Caring for your child

The Little Rock Foundation Resource Room, located on the 11th floor of Buerger, offers a broad range of services to support parents and families of children with impaired vision, hearing and other disabilities.

The Connelly Resource Center for families is located on the 8th floor of the Main Hospital. Inside, families will find a family and children's library, a learning center and a hospitality area for free services such as laundry, business needs, naps, learning or relaxing.

Learn about where you can find laundry facilities, lactation rooms and shower facilities during your stay at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

The Ronald McDonald House serves as a "home-away-from-home" for families whose children are being treated at nearby hospitals. The Philadelphia Ronald McDonald House has rooms available for patient families as well as mothers undergoing fetal surgery or delivering in CHOP’s Special Delivery Unit.

Learn about where you can find access to the internet at CHOP, as well as how to connect to the wireless network.

A United States Postal Service mailbox is located outside the Main Hospital entrance, next to the bus stop.

A telephone is provided in your child's room for your convenience. Other courtesy phones can be found throughout the Hospital.

Prescription and non-prescription medications are available at the University City Retail Pharmacy located on the first floor of the Main Hospital, just inside the main entrance.

Hosts for Hospitals is a unique nonprofit program that provides accommodations in the homes of local families at minimal or no cost to families whose homes are far away.

The Jill & Mark Fishman Center for Families, located on the first floor of the Main Hospital, provides families with a welcoming space as well as assistance with housing, transportation and local resources.