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Scope & Boundaries

What PDBHAI Does & Doesn't Do

PDBHAI is committed to full transparency about our scope, our limits, and our neutrality policies. Families and advocates deserve to know exactly what this resource is — and what it is not.

What We Do

Provide Public Guidance

Educational resources about pediatric day-based healthcare, PPEC, and state services.

Enable Provider Discovery

A neutral, searchable directory of providers and centers based on public information.

Support Advocates

Resources and tools for navigators, advocates, and support professionals.

Maintain Neutrality

We don't rank providers by payment or sponsorship. Our information is independent and transparent.

Operate Transparently

We disclose our relationships, funding, and decision-making processes openly.

Support Corrections

Public pathways for corrections, updates, and community feedback on our content.

What We Don't Do

Sell Family Information

We never sell family contact information, leads, or personal data. Period.

Rank by Payment

Provider placement is never based on sponsorship, commercial relationships, or payment.

Require Commercial Tools

Families don't need to use Harbor or any commercial platform to access PDBHAI information.

Provide Medical Advice

We're not a substitute for doctors, clinicians, or healthcare professionals.

Collect PHI

We don't ask for or accept medical records, diagnoses, treatment history, or sensitive health information.

Provide Case Management

We provide guidance and navigation resources, not individual case management or legal advice.

Important: Do not share sensitive health information. Please do not upload or include medical records, clinical details, diagnoses, treatment history, Social Security numbers, Medicaid IDs, or other sensitive health information in any form or message.

PDBHAI provides public guidance and navigation support only. We do not provide medical advice, legal advice, eligibility determinations, or case management.

Our Provider-Neutral Finder Policy

Our provider finder is governed by strict neutrality principles to ensure families get independent, unbiased information.

Listing based on public information

Providers are listed based on verified public data, not payment or sponsorship.

Order is not influenced by commercial relationships

No provider can pay for preferential placement or ranking.

Related-party relationships disclosed

Any connection between listed providers and PDBHAI's related parties is disclosed openly.

Public correction pathway

Families can submit corrections or updates through our public correction pathway.

View the complete Finder Policy →