Parents Helping Parents, Inc. (PHP) is a nonprofit, community-based family resource center serving children of any age who have any disability or chronic or life-threatening illness such as seizures, diabetes, or cancer. Founded in 1976 by two parents of children with Down syndrome, it continues to be a parent-directed organization. PHP’s mission is to help children with special needs receive the resources, love, hope, respect, healthcare, education, and other services they need to achieve their full potential by providing them with strong families, dedicated professionals, and responsive systems of care.

PHP offers parent education, training and support though our programs which include mentoring and peer counseling, a comprehensive special needs library, on-line services, condition and culturally-specific parent/professional Support and Information Groups, trainings on navigating the systems of care, and an assistive technology center.