Children's Harbor

The Harbor Family Center provides families of seriously ill children a place to be themselves – to have fun and relax – while also receiving services, at no-cost to them, that make life a bit easier for the whole family. The Center provides a refuge – a safe harbor – for those children and families through counseling services, education services, family activities and respite.

Services for All Inpatients & Outpatients

• Basic salon services for inpatient families
• Basketball court
• Business Center with computers, fax machine and copiers
• Children’s activities & arts & crafts
• Fitness gym (ages 16+)
• Game Room with Air Hockey, Ping Pong, a claw machine, and more!
• Laundry Services
• Lending Library
• Massage therapy
• Nap Rooms

Services for Outpatients/Families with Seriously Ill Children

• Career Development
• Counseling – child, family, group and marital
• Education Services, including tutoring, IEP and 504 planning
• Financial Literacy & Budgeting
• Life Skills Coaching for chronically ill teens transitioning to adult care
• Social Services

Contact Information

Phone: 205-638-6123

Location & Hours

Children’s Harbor Building, 2nd Floor (Main Street)
(between the Benjamin Russell Hospital for Children and McWane, Dearth Tower)

Monday-Friday 8:30 A.M. – 8:00 P.M.

Saturday 10 A.M.- 4 P.M.

For more information about Children’s Harbor, Inc. and services at the Harbor Family Center, please visit www.childrensharbor.com.

**The Harbor Family Center is a department of Children’s Harbor, Inc., a separate 501©3 organization from Children’s of Alabama, which provides family-centered support services for patients and families on the hospital’s Benjamin Russell Birmingham Campus.