The 2010 recipient of the Rotman Award for Paediatric Home Care Innovation was announced yesterday at The Hospital for Sick Children. Vancouver Island’s Foster Parent Support Services Society’s ‘Safe Babies Foster Parent Education and Support Program’ was presented the $100,000 grant.
The ‘Safe Babies Foster Parent Education and Support Program’ was developed in response to an increasing need for qualified caregivers in the foster care system to provide the physical, cognitive and emotional development to infants exposed to substances.
The Rotman Award for Paediatric Home Care Innovation was created five years ago by SickKids Foundation and is funded by Janis Rotman. Its purpose is to improve home and community health care and treatment for Canadian children. It was developed to help recognize, grow and advance the work of home care delivery systems in paediatrics. This is the fifth and final year of the award, which has seen a total of $500,000 awarded to the best Canadian paediatric home care programs.