Stay With Us

We surround our families with love and support from our caring staff, our giving volunteers, and from other guest families. We provide home-cooked meals, weekly activities, indoor and outdoor play areas, laundry facilities, computers, WiFi, and much more, so that you can concentrate on what is most important.

Be our guest in Fort Worth

Eligibility to Stay

We are honored to serve your family during your time in Fort Worth. We understand that your priority is seeking the best medical care, which has brought you here. With multiple hospitals just steps away, the number of families requesting accommodations continues to grow.
At the Ronald McDonald House Greater Fort Worth, our priority is to continually review and update our policies to best serve as many families as possible. Our goal is to support every family—including yours—in a way that allows the greatest number of patients access to specialized care in Fort Worth.
Please check our updated eligibility requirements:
- Eligibility Requirements English
- Eligibility Requirements-Spanish

How to Stay

Obtain a referral to stay from your social worker at your local area hospital per your child’s treatment plan.
Complete the house background check.
- A link will automatically be emailed to families after their social worker has submitted a referral to stay overnight.
- All guardians (regardless of plans to stay) AND anyone over the age of 18 who plans to stay overnight will need to complete a background check.
The day before your referral begins, a staff member will be in contact with you. They will ask you a few pre-arrival questions and/or schedule you for a check-in time the following day if there is room availability.
- If there is a waitlist, families will be informed during the pre-arrival call.
On the day your referral begins, you will automatically be moved to our waitlist.
- Families will know a day in advance when we have a room available for them. If you have not been contacted the day before your referral begins, we do not have a room available for you that day.
- Families are welcome to call the Ronald McDonald House Greater Fort Worth to check where they are on the waitlist, but the House will always be the first to contact you when a room becomes available for check-in.
- Check-in times are 1PM–7PM, Monday–Sunday.
- All adults must have a current, valid government-issued ID.

What is the Ronald McDonald House waitlist?

When RMHFW is unable to admit a family into the House due—to being at max occupancy or awaiting background checks to come back—we move families to our waitlist. Ronald McDonald House places families who have been on the waitlist the longest into rooms as they become available.

During Your Stay

During your stay, we ask that all guest comply with our House Guidelines.
View our House Guidelines:
- House Guidelines Overview English
- House Guidelines Overview- Spanish
These House guidelines are in place to keep your family safe and able to focus on the care of your child. Not following the House Guidelines may affect your eligibility to stay. Please note: a member of our team will be available during Check-In to read and discuss the above information.
We are happy to welcome you into this loving home, and we simply ask for your care and respect for our House, our staff and our very giving volunteers. We hope you find all the comforts of home with us. We are always available for questions, concerns or just to lend a listening ear.

When Your Stay Ends

When your stay ends at the Ronald McDonald House of Fort Worth, families MUST comply with the following prior to checking out:

Bedding, as stated in the check-out form, is placed in a provided laundry bag and brought to check-out office
Wash and dry all bathroom towels
Take trash to the dumpster
Vacuum or sweep the bedroom floor
Clean the bathroom

When your stay ends at the Ronald McDonald House of Fort Worth, families ARE REQUESTED to comply with the following:

A contribution of $20/night is requested from the family. Inability to contribute does not impact eligibility for future stays at the RMHFW.
Complete the family survey