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HealthWell Foundation

Cancer-Related Behavioral Health Fund

What you get

Help with behavioral-health prescriptions, cognitive behavioral therapy, counseling, psychotherapy and talk therapy, ride health, telehealth fees, transcranial magnetic stimulation and transportation and parking. Applications are closed for now. Ask when they reopen.

Who starts it
You, with a document from your doctor
How it’s sent
Online, on their website
Your time
About 15 minutes, plus waiting for the document
Last checked
Aug 28, 2026

Before you start, check you fit

  • Ride Health requires at least two business days' notice and fees reduce the grant.
  • New-patient intake is closed.

  1. Ask your doctor for the documentStart here. This is the part that takes the longest.

    HealthWell Foundation needs a signed confirmation of the diagnosis from your doctor. Copy this message, or say it in person at the next visit.

    Hi [doctor’s name],

We’d like to apply to HealthWell Foundation’s Cancer-Related Behavioral Health Fund. They offer help with behavioral-health prescriptions, cognitive behavioral therapy, counseling, psychotherapy and talk therapy, ride health, telehealth fees, transcranial magnetic stimulation and transportation and parking, and we want to be ready when the next round opens.

They need a signed confirmation of the diagnosis from you. Their form and instructions are here: https://www.healthwellfoundation.org/fund/cancer-related-behavioral-health/

Could you do that when you have a chance? I can send you the link, or bring a printout 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.

  2. Fill in their applicationIt is on their website.

    Open their application ↗ Checked Aug 28, 2026

    What the form asks for

    Published eligibility facts
    You are being treated for a cancer related behavioral health conditionYou have insurance and it covers your treatmentYour income falls within our guidelines

  3. Submit it on their websiteSend the document with your application, or the way they ask.

    • Do not attempt a new application while the fund page says Closed; sign up for fund alerts and apply only after reopening.

After you send

Existing grant recipients may continue eligible claims during their grant cycle. If you have not heard back in two weeks, write and ask whether it arrived.

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