
Impact and Outcomes
The Dream House organization set a goal to serve 20 medically fragile children in 2011 at the Family for Keeps® Transition Care Home, Georgia's only licensed Children's Transition Care Center (CTCC).
Since the first of the year, 31 children have received the best in skilled nursing, transition and respite care services at Georgia's first hospital-to-home resource for these kids, crushing the annual goal with four months to go! Seven of these children represent the highest level of care as they are sustained by mechanical ventilation. Year to date, Dream House has provided 438 transition care days, and 204 respite care days. Learn more.
Now in early August, more than 50 children are still on a waiting list. You can support this successful program for medically fragile children by clicking here to make a tax-deductible donation so that kids on our waiting list may be served.
We Believe...Meet the Dream House Board of Directors
These business and medical professionals volunteer their time and talents to govern this 501c3 non-profit organization devoted to medically fragile children.
CHAIRMAN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Charlie Ray
Construction Innovations and Contracting — Owner and Chief Operating Officer
"As a parent of four healthy children, I feel like all kids deserve a chance to have a loving family and wonderful quality of life. This is what Dream House does. I have seen it work over and over again."
— Charlie
VICE-CHAIR, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Thomas H. Terrell, Jr.
Terrell, Hundley & Carroll Right of Way Services, Inc. — Principal
"From 2001 to today, it has been an amazing ride with Laura Moore and the Dream House. Every mountain has become a mole hill, every obstacle a bump in the road. The distance we have come in the first ten years makes the anticipation of the next ten years limitless. What is really exciting, is the improvement in the lives of so many medically fragile childen and their families!"
— Tommy
SECRETARY, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Tabitha Carney PharmD, MBA, MSHA
Emory University Hospital Midtown — Pediatric Clinical Pharmacist
"I believe in Dream House because of the passion the staff has for their work and for the children."
— Tabitha
TREASURER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Ramona Baptiste CPA
RCB Consulting Group LLC — Chief Executive Officer, Foster Parent and Adoptive Parent
"When I toured the Family for Keeps® Transition Care Home for the first time, I could not help but be excited about the work Dream House is doing! Children are dear to my heart, and to see the dedication of the staff and the environment that has been created is phenomenal. We are taught as children that 'there's no place like home.' This Home is a wonderful environment for kids who have already experienced so much. I feel honored to be a part of what is being done."
— Ramona
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Laura O. Moore BSN, MN
Dream House for Medically Fragile Children, Inc. — Founder/Chief Executive Officer
Foster Parent and Adoptive Parent of a Medically Fragile Child
"This is a very exciting time for all of us at Dream House. After years of hard work developing the Family for Keeps® Transition Care Model, the precious children and families we have served are not just surviving, they are thriving! With the help of our Board, staff, contributors and volunteers, we are accomplishing a dream come true!"
—Laura
DIRECTOR
Ginger Ackerman
Jigsaw Meeting LLC — Vice-President of Sales and Marketing
"From the moment I entered the Dream House Family for Keeps® Transition Care Home, it was very apparent that it was a home and the children were family not patients. I have personally experienced medically fragile children/adults whose only option for care was a nursing home, and their quality of life reflected their status as a patient because they were treated as patients. Dream House is a place where adult angels take care of God's very special little angels."
— Ginger
DIRECTOR
Scott Ellyson
East West Manufacturing — Founding Partner/Chief Executive Officer
DIRECTOR
Stephen K. Hill
SKH Enterprises, Inc. — President and Chief Executive Officer
DIRECTOR
Juliette Jandel
Integrated Marketing and Business Development Consultant
"Dream House fulfills a critical gap in transition care, training, and health management for medically fragile children. Through the mission of Dream House, unique and vital services provide a means for these children and their families, caregivers, and support network to thrive."
— Julie
DIRECTOR
Blake Lewin
TransGaming, Inc. — President, TransGaming Digital Home
"Dream House doesn't just provide a service, it provides a solution for the care of medically fragile children. Rather than leaving these precious children to the mercy of bureaucracy, Dream House puts them back into the hands of loving families."
—Blake
DIRECTOR
Tanya Mack RN, BSN
Mackworks LLC — President
As a business owner, I know the struggles every business goes through to remain viable—especially non-profits. Being involved with Dream House helps me give back in a concrete, 'make a personal difference today,' way. This is a special, one of a kind national model that encompasses direct care in a home, family transitions, community education, and consultation in a cost effective way. My goal is to help expand this program across Georgia, the nation and beyond over the coming years. I know we’re going to need a lot of help to do that."
—Tanya
DIRECTOR
Eleanor Morgan
MD & E Clarity — President and Chief Executive Officer
"I believe in the vision of Dream House to enrich the lives of the medically fragile children they serve. Knowing there is a place parents can receive the care Dream House provides for their children is something that isn't available without Dream House. These precious children are born with an amazing spirit and joy of life. Having Dream House help somewhere along their journey makes supporting Dream House a very special opportunity for me."
— Eleanor
DIRECTOR
Anne Patterson MD
Georgia Maternal-Fetal Medicine — Private Practice
"In an age of technology, when we can save smaller and sicker children than ever, we need to provide a way for these special children to not become the 'throw away kids of technology.' Dream House provides a way for them to have a life that is as normal as possible for the individual patient! I do not think there is a higher calling."
—Anne
DIRECTOR
Raymer Sale
E2E Services and E2E Benefits Resources, Inc. — President
"There are children in our state who would otherwise have little, or no opportunity to live a life filled with love and support due to their fragile medical conditions. Dream House provides the tools, training, and education to transition Georgia’s medically fragile children to an environment that gives them a chance to live, and I can think of nothing more important."
— Raymer







