8/15/24 - Groundbreaking For New Children's Rehab Hospital

Ground breaking is taking place today for a state-of-the-art, freestanding children’s rehabilitation hospital dedicated to helping kids achieve the best possible outcome through compassionate collaboration, innovation and interdisciplinary care.

(GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.) - The Joan Secchia Children's Rehabilitation Hospital will be Michigan's first rehabilitation hospital for children in the state of Michigan. 

The facility will be located in Grand Rapids off Wealthy Street and is expected to be completed in 2026.

This world-class hospital will be designed for, and exclusively dedicated to, the rehabilitation of infants, children and teens — one that will exponentially enhance collaboration, medical treatment and clinical outcomes.

Mary Free Bed is a statewide resource for children’s rehabilitation. From 2016 through 2023, they treated 40,718 individual inpatients and outpatients in the Mary Free Bed System and cared for 1,313 out-of-state children — welcoming kids with the most serious and complex conditions. Approximately 60% of Michigan children who need inpatient rehabilitation are treated at Mary Free Bed in Grand Rapids.

The $70M project is a public-private partnership and will operated as a joint venture between Mary Free Bed and Helen DeVos Children's Hospital and philanthropy will support important infrastructure, program enhancements and innovation.