A Place Like Home for seriously ill children and their families seeking their best hope for a cure at @NIH. A Place Like Home for seriously ill children and their families. The Children's Inn at NIH will fully and consistently meet the needs of children and families participating in groundbreaking research at the National Institutes of Health. We: Respond to evolving family support needs for pediatric research and clinical care Provide a free family-centered "Place Like Home" Reduce the burden of illness through therapeutic, educational and recreational programming Our residents are medical pioneers whose participation in clinical trials at the NIH can change the story for children, teens, and young adults around the world. NIH medical advances would not be possible without the people who drive them: children, teens, young adults, and their caregivers, clinicians and staff-the community The Inn brings together.