Kids as Partners Advisory Council (KAPAC)
CHKD's Kids as Partners Advisory Council (KAPAC) provides a vital link between CHKD and the community, offering a safe venue for patient’s and siblings to provide hospital feedback and input while continuing our commitment to provide family-centered care.
Role of KAPAC
Through power of the children’s voice, KAPAC highlights issues that are important in improving the patient’s experience. KAPAC's role includes:
- Providing input and having an opportunity to share in decision making
- Improving hospitalization, coping, and treatment by providing awareness to administration and interdisciplinary teams through the voices of the council
- Increasing patient and family satisfaction
- Developing and improving programming to meet the needs of patients and families
- Integrating children’s issues and ideas into the community
- Making improvements and recommendations to the design and efficiency of the hospital
- Making children’s issues the forefront of care.
Each KAPAC member is appointed to a one-year term. The Council meets once a month between September and May (excluding December) on the first Tuesday of each month from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Dinner is provided.
Please Consider Applying if:
- You are a patient or sibling of someone who has been treated at CHKD (inpatient or outpatient)
- You are currently between the ages of 10-18
- You have ideas to improve the hospital experience for future patients and families
Applications Due by Friday, June 27, 2025
Submit an application online by clicking the link below.