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Helping at risk children since 1987 Infants in Need and the Linda Ray Childrens Center The friends and support groups of Infants In Need through special events individual donations and institutional grants work diligently to meet the financial needs of its programs and projects. The Executive Board of Infants In Need is composed of dedicated business people doctors attorneys judges and various community leaders including two former Senators and a Secretary of State. The Center opened in 1993 to be used by the University of Miami Department of Psychology with its new Intervention Program to conduct research programs involving infants prenatally exposed to crack cocaine. The Public Health Trust through the UMJackson Pediatric Department moved its Jackson Pediatric Center to the Linda Ray Center with its pediatric program that cares for small children with unique medical requirements that can not be met by their caregivers.