Get ready to apply
The Children's Inn at NIH
Transportation Support
What you get
Help with accessible local shuttle, airport help, first-visit door-to-door transport from three local airports, grocery trips. Ask whether requests are open.
- Who starts it
- You
- How it’s sent
- Online, on their website
- Your time
- About 15 minutes
- Last checked
- Aug 27, 2026
Before you start, check you fit
- Availability depends on NIH eligibility, resident status, schedule, and current construction-phase capacity.
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What their form asks
Open their application ↗ Checked Aug 27, 2026What the form asks for
They don’t publish the questions in advance. Have your contact details, your child’s diagnosis and date, and the hospital’s name to hand.
Have ready
- Flight and airport itinerary needed to reserve first-visit transportation.
After you send
Returning families should use the NIH airport shuttle schedules or contact their medical team for assistance. If you have not heard back in two weeks, write and ask whether it arrived.