Our primary mission is essential and clear-cut: To provide a full range of high-quality health care services to all children and youth up to the age of 21 who seek our care or who are referred to us. To complement that mission, we manage teaching and research programs that achieve excellence and support our ability to be a world-class children’s hospital.Our primary mission is essential and clear-cut: To provide a full range of high-quality health care services to all children and youth up to the age of 21 who seek our care or who are referred to us. To complement that mission, we manage teaching and research programs that achieve excellence and support our ability to be a world-class children’s hospital.