Aurora Integrated Oncology Foundation
Patient Support Fund Program · About this organization
What you get
Up to $2,000 per patient per year for travel, escorts, lodging or mooring, rent, utilities, phone, car insurance, childcare, prescriptions, equipment, counseling and retreat costs.
How to start
Your oncology care-team member sends the request. Fill in the patient form and return it to them with proof of financial need.
Good to know
- The expense must help you reach care and be unpaid by insurance or another resource.
- The fund does not pay medical bills owed to another facility.
The details, as published
The Aurora Integrated Oncology Foundation Patient Support Fund provides up to $2,000 per patient per year to Alaskans receiving cancer treatment when financial support is needed to access care and the expense is not covered by insurance or another resource. It may pay for transportation, cancer-related lodging, rent, utilities, prescriptions, durable medical equipment, licensed childcare, and other approved needs, but it does not pay another medical facility's bills. The patient completes an intake form and gives it to an oncology care-team member, who must submit the request; awards are first come, first served and depend on available funding.
What help you may get
Childcare
Patient Support Fund Program — childcare
The Aurora Integrated Oncology Foundation Patient Support Fund provides up to $2,000 per patient per year to Alaskans receiving cancer treatment when financial support is needed to access care and the expense is not covered by insurance or another resource. It may pay for transportation, cancer-related lodging, rent, utilities, prescriptions, durable medical equipment, licensed childcare, and other approved needs, but it does not pay another medical facility's bills. The patient completes an intake form and gives it to an oncology care-team member, who must submit the request; awards are first come, first served and depend on available funding.
Amount not published · Once Per 12 Months
Can cover
- Counseling or therapy
- Durable medical equipment and prescriptions
- Flights and travel to and from hospitals or clinics
- Gas cards, bus passes, parking, taxi, and rideshare
- Hotels or other lodging related to cancer care
- Licensed day care or temporary childcare
- Medically necessary escort travel
- Participation in support-group retreats or events
- Rent, utilities, phone bills, and car insurance
- RV pads and boat mooring needed to access care
Does not cover
- Cash or cash-equivalent items other than an approved gas card
- Credit-card payments
- Fines or penalties
- Fundraising costs
- Legal fees
- Luxury accommodations
- Medical bills owed to another medical facility
- Nonessential travel
- Nonmedical home renovations
- Political fees
- Financial support is limited to up to $2,000 per patient per year.
- The published rule is an aggregate $2,000 per-patient annual limit; it does not state a maximum number of individual payments.
Household Bills And Cash Assistance
Patient Support Fund Program — household bills and cash assistance
The Aurora Integrated Oncology Foundation Patient Support Fund provides up to $2,000 per patient per year to Alaskans receiving cancer treatment when financial support is needed to access care and the expense is not covered by insurance or another resource. It may pay for transportation, cancer-related lodging, rent, utilities, prescriptions, durable medical equipment, licensed childcare, and other approved needs, but it does not pay another medical facility's bills. The patient completes an intake form and gives it to an oncology care-team member, who must submit the request; awards are first come, first served and depend on available funding.
Amount not published · Once Per 12 Months
Can cover
- Counseling or therapy
- Durable medical equipment and prescriptions
- Flights and travel to and from hospitals or clinics
- Gas cards, bus passes, parking, taxi, and rideshare
- Hotels or other lodging related to cancer care
- Licensed day care or temporary childcare
- Medically necessary escort travel
- Participation in support-group retreats or events
- Rent, utilities, phone bills, and car insurance
- RV pads and boat mooring needed to access care
Does not cover
- Cash or cash-equivalent items other than an approved gas card
- Credit-card payments
- Fines or penalties
- Fundraising costs
- Legal fees
- Luxury accommodations
- Medical bills owed to another medical facility
- Nonessential travel
- Nonmedical home renovations
- Political fees
- Financial support is limited to up to $2,000 per patient per year.
- The published rule is an aggregate $2,000 per-patient annual limit; it does not state a maximum number of individual payments.
Lodging Near Treatment
Patient Support Fund Program — lodging near treatment
The Aurora Integrated Oncology Foundation Patient Support Fund provides up to $2,000 per patient per year to Alaskans receiving cancer treatment when financial support is needed to access care and the expense is not covered by insurance or another resource. It may pay for transportation, cancer-related lodging, rent, utilities, prescriptions, durable medical equipment, licensed childcare, and other approved needs, but it does not pay another medical facility's bills. The patient completes an intake form and gives it to an oncology care-team member, who must submit the request; awards are first come, first served and depend on available funding.
Amount not published · Once Per 12 Months
Can cover
- Counseling or therapy
- Durable medical equipment and prescriptions
- Flights and travel to and from hospitals or clinics
- Gas cards, bus passes, parking, taxi, and rideshare
- Hotels or other lodging related to cancer care
- Licensed day care or temporary childcare
- Medically necessary escort travel
- Participation in support-group retreats or events
- Rent, utilities, phone bills, and car insurance
- RV pads and boat mooring needed to access care
Does not cover
- Cash or cash-equivalent items other than an approved gas card
- Credit-card payments
- Fines or penalties
- Fundraising costs
- Legal fees
- Luxury accommodations
- Medical bills owed to another medical facility
- Nonessential travel
- Nonmedical home renovations
- Political fees
- Financial support is limited to up to $2,000 per patient per year.
- The published rule is an aggregate $2,000 per-patient annual limit; it does not state a maximum number of individual payments.
Medical And Insurance Costs
Patient Support Fund Program — medical and insurance costs
The Aurora Integrated Oncology Foundation Patient Support Fund provides up to $2,000 per patient per year to Alaskans receiving cancer treatment when financial support is needed to access care and the expense is not covered by insurance or another resource. It may pay for transportation, cancer-related lodging, rent, utilities, prescriptions, durable medical equipment, licensed childcare, and other approved needs, but it does not pay another medical facility's bills. The patient completes an intake form and gives it to an oncology care-team member, who must submit the request; awards are first come, first served and depend on available funding.
Amount not published · Once Per 12 Months
Can cover
- Counseling or therapy
- Durable medical equipment and prescriptions
- Flights and travel to and from hospitals or clinics
- Gas cards, bus passes, parking, taxi, and rideshare
- Hotels or other lodging related to cancer care
- Licensed day care or temporary childcare
- Medically necessary escort travel
- Participation in support-group retreats or events
- Rent, utilities, phone bills, and car insurance
- RV pads and boat mooring needed to access care
Does not cover
- Cash or cash-equivalent items other than an approved gas card
- Credit-card payments
- Fines or penalties
- Fundraising costs
- Legal fees
- Luxury accommodations
- Medical bills owed to another medical facility
- Nonessential travel
- Nonmedical home renovations
- Political fees
- Financial support is limited to up to $2,000 per patient per year.
- The published rule is an aggregate $2,000 per-patient annual limit; it does not state a maximum number of individual payments.
Practical Items And Home Help
Patient Support Fund Program — practical items and home help
The Aurora Integrated Oncology Foundation Patient Support Fund provides up to $2,000 per patient per year to Alaskans receiving cancer treatment when financial support is needed to access care and the expense is not covered by insurance or another resource. It may pay for transportation, cancer-related lodging, rent, utilities, prescriptions, durable medical equipment, licensed childcare, and other approved needs, but it does not pay another medical facility's bills. The patient completes an intake form and gives it to an oncology care-team member, who must submit the request; awards are first come, first served and depend on available funding.
Amount not published · Once Per 12 Months
Can cover
- Counseling or therapy
- Durable medical equipment and prescriptions
- Flights and travel to and from hospitals or clinics
- Gas cards, bus passes, parking, taxi, and rideshare
- Hotels or other lodging related to cancer care
- Licensed day care or temporary childcare
- Medically necessary escort travel
- Participation in support-group retreats or events
- Rent, utilities, phone bills, and car insurance
- RV pads and boat mooring needed to access care
Does not cover
- Cash or cash-equivalent items other than an approved gas card
- Credit-card payments
- Fines or penalties
- Fundraising costs
- Legal fees
- Luxury accommodations
- Medical bills owed to another medical facility
- Nonessential travel
- Nonmedical home renovations
- Political fees
- Financial support is limited to up to $2,000 per patient per year.
- The published rule is an aggregate $2,000 per-patient annual limit; it does not state a maximum number of individual payments.
Travel And Transportation
Patient Support Fund Program — travel and transportation
The Aurora Integrated Oncology Foundation Patient Support Fund provides up to $2,000 per patient per year to Alaskans receiving cancer treatment when financial support is needed to access care and the expense is not covered by insurance or another resource. It may pay for transportation, cancer-related lodging, rent, utilities, prescriptions, durable medical equipment, licensed childcare, and other approved needs, but it does not pay another medical facility's bills. The patient completes an intake form and gives it to an oncology care-team member, who must submit the request; awards are first come, first served and depend on available funding.
Amount not published · Once Per 12 Months
Can cover
- Counseling or therapy
- Durable medical equipment and prescriptions
- Flights and travel to and from hospitals or clinics
- Gas cards, bus passes, parking, taxi, and rideshare
- Hotels or other lodging related to cancer care
- Licensed day care or temporary childcare
- Medically necessary escort travel
- Participation in support-group retreats or events
- Rent, utilities, phone bills, and car insurance
- RV pads and boat mooring needed to access care
Does not cover
- Cash or cash-equivalent items other than an approved gas card
- Credit-card payments
- Fines or penalties
- Fundraising costs
- Legal fees
- Luxury accommodations
- Medical bills owed to another medical facility
- Nonessential travel
- Nonmedical home renovations
- Political fees
- Financial support is limited to up to $2,000 per patient per year.
- The published rule is an aggregate $2,000 per-patient annual limit; it does not state a maximum number of individual payments.
- The published monetary limit is shared across the listed benefit components.
Why this may help
Household Bills And Cash Assistance: Rent, utilities, phone bills and car insurance can be paid when those costs get in the way of cancer care.
Lodging Near Treatment: The fund can pay for hotels and other lodging needed to reach cancer care.
Medical And Insurance Costs: Prescriptions and medical equipment are covered possibilities, though another medical facility's bills are excluded.
Travel And Transportation: Gas, parking, transit, rides and flights can be paid as part of getting you to cancer care.
Check the main eligibility rules
Diagnosis
B-ALL is in scope. The official program serves Alaskans with any cancer diagnosis who are receiving treatment under a physician's care, so a child age 0–18 receiving treatment for B-ALL is within the stated diagnosis and treatment scope.
Age
The program does not publish an age limit.
- The official page says “patients” and publishes no numerical age limit.
Treatment status
Active Treatment
- A provider must verify the patient or diagnosis.
- A member of the patient's medical care team must submit the request.
- The requested support must not be covered by insurance or another available grant or community resource.
Financial need is required.
- The official FAQ says there is no specific income limit, but the patient must show financial need with at least one accepted document.
- At least one accepted income or assistance document is required.
- The requested expense must not be covered by insurance, grants, community providers, or another available resource.
Where you live and where your child is treated
Where your family lives
You must live in: AK.
- The patient must be an Alaskan; the official page does not publish a residence-duration or documentation rule.
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
- After approval, AIOF arranges direct payment to the party to whom the expense is due.
- Complete the Patient Support Fund Intake Form in full and return it to the care-team member.
- Provide at least one accepted financial-need document.
- Tell an oncology provider, oncology patient navigator, radiation oncology provider, or social worker about the financial barrier.
- The care-team member submits the request and coordinates any follow-up with AIOF.
Ways to apply or ask
- Hospital Workflow · Open form or page · ali@aiofak.org — The patient cannot submit directly. A first-time care-team submitter must contact Ali Cano for orientation and required forms before using the linked care-team portal.
- Online Portal · Open form or page
Documents to prepare
- At least one of the following: most recent tax return or W-2; last three pay stubs; proof of Medicaid or SNAP; Social Security Income Verification Letter; hospital or medical-system charity-care approval letter; or another document supporting income type
- Completed Patient Support Fund Intake Form
- Expense and payee details requested by AIOF
- AIOF pays the party to whom the approved expense is due, primarily by credit card.
- If credit-card payment is unavailable, AIOF may use ACH or a mailed check.
Availability and timing
| Program | Active |
|---|---|
| Applications | Not Published |
| Funding or space | Fund Dependent |
| Application window | Rolling |
| Last checked | Aug 27, 2026 |
- Awards are expressly first come, first served and subject to funding availability.
- The official 2026 program page and care-team application route were active.
- Requests are accepted while funding is available and reviewed first come, first served.
- The process may take 1–3 days or up to a few weeks depending on coordination; urgent needs should be identified to the care-team member.
- Approval and payment coordination can take as little as 1–3 days or as long as a few weeks; no request is approved until every required element is submitted.
Limitations and things to confirm
- A patient or parent cannot submit the fund request without a medical care-team member.
- Awards are capped at $2,000 per patient per year and depend on available funding.
- The fund does not pay medical bills owed to another facility.
- The official page does not publish a numeric age limit or define how Alaska residence is documented.
- The patient must be an Alaskan receiving cancer treatment and must need support to access care.
- Can one patient receive multiple smaller approvals up to the annual cap, and how is prior use tracked?
- Does “per year” mean calendar year, a rolling 12-month period, or another benefit year?
- Does the program apply a numerical age rule to pediatric applicants?
- What documents or residence duration establish that a patient is an Alaskan?
- What funding capacity remains when a family applies?
- Which expenses require an invoice, lease, utility bill, appointment record, or medical-necessity letter beyond the published financial-need document?
Official sources
Program details were last verified Aug 24, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.
- Patient Support Fund Program — Aurora Integrated Oncology Foundation · checked Aug 24, 2026
- Patient Support Fund Program — Aurora Integrated Oncology Foundation · checked Aug 23, 2026