For more than two decades, Any Baby Can continues to provide a safety net for families of critically and chronically ill children in South Central Texas.
1982 Initial “seed money” grant received from the Texas Planning Council for Developmental Disabilities to create Project Any Baby Can as a model support center for young children with disabilities.
1984 Received United Way Funding Allocation.
1985 Hogg Foundation funds initiate in-home Foster Grandparent Program for Any Baby Can children. Texas Respite Resource Network and Any Baby Can Alliance established.
1987 Children’s Transplant Association of Texas and the San Antonio Chapter of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Alliance founded.
1989 Texas Network for Medically Fragile and Chronically Ill children created to provide statewide advocacy and education.
1991 Michael’s Place Resource Ctr. Parent Support Groups & Crisis Counseling Services initiated. San Antonio program incorporates & moves from Santa Rosa Children’s Hospital to the South Texas Medical Center. Any Baby Can, Inc. “Texas” office established.
1992 Caregivers with Heart Initiative developed through Melissa Holliday-Graham Ladensohn Memorial Fund Department of Health/Chronically Ill & Disabled Children’s Program for replication of Any Baby Can, creating an ABC affiliate in Austin and a Small Communities Outreach Unit of Texas in Kerrville serving a six-county area. Sibling Support Groups established. Expansion grant received by Any Baby Can, Inc. of Texas.
1993 Any Baby Can of Kerrville initiated respite care, counseling services and parent support group. Any Baby Can of Austin launched Holiday Giving and created Lactation Assistance Program for mothers of high-risk, low birth-weight babies from low-income families.
1994 Any Baby Can of Austin created Family Friends program, counseling services and received a grant to sponsor Austin Respite Network. Any Baby Can of San Antonio participated in federal research grant with University of Texas Health Science Center to study impact of managed health care on South Texas children with special health care needs.
1995 Any Baby Can of Austin initiated “Sib Shops” workshops And received funding to create a Toy Lending Library for special children called “One Child At A Time” and Fragile Family Care Teams. Any Baby Can of Kerrville created “Special Sibs Saturday” program and received funding for Resource Library.
1996 Tiny Trax celebrated 300th child served. Any Baby Can of Texas initiated Shaken Baby Syndrome Prevention Campaign.
1997 Any Baby Can of Texas launches Maternal & Child Health Initiative “A Vision for Children” with a series of ten breakfast briefings & co-sponsorship of Stand for Children Day.
2000 Austin merges with CEDEN creating Any Baby Can Child & Family Resource Center. Any Baby Can of San Antonio moves to new facility at 217 Howard Street.
2001 Expansion of the Center for Infant Loss, and establishment of Autism Parent Support Group in San Antonio. Integration of Any Baby Can programs with CEDEN’s initiatives in prenatal parenting, and ECI Programs.
2002 20th Anniversary Year of Any Baby Can, Inc.Austin Any Baby Can Child & Family Resource Center moves into new facility at 1121 E. 7th Street. Austin, Texas.
2004 The Small Communities Outreach Unit of Texas in Kerrville becomes Any Baby Can of the Texas Hill Country.
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