ASK Childhood Cancer Foundation
Financial Assistance · About this organization
What you get
Help with gas cards, grocery cards, other approved nonmedical needs, rent or mortgage, transportation and utilities.
How to start
Fill in ASK family enrollment. Have copies of your bills ready.
Good to know
- The award limit isn't published. Ask how much can be requested.
The details, as published
ASK Childhood Cancer Foundation provides nonmedical financial assistance and practical support to families served through participating Virginia and nearby pediatric oncology programs. A child with B-ALL can qualify through one of the named hospital partners, including Richmond, Norfolk, Charlottesville, Roanoke, Northern Virginia, or Fredericksburg pathways. Families complete ASK enrollment and use the assistance application, often with help from the treatment-center social worker, for needs such as housing, utilities, transportation, gas, and groceries.
What help you may get
Household Bills And Cash Assistance
Financial Assistance — household bills and cash assistance
ASK Childhood Cancer Foundation provides nonmedical financial assistance and practical support to families served through participating Virginia and nearby pediatric oncology programs. A child with B-ALL can qualify through one of the named hospital partners, including Richmond, Norfolk, Charlottesville, Roanoke, Northern Virginia, or Fredericksburg pathways. Families complete ASK enrollment and use the assistance application, often with help from the treatment-center social worker, for needs such as housing, utilities, transportation, gas, and groceries.
Amount not published
Can cover
- Gas cards
- Grocery cards
- Other approved nonmedical needs
- Rent or mortgage
- Transportation
- Utilities
- No monetary ceiling is published on the reviewed official page.
- The reviewed official material does not publish a repeat-assistance rule.
Meals And Food
Financial Assistance — meals and food
ASK Childhood Cancer Foundation provides nonmedical financial assistance and practical support to families served through participating Virginia and nearby pediatric oncology programs. A child with B-ALL can qualify through one of the named hospital partners, including Richmond, Norfolk, Charlottesville, Roanoke, Northern Virginia, or Fredericksburg pathways. Families complete ASK enrollment and use the assistance application, often with help from the treatment-center social worker, for needs such as housing, utilities, transportation, gas, and groceries.
Amount not published
Can cover
- Gas cards
- Grocery cards
- Other approved nonmedical needs
- Rent or mortgage
- Transportation
- Utilities
- No monetary ceiling is published on the reviewed official page.
- The reviewed official material does not publish a repeat-assistance rule.
Travel And Transportation
Financial Assistance — travel and transportation
ASK Childhood Cancer Foundation provides nonmedical financial assistance and practical support to families served through participating Virginia and nearby pediatric oncology programs. A child with B-ALL can qualify through one of the named hospital partners, including Richmond, Norfolk, Charlottesville, Roanoke, Northern Virginia, or Fredericksburg pathways. Families complete ASK enrollment and use the assistance application, often with help from the treatment-center social worker, for needs such as housing, utilities, transportation, gas, and groceries.
Amount not published
Can cover
- Gas cards
- Grocery cards
- Other approved nonmedical needs
- Rent or mortgage
- Transportation
- Utilities
- No monetary ceiling is published on the reviewed official page.
- The reviewed official material does not publish a repeat-assistance rule.
Why this may help
Meals And Food: Grocery cards can cover food while the wider assistance pays other everyday bills.
Travel And Transportation: Gas cards and transportation assistance can help with the journey to treatment.
Check the main eligibility rules
Diagnosis
B-ALL is in scope. The official program serves children with cancer or children with serious medical conditions that include cancer; pediatric B-ALL is within that scope.
Age
The program does not publish an age limit.
- The official page describes children or pediatric patients but does not publish a numerical age rule.
Treatment status
Active Treatment
- The child must be receiving chemotherapy or radiation at least once a month.
- The qualifying parent must establish contact with the social worker at the child's treatment center to review other needs and support services.
Financial need is required.
- No numerical income rule is published on the reviewed official page.
- Financial assistance addresses nonmedical household and transportation needs related to the child's cancer treatment.
Where you live and where your child is treated
Where your family lives
Residence coverage is not published clearly; confirm with the program.
Where your child is treated
Treatment must be through: The official page lists Children's Hospital of Richmond at VCU, Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters, UVA Children's, Carilion Children's, Inova Schar Cancer Institute, and the Children's National Fredericksburg program..
- The official page lists Children's Hospital of Richmond at VCU, Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters, UVA Children's, Carilion Children's, Inova Schar Cancer Institute, and the Children's National Fredericksburg program.
Where the service, camp, stay, or experience happens
- District of Columbia — District of Columbia — District of Columbia
- Virginia — Virginia — Virginia
How to get started
Does a social worker or care team need to start it? No. A required care-team start is not published; the family can use the available route below.
Who can start: Parent Or Guardian
- Complete ASK family enrollment.
- Confirm that the child is treated through a participating center.
- Coordinate with the treatment-center social worker if required.
- Submit the financial-assistance request and requested bills or supporting information.
Ways to apply or ask
- Web Form · Open form or page — Current English ASK Making Life Better Fund application.
- Web Form · Open form or page — Spanish application linked from the official family-support page.
Documents to prepare
- Bills or expense documentation
Availability and timing
| Program | Active |
|---|---|
| Applications | Open |
| Funding or space | Limited |
| Application window | Rolling |
| Last checked | Aug 26, 2026 |
- The current English and Spanish application links are live; the form states that funding is limited and requests are processed based on availability and eligibility.
Limitations and things to confirm
- No universal award cap, income threshold, or repeat-assistance rule is published.
- The program is tied to named partner treatment centers.
- What current award ceilings, income screening, and repeat-assistance limits apply?
Official sources
Program details were last verified Aug 24, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.
- Family Support — ASK Childhood Cancer Foundation · checked Aug 24, 2026
- Family Support — ASK Childhood Cancer Foundation · checked Aug 23, 2026