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aTeam Ministries

Home Away from Home · About this organization

What you get

Rent-free apartments for an extended stay during your child's cancer treatment.

How to start

Ask the program about apartment space and arrangements before you travel.

Good to know

  • The application or reservation path requires direct confirmation with aTeam.

The details, as published

B-ALL is in scope Call To Confirm

aTeam Ministries' Home Away from Home program operates two apartments close to Children's of Alabama for families battling pediatric cancer. The apartments provide extended lodging rent-free, so a child with B-ALL treated in Birmingham is within the published diagnosis and treatment-destination scope. The official pages do not publish a numerical age limit, stay-length limit, distance rule, occupancy rule, or reservation form. Families should contact aTeam at 205-401-8232 and confirm eligibility and apartment availability before travel.

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What help you may get

Lodging Near Treatment

Home Away from Home — lodging near treatment

aTeam Ministries' Home Away from Home program operates two apartments close to Children's of Alabama for families battling pediatric cancer. The apartments provide extended lodging rent-free, so a child with B-ALL treated in Birmingham is within the published diagnosis and treatment-destination scope. The official pages do not publish a numerical age limit, stay-length limit, distance rule, occupancy rule, or reservation form. Families should contact aTeam at 205-401-8232 and confirm eligibility and apartment availability before travel.

Noncash help

Can cover

  • Extended family lodging in one of two apartments near Children's of Alabama
  • The official page states that lodging is rent-free.
  • The program is for extended lodging, but the official pages do not publish minimum, maximum, or repeat-stay rules.

Check the main eligibility rules

Diagnosis

B-ALL is in scope. The apartments serve families battling pediatric cancer near Children's of Alabama; pediatric B-ALL is within that diagnosis scope.

Age

The program does not publish an age limit.

  • The official program page uses 'pediatric cancer' but gives no numerical age rule.

Treatment status

No specific treatment status is published.

  • The published treatment destination is Children's of Alabama.
  • The official lodging description does not publish an income test.

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 in: Published treatment-location area.

  • The apartments are close to Children's of Alabama and are described as lodging for families traveling to Birmingham for pediatric-cancer treatment.
Where the service, camp, stay, or experience happens
  • Alabama — Alabama — Alabama
  • Birmingham, Alabama — Birmingham, Alabama

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: Caregiver, Parent Or Guardian

  1. Confirm that one of the two apartments is available before traveling.
  2. Confirm whether the family and treatment plan meet the program's unpublished lodging rules.
  3. Contact aTeam Ministries after the child's Birmingham treatment dates are known.

Ways to apply or ask

Documents to prepare

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

  • aTeam confirms eligibility and apartment availability directly with the family or care team.

Availability and timing

ProgramActive
ApplicationsCall To Confirm
Funding or spaceLimited
Application windowCall First
Last checkedAug 24, 2026
  • Apartment availability is not published and capacity is inherently limited to two units.
  • Direct page access returned HTTP 403 during verification.
  • The current official program page remains indexed and describes two operating apartments.
  • No public reservation calendar or rolling form is published.
  • No advance-notice requirement is published; two-apartment capacity makes early contact important.

Limitations and things to confirm

  • Only two apartments are described, and current availability is not published.
  • The application or reservation path requires direct confirmation with aTeam.
  • The official pages do not publish age, travel-distance, occupancy, caregiver, infection-control, stay-length, required-document, or repeat-stay rules.
  • Are either of the two apartments currently available?
  • Is a hospital or social-worker referral required?
  • Must treatment be at Children's of Alabama, or can treatment at another Birmingham pediatric-oncology facility meet the rule?
  • What information or documents are required to request an apartment?
  • What numerical age rule applies?
  • What travel-distance, stay-length, occupancy, caregiver, and infection-control rules apply?

Official sources

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

Official program