Programs
Transportation
Provide Rides to and From the NICU
Families can spend more time with their babies providing breast feeding and kangaroo care.
Offsets Costs to Families
Easing the burden of costly transportation for vital visits to NICU
SHUTTLE SERVICES
Our Special Delivery shuttle vans provide free roundtrip transportation for parents and primary caregivers visiting infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).
Miracle Babies works closely with hospital clinicians and health care providers to ensure all parents have reliable access to their newborns, reducing inequities for low-income families through free transportation.
Mental Health Services
NICU Parent Counseling & Support
PROVIDING MEANINGFUL CONNECTIONS
No parent should face the NICU journey alone. Miracle Babies offers both support groups and one-on-one counseling for parents and caregivers of newborns currently or previously in the NICU, providing a lifeline of understanding, hope, and healing.
Support groups create safe, compassionate spaces where parents connect with others who truly understand the rollercoaster of the NICU. One-on-one sessions offer private, personalized care for those who need dedicated time with a professional to navigate the emotional toll of this experience.
All sessions are available in English and Spanish and are led by Licensed Clinical Social Workers who are also Certified Perinatal Mental Health Clinicians. These highly trained experts provide more than counseling, they empower parents to build resilience, tap into their strengths, and find hope in the most uncertain moments.
Fill That Gap In Care
In-person or virtual, Miracle Babies’ mental health services reach families wherever they are, at no cost. For many parents, this is the only specialized emotional support they will receive during or after their NICU stay. With every session, we close the gap in care and help parents emerge stronger, more connected, and ready to be fully present for their babies.
English Support Group
Join us online every Thursday from 10:30am to 11:30am Pacific.
Spanish Support Group
Join us online every Wednesday from 10:30am to 11:30am Pacific.
Únase a nosotros en línea todos los miércoles de 10:30 a. m. a 11:30 a. m., hora del Pacífico.
Supportive Services
Care Packages
SUPPLIES SUPPORT
Miracle Babies Care Packages are distributed regularly to NICUs across San Diego, Orange County, and Los Angeles County, ensuring families have access to comfort and essential resources during their NICU journey.
Provide NICU support for families
Each Care Package contains helpful resources, comfort items, and supplies that encourage bonding activities such as kangaroo care (skin-to-skin contact) and breastfeeding, while also easing the emotional and practical challenges of extended hospital stays. The contents are consistently updated to reflect the current needs of NICU families and are thoughtfully curated with input from NICU social workers, nurses, and neonatologists.
Continuing Care Beyond the NICU
These carefully assembled Care Packages also help families as they prepare to transition home, offering support during one of the most important, and often most overwhelming, times in their baby’s early life.
Miracle Hours
PARENTAL SUPPORT IN THE NICU
Miracle Hours take place right inside the hospital, so parents are never far from their newborns. These gatherings provide meals, crafts, and a safe space for families to connect, share their concerns, seek peer support, and feel understood. For some families, Miracle Hours are the only time they are able to meaningfully connect with others and know they are not alone in their journey.
Uniting Families
The NICU journey can be isolating and overwhelming, leaving parents feeling powerless and alone. Miracle Hours break through that isolation by creating moments of genuine connection, comfort, and understanding—right where parents need it most.
By mobilizing internal strengths, fostering hope, and enhancing coping abilities, Miracle Hours not only support parents’ emotional well-being but also directly benefit NICU patients. When parents feel stronger, calmer, and more supported, they are better able to be present for their newborns, participate in their care, and build the bonds that are critical to their baby’s development and recovery.
Group Therapy
Through crafting, storytelling, and shared experiences, Miracle Hours offer a form of group therapy that fosters resilience and builds lasting bonds between families facing the same challenges.
We are currently hosting Miracle Hours in eight hospitals across San Diego, Orange, and Los Angeles counties.
