Get ready to apply
NC4K
Financial Support
What you get
Help with rent or mortgage, water, gas and electric bills, groceries, and transport fuel during childhood cancer. The amount isn’t published. Ask. Open now, but funds are limited, so ask early.
- Who starts it
- You
- How it’s sent
- Online, on their website
- Your time
- About 15 minutes
- Last checked
- Aug 27, 2026
Before you start, check you fit
- Your child must be in active treatment or within one year of finishing it.
- Only one rent or mortgage payment is available per calendar year.
- The child must be in active treatment or within one year after completing active treatment.
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What their form asks
Open their application ↗ Checked Aug 27, 2026What the form asks for
They don’t publish the questions in advance. Have your contact details, your child’s diagnosis and date, and the hospital’s name to hand.
Have ready
- All pages of the current bill plus remittance information; screenshots are not accepted.
- Pages 1 and 2 of the family’s most recent Form 1040.
After you send
Use the monthly 5th/15th timing rule when estimating review timing. Monitor for NC4K’s decision and vendor payment; every request is not guaranteed approval. If you have not heard back in two weeks, write and ask whether it arrived.