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Angels of Hope

Financial Assistance Program · About this organization

What you get

Help paying rent, mortgage, car payments, and utility bills directly to creditors. The amount isn't published. Ask.

How to start

Ask your hospital social worker or nurse navigator to prepare the Angels of Hope request with your bills and treatment details.

Good to know

  • Your child must be in an accepted form of active treatment.

The details, as published

B-ALL is in scope Open Care team starts the request

Angels of Hope provides customized grants to Michigan households affected by cancer, commonly paying rent, mortgage, auto, and utility bills directly to creditors. The household must permanently reside in Michigan, include a legally dependent person age 26 or younger, and have a cancer patient in active treatment. The family must show current or projected income loss or increased expenses caused by the diagnosis. Applications are handled through a hospital social worker or nurse navigator, and the public pages do not state an award ceiling.

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What help you may get

Household Bills And Cash Assistance

Financial Assistance Program — household bills and cash assistance

Angels of Hope provides customized grants to Michigan households affected by cancer, commonly paying rent, mortgage, auto, and utility bills directly to creditors. The household must permanently reside in Michigan, include a legally dependent person age 26 or younger, and have a cancer patient in active treatment. The family must show current or projected income loss or increased expenses caused by the diagnosis. Applications are handled through a hospital social worker or nurse navigator, and the public pages do not state an award ceiling.

Amount not published

Can cover

  • Auto payments
  • Mortgage
  • Rent
  • Utility payments
  • The reviewed official material does not publish a dollar limit.
  • The reviewed official material does not publish an award-frequency limit.

Travel And Transportation

Financial Assistance Program — travel and transportation

Angels of Hope provides customized grants to Michigan households affected by cancer, commonly paying rent, mortgage, auto, and utility bills directly to creditors. The household must permanently reside in Michigan, include a legally dependent person age 26 or younger, and have a cancer patient in active treatment. The family must show current or projected income loss or increased expenses caused by the diagnosis. Applications are handled through a hospital social worker or nurse navigator, and the public pages do not state an award ceiling.

Amount not published

Can cover

  • Auto payments
  • Mortgage
  • Rent
  • Utility payments
  • The reviewed official material does not publish a dollar limit.
  • The reviewed official material does not publish an award-frequency limit.

Why this may help

Travel And Transportation: Paying an auto bill can help you keep the car you use for treatment trips.

Check the main eligibility rules

Diagnosis

B-ALL is in scope. The official program serves Michigan families with any cancer patient in active treatment and expressly reports assistance to families facing treatment for a child or guardian; a child receiving B-ALL treatment fits that rule.

Age

The program does not publish an age limit.

  • The patient has no published age limit; the separate household dependency rule requires a legally dependent person age 26 or younger in the home.

Treatment status

Active Treatment

  • A provider must verify the patient or diagnosis.
  • A hospital social worker or nurse navigator assists with and submits the application.

Financial need is required.

  • The family must show current or projected loss of income or increased expenses due to cancer; no numeric threshold is published.
  • Current or projected income loss or increased expenses due to the cancer diagnosis must be shown.

Where you live and where your child is treated

Where your family lives

You must live in: MI.

  • The family must permanently reside in Michigan.

Where your child is treated

No treatment-location restriction is published.

How to get started

Set up the ask for my social worker

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

  1. Approved payments are made directly to the relevant creditors.
  2. Ask that professional to assist with the Angels of Hope application.
  3. Contact the hospital social worker or nurse navigator.
  4. If no hospital contact is known, email Angels of Hope for connection help.
  5. Review the published residence, dependency, treatment, and need criteria.

Ways to apply or ask

Documents to prepare

The program does not publish a document checklist. Ask before gathering paperwork.

  • All disbursements are made directly to the respective creditors.

Availability and timing

ProgramActive
ApplicationsOpen
Funding or spaceNot Published
Application windowRolling
Last checkedAug 24, 2026
  • The official 2026 site currently publishes eligibility and directs families to apply through a hospital representative.
  • The current official page invites eligible families to contact their hospital representative without fixed dates.
  • No numeric lead-time requirement is published.

Limitations and things to confirm

  • A hospital social worker or nurse navigator must handle the application.
  • No award amount, award frequency, review time, or complete document list is published.
  • Permanent Michigan residence is required.
  • The household must include a legally dependent person age 26 or younger.
  • The patient must be in an accepted form of active treatment.
  • Are groceries, insurance, medical expenses, or transportation currently eligible in addition to the four commonly listed expenses?
  • Does the organization impose any income threshold beyond showing income loss or increased expenses?
  • How long does review and creditor payment normally take?
  • What documents must the family and hospital representative submit?
  • What is the current maximum award and frequency limit?

Official sources

Program details were last verified Aug 24, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.

Official program