Caiden's Hope Foundation works exclusively with hospital Social Services Departments. Assistance requests directly from families will not be accepted. We work with hospital caseworkers to provide financial support to families with a baby in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). We are committed to providing tailored assistance to those who need it. Hospital Social Services may contact Caiden's Hope Foundation to determine support for Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) families.


We believe that parental care is essential to the development of premature infants. We strive to increase each NICU parent's ability to care personally for their precious newborn by partnering with hospital social services departments nationwide to provide travel expenses for NICU families.​


Together with hospital social services, we work tirelessly to help families who are facing medical and financial challenges. If you find yourself in need of our services, please contact your hospital representative, who can connect you with us.

  • Gasoline to travel to the Hospital Daily
  • Healthy Meals
  • Parking Expenses at the Hospital
  • Short-Term Lodging
  • Bus and Subway Transportation
  • Air Transportation

Wayne Keller

Wayne Keller is the Executive Director of Caiden's Hope Foundation who has helped over 3,000 families with babies in neonatal intensive care in every State in the U.S. He stated, 10% of all babies born in the U.S. or about 400,000 babies need neonatal intensive care. Wayne stated how quickly family lives are turned upside down. Parents go from thinking the pregnancy is going to last 9 months to suddenly having their baby at 7 months because the baby decides "we're here".


Wayne stated, if you lived in Idaho, Montana, parts of Nevada & Arizona, you have to go to Utah to get neonatal intensive care. This means families may be separated from their infant by hundreds of miles. The family may not have the ability or afford to go back and forth to visit their infant. Caiden's Hope Foundation helps with food, travel, short term hotels, transportation to name a few. Wayne stated, they try to get 92% of every dollar to go right back out.

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