett@mass.gov

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