romani has had several hospital stays for asthma attacks, but after an initial two-hour visit a month ago, the family has been on top of his medications. >> have you noticed he's been having less symptoms? >> at the night time definitely. he sleeps a lot better. >> oh i'm so happy to hear that. it's all about his health. we want to keep you out of the hospital, baby. >> sometimes, the family ends up confusing the inhalers, or it wasn't explained to them in enough detail. so we're in a calm environment in their home, and we take a lot of time to make sure they understand what the medications do in the body. and we have special stickers we put on the medicine, and we make sure they just really get it. >> i just want to give you an update on the numbers. >> reporter: the program serves about 250 families each year. it's been funded through a combination of sources, including grants, taxes, tobacco settlement money, and a local medicaid managed care program. a data review by that organization in 2012 found health care costs for pediatric patients ages zero to five were cut in half during