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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 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  

What you need to know

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

Contact Information

Phone

Gail Merriam, Director, Pediatric Palliative Care Network (617) 624-6060
Community Support Line (800) 882-1435

Online

Gail.Merriam@State.MA.US

More Information

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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