Helping families navigate pediatric day-based healthcare
PDBHAI provides source-backed public guidance, provider-neutral resource discovery, and family education for medically fragile children and their care teams.
Families need more than scattered links.
PDBHAI exists to make pediatric day-based healthcare access easier to understand, easier to find, and easier to act on.
Family guidance
Plain-English explainers about PPEC, pediatric day-based care, admission paths, and questions to ask.
State access guides
Florida and Missouri guides with official source links, eligibility context, and what families should verify.
Provider-neutral finder
Resource discovery with no paid placement, no lead selling, and no preference for any commercial platform.
Human advocate support
Connecting families with trained navigators and advocates who operate within non-PHI boundaries.
Operator education
General guidance on intake packets, authorizations, care planning, and documentation for PPEC operators.
Public source library
Curated links to official state, federal, and regulatory sources — no gated content, no paywalls.
PPEC: what it is and who it serves
Prescribed Pediatric Extended Care (PPEC) is a licensed, non-residential healthcare setting for children with medically complex needs who require ongoing skilled care during the day. PPEC is not ordinary daycare, not a hospital, and not a replacement for emergency services.
PPEC centers support children who need medical oversight, skilled nursing, care coordination, and documented care during the day — while their families, physicians, and payers coordinate around the child's care plan.
Start with your state
Official sources, eligibility context, and what families should verify — organized by state.
AHCA licensure, Florida Statutes, administrative rules, Medicaid guidance, and public facility lookup resources.
Missouri Missouri guideMissouri HealthNet Medicaid, First Steps early intervention, and pediatric day-based care resources in Missouri.
Texas, California, Louisiana, and additional states are planned as source packs are verified.
What PDBHAI does and does not do
Families deserve to know exactly what they can and cannot expect from us.
We do
- Provide public family guidance and education
- Publish provider-neutral resource discovery
- Support human navigator and advocate work
- Maintain source-backed, official-link libraries
- Operate transparently and disclose relationships
- Publish transparent reporting on operations
We don't
- Sell family leads or contact information
- Rank providers based on payment or sponsorship
- Require use of Harbor or any commercial platform
- Provide medical, legal, or eligibility advice
- Collect PHI (protected health information)
- Route families preferentially to Harbor customers