Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation
Travel For Care Program · About this organization
What you get
Up to $4,000 a year for airfare, lodging, and approved long-distance treatment travel.
How to start
Your care team submits the request through ProposalCentral. Give them your travel needs and treatment details.
Good to know
- Household income must be $125,000 or less.
- Past travel is not reimbursed; only the patient and one caregiver are covered.
The details, as published
Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation’s Travel For Care Program helps families travel to eligible childhood-cancer treatment, clinical trials, or nonstandard interventions in the United States or Canada. The program can support airfare, lodging, and qualifying long-distance ground travel, generally up to $4,000 annually. The child’s care team or social worker submits the request, and approved vendors are paid directly.
What help you may get
Lodging Near Treatment
Travel For Care Program — lodging near treatment
Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation’s Travel For Care Program helps families travel to eligible childhood-cancer treatment, clinical trials, or nonstandard interventions in the United States or Canada. The program can support airfare, lodging, and qualifying long-distance ground travel, generally up to $4,000 annually. The child’s care team or social worker submits the request, and approved vendors are paid directly.
Amount not published · Recurring
Can cover
- Airfare
- Gas or other qualifying treatment travel
- Lodging
Does not cover
- Past travel or reimbursement after travel has occurred
- Routine travel below the published distance threshold
- The annual maximum is generally $4,000; it may be $8,000 for travel to an ALSF-funded clinical trial.
- Support is subject to the annual cap and continuing eligibility.
Travel And Transportation
Travel For Care Program — travel and transportation
Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation’s Travel For Care Program helps families travel to eligible childhood-cancer treatment, clinical trials, or nonstandard interventions in the United States or Canada. The program can support airfare, lodging, and qualifying long-distance ground travel, generally up to $4,000 annually. The child’s care team or social worker submits the request, and approved vendors are paid directly.
Amount not published · Recurring
Can cover
- Airfare
- Gas or other qualifying treatment travel
- Lodging
Does not cover
- Past travel or reimbursement after travel has occurred
- Routine travel below the published distance threshold
- The annual maximum is generally $4,000; it may be $8,000 for travel to an ALSF-funded clinical trial.
- Support is subject to the annual cap and continuing eligibility.
- The published monetary limit is shared across the listed benefit components.
Check the main eligibility rules
Diagnosis
B-ALL is in scope. The program accepts children with a cancer diagnosis; B-ALL qualifies when the treatment and travel requirements are met.
Age
Age 0 to age 20, measured at application.
- Patients under 21 are within the standard age rule; ages 21–24 may be considered case by case.
- 2026-09-07 F01: Standard age eligibility is under 21; ages 21–24 are considered only case by case.
Treatment status
No specific treatment status is published.
- A provider must verify the patient or diagnosis.
- The care team or social worker submits the application.
Financial need is required.
- Annual household income
- Household income must be below $125,000.
- Household income must be below $125,000.
Where you live and where your child is treated
Where your family lives
No residence restriction is published.
Where your child is treated
No treatment-location restriction is published.
- The treatment, clinical trial, or eligible intervention must be in the United States or Canada.
How to get started
Does a social worker or care team need to start it? Yes. Ask your child’s social worker or care team to begin the request.
Who can start: Healthcare Team, Social Worker
- The care team confirms diagnosis, treatment, and travel eligibility.
- The care team or social worker submits the request through ProposalCentral.
- The family discusses the travel need with the care team or social worker.
- The program coordinates approved travel or vendor payment.
Ways to apply or ask
- Hospital Workflow · Open form or page — The care team or social worker submits through ProposalCentral.
- Online Portal · Open form or page
Documents to prepare
- Clinical and travel information requested in ProposalCentral
- Household-income information
- Families are expected to use charitable lodging first when available.
- The program does not reimburse past travel.
- Vendors are paid directly.
Availability and timing
| Program | Active |
|---|---|
| Applications | Open |
| Funding or space | Fund Dependent |
| Application window | Rolling |
| Last checked | Aug 24, 2026 |
- The official page describes active provider submission and current benefit limits.
- The official page states that the program responds within one business day.
Limitations and things to confirm
- Only the patient and one caregiver are covered.
- The household-income limit is $125,000.
- The patient generally must be at least 100 miles or two hours from the treatment location.
- The program does not reimburse travel that has already occurred.
- Which nonstandard interventions are currently accepted case by case?
Official sources
Program details were last verified Aug 24, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.
- Travel For Care | Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation · checked Aug 24, 2026
- Travel For Care | Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation · checked Aug 22, 2026