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Causes: Health, Rehabilitative Care
Mission: To elevate the quality of life of people with disabilities by promoting their full inclusion.
Programs: The children's rehabilitation institute of teleton usa (crit) is a nonprofit pediatric outpatient rehabilitation facility in san antonio, texas, for children ages 18 and under. Crit serves children with neurological, muscular and skeleton disabilities through an integrated and state-of-the-art rehabilitation program. Crit offers a variety of rehabilitation services on a daily basis. Crit has capacity for 500 patients and is currently serving patients from 27 states of the united states of america and 4 countries. Patient's rehabilitation objectives will be set by both the attending physician and the patient's family at the beginning of the treatment period. The crit model states that family members must learn the exercises or know the suggestions that our center provides to continue once the family has left our facilities. All rehabilitation services at crit are offered on a pay-what-you-can method according to their means and each and every one of crit's patients and families receive physical, psychological, social and spiritual support. During 2017, 686 patients had their initial appointments; and 247 patients were discharged. During 2017, crit issued approximatley 18,604 appointments. The organization also received $897,398 of in-kind rent during 2017.