CareFlash
Through an alliance with CareFlash, Hand to Hold provides fully-featured, easy-to-create communities, that go miles beyond online guestbooks. At no charge, parents may set up their own secure community with a blog for sharing updates and well wishes, a photo gallery to share photos, thousands of 3-D animations of medical information to get everyone up to speed and a fully-functional iHelp Calendar to request and organize assistance from friends and family.
Entrepreneurs Foundation of Central Texas
Hand to Hold collaborates with the Entrepreneurs Foundation of Central Texas which matches new start-up organizations with ways to volunteer and give back to the Central Texas community.
Greenlights for NonProfit Success
Hand to Hold is a member of Greenlights, a catalyst for extraordinary nonprofit performance, bringing leading practices in management and governance to strengthen Central Texas nonprofits.
I Live Here, I Give Here
Hand to Hold is a member of the I Live Here, I Give Here Campaign which is on a mission to boost local giving by educating fellow Austinites about the needs in Central Texas and the organizations working to meet those needs through outreach and donor education.
My Healing Place
My Healing Place is a 501(c)3 located in Austin, Texas specializing in support, therapy, education, training and consultation for individuals who are facing grief, loss and trauma. Hand to Hold will partner with My Healing Place to facilitate support groups for parents grieving the loss of a child and/or pregnancy.
Mamas on Bedrest & Beyond
Mamas on Bed Rest & Beyond provides support, information, resources and services to high risk pregnant mamas and new mamas. Located in Austin, Texas, they also refer mothers who have premature babies to Hand to Hold for support.
Preemie Parents Alliance
Hand to Hold is a part of the leadership team of the Preemie Parent Alliance.
National Perinatal Association
Hand to Hold is a member of the National Perinatal Association whose mission it is to promote the
health and well being of mothers and infants enriching families, communities and our world. Hand to Hold also is an active participant of NPA’s Family Advocacy Network which promotes the health and well being of parents and infants by giving a voice to families and their support group representatives in the multidisciplinary arena of maternal child health.
Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep Foundation
The Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep Foundation (NILMDTS) introduces remembrance photography to parents suffering the loss of a baby with the free gift of professional portraiture. These images serve as an important step in the family’s healing process by honoring their child’s legacy. NILMDTS administers a network of more than 7,000 volunteer photographers in the United States and 25 countries who provide remembrance photography at no cost. Hand to Hold is proud to partner with NILMDTS to share this important service with families who have lost a precious baby.
Pediatrix Medical Group
Pediatrix Medical Group is the nation’s leading provider of maternal-fetal, newborn and pediatric subspecialty physician services. The company is also one of the nation’s largest providers of newborn hearing screens. Pediatrix Medical Group, an operating unit of MEDNAX, was founded in 1979. Combined, Pediatrix and its affiliated professional corporations employ more than 1,300 neonatal, maternal-fetal and pediatric subspecialists and 575 advanced practitioners in 33 states and Puerto Rico.
Pediatrix’s innovative clinical model is reshaping the delivery of critical care through investments in the clinical, information and management systems necessary to advance evidence-based medicine. Pediatrix’s clinical information system strategy provides the framework for research, education and continuous quality improvement initiatives which allow its clinicians to enhance outcomes nationwide. A Hand to Hold is partnering with Pediatrix by officing in their new Austin, Texas facility as of fall 2011, Austins’ First Steps, to provide in-person peer support to families bringing children for developmental assessments after staying in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
Texans Care for Children
Hand to Hold is a member of Texans Care for Children, the leader in policy advances for Texas children.
Twin Multiples Club
TWMC’s mission is to build the greatest, free International resource for families with Twins & Multiples. They help families get connected with the best Twin Multiples Businesses/E-commerce, Organizations/Support Groups/Clubs, Pregnancy Support, Preemie Support and Bloggers in the world.
