Written by a parent, not a doctor. Nothing here is medical advice.

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Rally Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research

Family Emergency Fund

What you get

Up to $500 a year and $750 lifetime per patient for cancer-related medical bills, mortgage, rent, transitional housing, utilities and other treatment-related costs. 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 child is 21 or under.
  • The fund can be exhausted before the next grant cycle.
  • The fund has limited grant dollars and may stop issuing awards until the next grant cycle when funds are exhausted.

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

    Rally Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research 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 Rally Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research for us? They offer up to $500 a year and $750 lifetime per patient for cancer-related medical bills, mortgage, rent, transitional housing, utilities and other treatment-related costs, and it has to come from you. Their page is here: https://www.tfaforms.com/4807533

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

    • Confirm that other available financial-assistance funds have been exhausted before submitting this request.
    • Email Marla@RallyFoundation.org to request the application password.
    • Log in, answer the public screening and representative fields, then complete every additional password-protected section truthfully.
    • Submit the completed password-protected form on behalf of the family.

After your social worker sends it

Direct program questions to Marla@RallyFoundation.org; the public page does not publish a review timeline or family-direct status route.

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