More than 15 years ago, Tu Nidito filled a need in our community by building a successful non-profit agency dedicated to supporting children impacted by serious illness and death. Since then, Tu Nidito has served the needs of our community’s children and has experienced phenomenal growth. In our first year of service we provided support to 12 dying children and their families.

Last year, through programs of individual, family and group support, Tu Nidito cared for more than 800 children. Today we remain the only agency in Southern Arizona dedicated to providing a comprehensive continuum of child-centered care to children whose lives have been impacted by serious illness or grief.  It seems so sensible that children and families would not have to go through these difficult times alone, but without Tu Nidito, many of our families would. There is no other agency that provides on-going support to children who have experienced the death of a parent, sibling or other loved one. There is no other agency that stays with an ill child and their family from time of diagnosis, through all of the changes in prognosis, and if that child’s illness results in a death, throughout the grieving process.

There is no other agency that provides support to children who have a parent diagnosed with cancer. All of our services are provided at no cost to the families that need us.  In 2009, Tu Nidito supported 489 families and 805 children through seven core programs and a summer camp. It costs an average of $1000 a year to support a child at Tu Nidito. Tu Nidito is proud that more than 91% of every dollar donated goes directly to care for Southern Arizona’s children in their time of need.

The sole mission of Tu Nidito Children and Family Services is to provide individual, family and group support through emotional, educational, and social services to children and their families as they deal with serious illness and death.