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New Day Foundation for Families

Financial Assistance

What you get

Help with housing, utilities, insurance, childcare, groceries, fuel, and transport, including bills paid to creditors. The amount isn’t published. Ask. Open now.

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

  • Active treatment and financial hardship or lost income are required.
  • Active treatment and demonstrated financial hardship or income loss are required.
  • Michigan residence and an eligible household structure are required.

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

    New Day Foundation for Families 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 New Day Foundation for Families for us? They offer help with housing, utilities, insurance, childcare, groceries, fuel, and transport, including bills paid to creditors, and it has to come from you. Their page is here: https://www.foundationforfamilies.org/grant-application/

I’ll bring the completed Patient Expense Worksheet; and the hard copies of the household bills listed on the worksheet to our next visit. Thank you for everything you do for us.

[your name] · [phone]
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    Their program page ↗ Checked Aug 27, 2026

    What to bring to the meeting

    • Completed Patient Expense Worksheet;.
    • Hard copies of the household bills listed on the worksheet.
    • Two months of bank statements; transmit only through the professional's secure process.
    • One color family photo.

    What happens next

    • Complete the professional application and submit it through New Day's portal.
    • Confirm receipt and respond to New Day's requests through the submitting professional.

After your social worker sends it

The submitting professional should confirm receipt and relay any additional request to the family.

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