La Rabida serves approximately 9,000 children annually who require primary and specialty care to address complex and challenging medical conditions.

Services and programs include treatment for chronic illnesses such as asthma, diabetes, sickle cell disease, and developmental disabilities.

La Rabida is recognized by the National Committee for Quality Assurance(NCQA) for its medical home programs.

After the fair, the Spanish Consulate donated the Jackson Park building to the City of Chicago for use as a fresh air sanatorium for sick children.

An organizing committee, formed to convert the structure included Staud y Giminez, the Spanish Vice Consul in Chicago, who served as superintendent and treasurer, Enrique Dupuy de Lôme, Spanish Minister to the United States, Archbishop Patrick Feehan, and Forest Clark, M.D., the resident physician for the sanitarium.

[2] A woman's board formed and led the effort to equip and staff the facility, raising money for operations and recruiting volunteer physicians.

An outpatient wing was added to the south of the main building in 1953, named the Gertrude Frank Pick children's center.

Beginning in about 2015, La Rabida began to see an increase in patient numbers, especially babies younger than one year, reflecting the decrease in pediatric services at other hospitals.