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Mia’s Miracles

Mia’s Blessings Partner-Hospital Financial Assistance

What you get

Money for rent, groceries and travel costs your insurance does not cover. Ask your hospital social worker how much help they can request. 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 27, 2026

Before you start, check you fit

  • Your request has to come through a current partner medical facility.
  • In the U.S., your hospital social worker applies through a current partner medical facility.
  • No dollar cap is posted, so ask your hospital social worker what amount they can request for your family.

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

    Mia’s Miracles 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 Mia’s Miracles for us? Money for rent, groceries and travel costs our insurance does not cover. It has to come from you. Their page is here: https://mias-miracles.org/programs-partners/mias-blessings/

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 27, 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    • The family supplies the social worker with the requested expense and other facts required by the unpublished internal application.
    • The social worker submits the request through the partner-facility workflow.
    • The social worker follows up and relays they decision to the family.

After your social worker sends it

The family should follow up through the submitting social worker.

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