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Jadyn Fred Foundation

Medical Travel Financial Assistance

What you get

Help with lodging, gas, meals, and prescriptions for medical travel. The amount isn't published. Ask. Open now.

Who starts it
You, with a letter from your social worker or doctor
How it’s sent
Email to lindsay@jadynfred.org
Your time
An hour or so, plus waiting for the letter
Last checked
Aug 27, 2026

Before you start, check you fit

  • Your child is 18 or under.
  • A child may receive support no more than four times and reapply only annually.
  • Applications from social workers are not accepted as the family application, although a social worker may provide the required referral.

  1. Ask your social worker or doctor for the letterStart here. This is the part that takes the longest.

    Jadyn Fred Foundation needs 2 things from your social worker or doctor. It has to cover 3 things. Copy this message, or say it in person at the next visit.

    Hi [social worker’s name],

We’d like to apply to Jadyn Fred Foundation’s Medical Travel Financial Assistance. They offer help with lodging, gas, meals, and prescriptions for medical travel, and they are taking applications now.

They need 2 things from you or someone on the care team: a letter and a note confirming the diagnosis. The letter has to cover our child’s need for travel support, upcoming travel dates or ongoing medical plan, and [child’s name]’s diagnosis. Their form and instructions are here: https://jadynfred.org/application

Could you write 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 27, 2026

    What the form asks for

    Family application
    Today's DateChild's NameGenderChild's Date of BirthParent 1Place of Work — Parent 1Cell Phone or Reachable Number — Parent 1Email — Parent 1Parent 2Place of Work — Parent 2Cell Phone or Reachable Number — Parent 2Email — Parent 2Applicant's Mailing AddressIf funding is approved how would you like to receive paymentCheck payable toNumber of children in familyChildren's names and agesApplicant's DiagnosisWhen diagnosedWhere is treatment being administeredDescribe treatment programDate when treatment will be administeredOther treatment facilities involved in child's careIs the child covered by private insuranceIs the child covered by state insuranceWhat specific needs can the Jadyn Fred Foundation assist you or your family withName of your licensed healthcare provider or social worker who can provide official verification of careLicensed healthcare provider or social worker emailLicensed healthcare or social worker phoneName of person completing applicationRelationship to the applicantSubmitter's phone numberMedia consent

    Have ready

    • Completed Consent for Verification and Release of Medical Records.

  3. Email your application and the letter togetherTo lindsay@jadynfred.org. Your social worker or doctor can send it instead if the letter has to stay with them.

    • Submit the embedded family application on the official page.
    • Complete the separate electronic consent and send it as instructed to lindsay@jadynfred.org.
    • Have the physician or social worker email the signed professional referral and doctor notes or H&P to lindsay@jadynfred.org.

    Email: lindsay@jadynfred.org

    Subject: Medical Travel Financial Assistance application, [child’s name]

Hello,

Attached are our completed application and the letter from [social worker’s name] at [hospital]. Please let me know that it arrived and if anything is missing.

Thank you,
[your name] · [phone]

After you send

Confirm all three parts were received; incomplete or inconsistent submissions are denied. Allow two to three weeks for processing and assistance. If you have not heard back by then, write and ask.

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