Equipment Grants (Child's Play Charity)

Equipment Grants (Child's Play Charity) is sponsored by Child's Play Charity. Equipment grants are awarded to pediatric hospitals and other child welfare organizations to update and improve their games and technology offerings for children.

Hospitals - Child's Play - Play Games, Feel Better™ Are You a Hospital Looking for Help? Apply for our programs using the applications below. Capacity Building Grant Application Apply for Grant Capacity Building Equipment Grant Application Apply for Grant Equipment Therapeutic Video Game Guide Since 2003 Child’s Play has partnered with children’s hospitals all across the globe.

Network hospitals receive an annual monetary contribution and in-kind donations celebrating Christmas in July. Where available, partner hospitals have Amazon Wishlists tailored to their specific needs. Child’s Play also supports hospitals by providing resources like The Therapeutic Video Game Guide and acting as a hub of knowledge where gaming and technology are concerned in the children’s hospital setting.

Capacity building grants are given to pediatric hospitals to strengthen and expand their Child Life center. This grant provides funding for Pediatric Gaming and Technology Specialists, as well as funding for long term investments in Child Life.

Apply for Grant Capacity Building Equipment grants are awarded to pediatric hospitals and other child welfare organizations to help them update the games and technology they have, to continue to improve what they have to offer to the kids they care for. Apply for Grant Equipment Therapeutic Video Game Guide Child’s Play understands that not all Child Life Specialists are gamers.

This guide was developed to help them be more intentional about the games they offer to patients. In collaboration with market research experts at Circana, and mental health professionals at the University of California San Diego, the Therapeutic Video Game Guide helps children in hospitals cope with pain, sadness, anxiety, and boredom.

This resource is gifted to network hospitals to further support the use of therapeutic gaming and helping children to Play Games, Feel Better™. Are you a network hospital of Child’s Play? Share how our initiatives have helped Child Life services and your patients.

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