African American and minority caregivers continue to have an overrepresentation of poverty in comparison to other demographic groups living in the United States (US)1,2. Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a genetic hematological disorder that disproportionately impacts African American individuals in the US 1,3. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention4, SCD affects approximately 100,000 Americans; 1 of every 365 African American newborn children have the disease, as well as 1 of every 16,300 Hispanic-American children within the US. Complications of SCD can result in chronic and/or life-threatening sequalae due to vaso-occlusive crises, bacterial infections, cerebral infarctions, and chronic anemia5,6,7,8,9.