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About Daystar Kids

MISSION
To joyfully celebrate children with special healthcare needs and enrich their lives by promoting each child’s individual healthcare, developmental, and psychosocial goals in an encouraging atmosphere of their peers; and to strengthen and support their families.
 
VISION
Daystar Kids pioneering work to support children coping with complex healthcare needs and developmental challenges is an innovative best practices model for replication; effectively bridging the gap from inpatient care until children successfully transition into school-based services.
OUR VALUES
Founded in 1988 by the Sisters of Saint Joseph of Rochester to address a critical gap in services to support families living at home with infants and young children with special healthcare needs. Today, Daystar Kids is the vanguard for delivering family-centered, coordinated, pediatric subacute care. Daystar Kids inclusive, encouraging learning environment and nurturing, social atmosphere recognizes each child’s individuality beyond the limits of their medical diagnosis and its innovative program has won accolades from New York State Office of Children and Family Services as a Best Practices Program & Environment. Daystar Kids is an independent, charitable 501 (c) 3 organization.

 

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Daystar Kids

Promotes educational, developmental, healthcare, and social outcomes for infants and young children whose childhood is disrupted by hospitalization and treatment for their complex medical conditions during the most important period in their development.

Hear it from our families

At Daystar Kids, all these special children are first and foremost children; not a disease or a diagnosis. Simply knowing that our son is being cared for in all facets of his needs in a thorough and competent manner, and that he loves his time in the classroom, makes it much easier for us to go to work or have a day of respite. It is truly a very special place-one that we are grateful for each and every day.
-Kim Buholtz, RN 
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It’s a no-brainer. It’s a one-stop shop. Chase was happy at Daystar Kids and we felt secure.- we just didn’t worry. For me, Daystar Kids has set the bar- I will forever be comparing places to Daystar.

-Christine Fekete

We are so grateful for Daystar Kids as we couldn't see our child grow physically and mentally with any other center. She wouldn't have made the leaps and bounds she has with a standard care center. Daystar Kids has restored our hope in seeing out daughter have a wonderful life.
-Robyn and Joe Hinz
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