Hawaii program
Help with costs outside insurance (Hawaii Children’s Cancer Foundation)
A Hawaii childhood cancer charity can help families with housing, utilities and travel costs that insurance leaves behind.
What it is
A Hawaii childhood cancer charity can help families with housing, utilities and travel costs that insurance leaves behind.
The foundation reviews uncovered costs under its own financial guidelines. It can consider housing, utilities and travel after a child has received cancer treatment in Hawaii. The foundation confirms financial eligibility; this questionnaire does not establish an income exclusion.
Eligibility rules
- The child must have been diagnosed with cancer before age 21 and have received cancer treatment in Hawaii.
- HCCF confirms its financial guidelines, documents and any immigration or current-residence conditions for your family. Earlier cancer treatment in Hawaii matters even when your child is later referred out of state. A numeric income cutoff cannot be assumed.
What you get
- Possible help with housing and utility costs.
- Possible help getting your child to treatment.
What the help covers
- Housing, utilities and transport are named uses of assistance. The foundation reviews what insurance leaves unpaid.
If you decide to apply
- Ask the oncology social worker for an introduction to the foundation, or contact it directly.
- Describe the uncovered costs and ask what records the foundation needs for financial assistance.
Hawaii Children’s Cancer Foundation: 808-528-5161. · Official page ↗
What happens next
- The foundation reviews the family’s request. The oncology social worker can help connect you with its team.
- HCCF confirms the possible award, available funds, timing and any repeat-help limit for the request. A social-worker introduction can help, and families can also contact HCCF directly at 808-528-5161.
Good to know
Assistance depends on the foundation’s guidelines and available help. A referral does not promise an award.
Other details
- This is charitable help, separate from state benefits and hospital financial assistance.
Official sources
“Could the foundation help with any of our uncovered costs? What limits apply, and could you introduce us if a request would be worthwhile?”
Why I’m asking: I want to understand help for the expenses that keep coming outside medical bills.
More background and detailed requirements
Additional program information and published rules
Who does what
The three parts, side by side. The agency decides; nobody on this page does.
You
Call and describe what is not covered.
Your social worker
The oncology social worker usually knows the foundation and can introduce you.
The care team
Records and letters when the application asks for them.
- Who decides
- The foundation, under its own guidelines.
- Ask your social worker
- “Can you introduce us to the Hawaii Children’s Cancer Foundation? We have travel and housing costs that insurance is not covering.”
How to apply
First step: Call 808-528-5161 and ask about financial assistance.
- Call 808-528-5161 and describe the costs the plan is not covering.
- Ask the hospital social worker to make the introduction.
Official application / program page ↗
Where it starts: Call 808-528-5161 and ask for financial assistance.
What to gather
- The diagnosis date
- the bills the plan did not cover
- your treatment location
How long: Not published.
What a yes looks like
A grant toward a specific bill.
What a no looks like, and the next move
Ask what the guidelines require, and go back to the state crisis programme.
Watch out
- It is a charity, so the amounts and the wait are not published.
- Treatment has to have been received in Hawaii.
The numbers and the rules
The arcane layer, kept on purpose. Checked September 11, 2026.
What it is worth
Help with uncovered housing, utility and transport costs for a child diagnosed with cancer before 21 and treated in Hawaii.
- $21 — Age at diagnosis, upper limit
Covers: Help toward housing, utilities and transportation that insurance does not cover
What it costs the family: Nothing to ask.
The eligibility facts, as published
- Age
- cancer diagnosed before age 21
- Treatment
- cancer treatment received in Hawaii
- Thresholds
- HCCF confirms its own financial guidelines; no numeric income cutoff can be inferred. It confirms documents, residence/immigration conditions, awards, funds and repeat-help limits individually.
The trap: It is charity, so income thresholds, grant ceilings and the wait were not published and its own guidelines apply. Ask rather than assume.
Where I read this
- Programs — Hawaii Children’s Cancer Foundation, read September 10, 2026