Parents Helping Parents (PHP) received Exceptional Parent Magazine’s Maxwell J. Schleifer Distinguished Service Award for its dedication and service to improving the lives of people with special needs and disabilities. The award was presented during Disability Awareness Night at the San Jose Giants minor league baseball game on July 18, 2009.

The EP Maxwell J. Schleifer Distinguished Service Award is named for the late founder and former editor-in-chief of Exceptional Parent who was an advocate for people with disabilities and other special needs.

Exceptional Parent is the nation's oldest and most widely read and referred to publication of its kind, reaching a wide audience of physicians, nurses, therapists, teachers and families involved in the care and development of children and adults with disabilities and special health care needs.

The nomination was made by Miceli Financial Partners’ Special Care Planning Team.