GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. -- There are 6,000 children in Georgia with life-threatening conditions because of illness, an accident, abuse, or neglect, but the one place that's been helping them heal has stopped its services and programs.

RACHEL KIM: Budget Cuts Could Hurt Sick Kids' Dream House

The founder of "Dream House for Medically Fragile Children" said the state's budget cuts and lack of private donations forced them to shut down their transition home in Gwinnett County.

Katie Moore, 10, is living proof of what Dream House has done for more than 950 children in Georgia. She survived a back-to-back five organ transplant and received the physical and emotional care she needed at Dream House.

Laura Moore is Katie's adoptive mom and the founder of Dream House. The facility is a transition home where parents and caregivers learn how to help kids with complex health conditions live in a home and understand what it means to be part of a family instead of being institutionalized or abandoned.

“Most of these children are placed in senior adult nursing homes or left in hospitals for years just because there's no place for them to go," explained Moore.

Born at 24 weeks, little Laura Kate was sent to Dream House for end-of-life care.

Kelly Coker started out as a foster mom and later adopted Laura Kate, making her family of five, a family of six.

“I believe that god sent her to complete our family," said Coker.

But Coker is saddened to know that the house that brought them together is now empty. No more children; no more staff because of the state's budget cuts and fewer donations.

“We desperately need that to save children like Laura Kate who wouldn't even be alive if it wasn't for the dream house," said Coker.

The 8,000 square foot house Laura Moore's family built, decorated, and lived in sits silent, but Moore hopes the next group of medically fragile children will be able to move in soon.

“It hurts; I walk into the backroom through the door I literally feel a pain in my chest because I know how desperately these children need this resource,” said Moore.

She is now working on educating state lawmakers.

Moore wants them to realize that not only does it cost less to care for kids here instead of in hospitals, this place improves the overall long-term quality of life for these kids.

If you'd like to volunteer your time, donate, or simply find out more information about dream house, go to www.dreamhouseforkids.org.