The Ronald McDonald House Charities of El Paso keeps families close during their child’s serious illness or injury by offering family centered care.
For over 40 years, Ronald McDonald House Charities of El Paso has provided thousands of families with temporary lodging and support services while their seriously ill children received medical attention in El Paso.
Our home-away-from home provides families with a place to eat, rest and sleep. Our beautiful 10 bedroom facility offers laundry service, kitchen facilities, living rooms, play areas, and a shuttle service to and from hospitals and most importantly a loving and compassionate staff.
We ensure a continuum of care by offering resources and support both during the family’s stay and after they return home.
Our Family Support Specialist provides compassionate assistance to families during challenging times, providing emotional support, guidance, and resources tailored to each family’s unique needs. By connecting families with essential community services and developing personalized support plans, our specialists enhance family well-being and stability. We ensure a continuum of care by offering resources and support both during the family’s stay and after they return home.
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The Ronald McDonald House provides a space that feels like home for families of critically ill children. To get a referral to stay at the Ronald McDonald House, contact a Social Worker at the hospital. For more information, call or email Ronald McDonald House Charities at:
From the moment you enter our doors, we want your family to be comfortable. But most importantly, we want to provide the support needed so that you can focus on the most important thing — your child’s healing.
In order to stay at the Ronald McDonald House, families must live outside El Paso and have a child under the age of 21 who is receiving treatment in a local hospital. Criteria for clearing families from our waiting list include distance traveled, seriousness of the illness.
The Ronald McDonald House in El Paso has 10 guest rooms. All rooms are slightly different and are meant to accommodate families’ varying needs. All of the rooms include a private bathroom and TV with cable.
Each family living at the Ronald McDonald House has access to kitchen facilities and a well stocked pantry. Stoves, refrigerators, freezers, microwaves, cooking utensils and dishes are available.
You’ll need very little for your stay at the Ronald McDonald House.
We provide:
We accept donations; however, no family is ever turned away for inability to pay. We accept New Mexico Medicaid.
RMHC El Paso has a shuttle that provides transportation to and from the hospital Monday through Friday to various hospitals near our facility. The shuttle runs twice a day on a scheduled basis.
You’ll find that when families arrive at our House, they form friendships and share moments with our staff and the other families also facing the challenges of having a sick child. The continued love and support that families experience at the House truly makes a difference.
