We analyzed the costs and benefits of the Special Care Nursery (SCN) at Penfield Children’s Center, which serves children from birth to age three with chronic health conditions and medical challenges. The Nursery provides them with medical care, therapy, and education. We utilized Monte Carlo sensitivity analysis to estimate the total net benefits of the program to be $1,735 per participant. Children in the SCN receive high-quality health care and therapy that are likely to improve short- and long-term health and educational outcomes. Parents of these children may also benefit in numerous ways. However, we did not have any data on the outcomes of children at the SCN, so we used estimates from the literature on similar programs to infer
