Vision:
The Vision of the Northeast Indiana Burn Council, Inc. is to prevent burns and help those affected by Burn Trauma heal, both physically and mentally.

Mission:
The mission of the Northeast Indiana Burn Council, Inc. is to reducing burn incidents and increasing the positive medical and social outcomes for burn survivors.

Supporting Statement:
The Burn Council exists to help children, adults and families affected by a burn incident. We like to say that we "help with the healing during and after the hospital", providing financial, in-kind and other assistance to Burn Survivors and their families.

History:
When St. Joseph Hospital in Fort Wayne, Indiana, was sold in 1999 to a for-profit entity, members of the community formed the Northeast Indiana Burn Council, Inc. in 2001 to provide prevention activities and support for burn victims.

Now in our sixth year, the Burn Council is a non-profit dedicated to reducing burn incidents and increasing positive medical and social outcomes for burn survivors in Northern Indiana, Northwest Ohio and Southeast Michigan. The Burn Council educates the public about burn prevention as well as provides support to the poor and underserved that are survivors of burns.

Affiliation:
The Burn Council is a separate, 501c3 non-profit entity and is not affiliated with St. Joseph Hospital or its Regional Burn Center. However, as the only nationally verified burn center in Indiana, the Regional Burn Center staff will refer burn victims needing assistance to the Burn Council and most victims of burns will have been treated by the Regional Burn Center.

Programs and Activities:
NEINBC provides the following three program areas:

1. Burn Prevention Education: recognizing that most burns are preventable by education, NEINBC works to prevent burns and burn-potential situations with children and adults. NEINBC also works to compliment existing prevention programs to enhance the overall delivery of services to the community.

2. Burn Survivor Assistance: established to help burn survivors and their families with limited financial means, this program provides reduced or free treatment supplies and burn garments for outpatient burn survivors as well as temporary housing, food and other needs for families of inpatient burn victims. This program also provides assistance to individuals and families wishing to attend the World Burn Congress in the Fall, trains peer support counselors and helps coordinate the Support Group for Burn Survivors & Families.

3. Youth Burn Camp: to help facilitate interaction with other children who are burn survivors, this program helps underwrite the cost to send youth burn survivors from Northeast Indiana, Northwest Ohio and Southeast Michigan to a youth Burn Camp.

In addition to these existing programs, NEINBC plans to initiate other needed activities to provide for the financial, physical and mental well-being of burn survivors.