The Dream Foundation, Inc. is a non profit organization dedicated to assisting the indigent and less fortunate through direct and indirect programs and grants.

The Foundation seeks to address the increasing problem with respect to access to affordable medical  and dental treatment for the underprivileged. The Foundation  promotes other programs that seek to improve general medical  health, relieve poverty and homelessness, and provides funding for programs that provide research care and treatment of Sickle Cell disease and programs designed to reduce infant diseases, birth defects, infant mortality and low birth weight babies through its specialty license plate program.

The Foundation is currently exploring funding for a new technology which has been developed at a public university that will significantly reduce tooth decay in children.

Sickle Cell Disease Research

Sickle Cell anemia is a group of inherited red blood cell disorders. Sickle cell is in many nationalities including African Americans, Arabs, Greeks, Italians, Latin Americans and those from India.

Sickle cell disease is an inherited condition. Two genes for the sickle hemoglobin must be inherited from one's parents in order to have the disease. A person who receives a gene for sickle cell disease from one parent and a normal gene from the other has a condition called "sickle cell trait". Sickle cell trait produces no symptoms or problems for most people. Sickle cell disease can neither be contracted nor passed on to another person.

The severity of sickle cell disease varies tremedously. Some people with sickle cell disease lead lives that are nearly normal. Others are less fortunate, and can suffer from a variety of complications. Sickle cell disease is extremely varied in its manifestations. This includes both the organ systems that are affected as well as the severity of the affliction.

Forty-one states and the District of Columbia provide universal screening for sickle cell disease. Three states target screening to infants of high-risk ethnic groups.

The primary purpose of screening is to identify infants with sickle cell disease, the most prevalent disorder included in neonatal screening panels. Screening also identifies infants with other hemoglobinopathies, hemoglobinopathy carriers, and in some states, infants with alpha-thalassemia syndromes. 

March of Dimes, Florida Chapter

The March of Dimes is a leader and pioneer in the fight to save babies. They have an outstanding track record of success and are prepared to accomplish even greater things in the future to solve the problems of prematurity, birth defects, and low birthweight. Preterm and Low Birthweight births are on the rise. 

Babies born too soon and too small, struggle to survive those first few weeks and sometimes months of life. They are more likely to have developmental delays, chronic respiratory problems and vision or hearing impairment.

The March of Dimes is dedicated to reducing the number of babies born early and/or too small; programs focus on education about the signs of preterm labor and research into the causes.

Florida Association of Healthy Start Coalitions

Healthy Start was enacted by the Florida state legislature with the goal of reducing infant mortality, the number of low birth weight babies, and improving health and developmental outcomes. 

Healthy Start Coalitions across the state are charged with developing and implementing quality systems of care by allocating maternal and child health dollars into the community.

Community Partnership for Homeless, Inc

Community Partnership for Homeless, Inc., is a not for profit 501(c)(3) corporation that is the private sector partner of the Miami-Dade County Homeless Trust, whose mission is to operate Homeless Assistance Centers and to raise the private funding necessary to assist in the implementation of the Miami-Dade County Community Homeless Plan.

Community Partnership is further committed to assisting the Miami-Dade County Homeless Trust in this implementation through encouraging private sector involvement.