Written by a parent, not a doctor. Nothing here is medical advice.

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Child Cancer Fund

Short-Term Financial Assistance

What you get

Food cards, gas cards, short-term assistance with nonmedical household bills. The amount isn't published. Ask. Your social worker can ask whether requests are open.

Who starts it
Your social worker
How it’s sent
Through your social worker
Your time
One conversation with your social worker
Last checked
Aug 26, 2026

Before you start, check you fit

  • Both the treatment-site and primary-oncologist requirements are mandatory.
  • The current 2026 programs page describes active assistance and a social-worker request path.
  • Award amounts, frequency, and payment methods are not fully published.

  1. One thing to do: ask your social workerThey send it. You give them what they need.

    Child Cancer Fund takes requests from your social worker, not from families. Copy this message, or say it at the next visit.

    Hi [social worker’s name],

Could you send a request to Child Cancer Fund for us? They offer food cards, gas cards, short-term assistance with nonmedical household bills, and it has to come from you. Their page is here: https://childcancerfund.org/programs/

Tell me what you need from me and I’ll bring it to our next visit. Thank you for everything you do for us.

[your name] · [phone]
    Copying is the only thing this page does with your text. Nothing is saved.
    Their program page ↗ Checked Aug 26, 2026

    What to bring to the meeting

    • Your child’s diagnosis, the hospital’s name, and what you need help with.

    What happens next

    • The Nemours oncology social worker initiates the request using the hospital workflow.
    • The Nemours oncology social worker submits the completed request through the unpublished hospital route.
    • Confirm submission and ask the oncology social worker how approval, payment, or additional-document requests will be communicated.

After your social worker sends it

Ask the oncology social worker how receipt and status will be communicated; no official timeline is published.

Full record, as published