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AYA Foundation San Antonio

Living Expense Grant · About this organization

What you get

Up to $500 a month and $2,500 total for rent, utilities, transportation, and groceries.

How to start

Ask the program which form to use and what information to send.

The details, as published

B-ALL is in scope Open

AYA Foundation San Antonio offers living-expense grants to Texans ages 15 through 39 who receive cancer treatment in the San Antonio area or live there. Approved support can cover rent, utilities, transportation, and groceries, up to $500 per month and $2,500 total. The applicant must document treatment and financial circumstances with written verification from a social worker or case manager.

What help you may get

Household Bills And Cash Assistance

Living Expense Grant — household bills and cash assistance

AYA Foundation San Antonio offers living-expense grants to Texans ages 15 through 39 who receive cancer treatment in the San Antonio area or live there. Approved support can cover rent, utilities, transportation, and groceries, up to $500 per month and $2,500 total. The applicant must document treatment and financial circumstances with written verification from a social worker or case manager.

Up to $500 · Recurring

Can cover

  • Groceries
  • Rent
  • Transportation
  • Utilities
  • The published maximum is $500 per month and $2,500 total.
  • Up to five monthly awards at the published monthly maximum would reach the total cap.

Meals And Food

Living Expense Grant — meals and food

AYA Foundation San Antonio offers living-expense grants to Texans ages 15 through 39 who receive cancer treatment in the San Antonio area or live there. Approved support can cover rent, utilities, transportation, and groceries, up to $500 per month and $2,500 total. The applicant must document treatment and financial circumstances with written verification from a social worker or case manager.

Up to $500 · Recurring

Can cover

  • Groceries
  • Rent
  • Transportation
  • Utilities
  • The published maximum is $500 per month and $2,500 total.
  • Up to five monthly awards at the published monthly maximum would reach the total cap.

Travel And Transportation

Living Expense Grant — travel and transportation

AYA Foundation San Antonio offers living-expense grants to Texans ages 15 through 39 who receive cancer treatment in the San Antonio area or live there. Approved support can cover rent, utilities, transportation, and groceries, up to $500 per month and $2,500 total. The applicant must document treatment and financial circumstances with written verification from a social worker or case manager.

Up to $500 · Recurring

Can cover

  • Groceries
  • Rent
  • Transportation
  • Utilities
  • The published maximum is $500 per month and $2,500 total.
  • Up to five monthly awards at the published monthly maximum would reach the total cap.
Shared limits:
  • The published monetary limit is shared across the listed benefit components.

Why this may help

Meals And Food: Groceries can be paid from the living-expense grant alongside rent and utilities.

Travel And Transportation: Transportation expenses can share the living-expense grant with your household bills.

Check the main eligibility rules

Diagnosis

B-ALL is in scope. The age range overlaps pediatric B-ALL patients ages 15 through 18.

Age

Age 15 to age 39, measured at application.

Treatment status

No specific treatment status is published.

  • A provider must verify the patient or diagnosis.
  • Written verification from a social worker or case manager is required.

Financial need is required.

  • No numerical income ceiling was published on the reviewed official page.

Where you live and where your child is treated

Where your family lives

You must live in: San Antonio area.

  • The patient must be a Texas resident and either live in the San Antonio area or receive treatment there.

Where your child is treated

Treatment must be connected to: San Antonio-area treatment is an alternative to local residence..

  • San Antonio-area treatment is an alternative to local residence.

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

  1. Review the current official rules.
  2. Submit the requested information through the published intake route.
  3. Wait for the program or referring team to confirm the decision or next step.

Ways to apply or ask

Documents to prepare

  • Application financial information
  • Written social-worker or case-manager verification

Availability and timing

ProgramActive
ApplicationsOpen
Funding or spaceFund Dependent
Application windowRolling
Last checkedAug 24, 2026
  • The official page presented the program as active on the verification date; assistance remains subject to program review.

Limitations and things to confirm

  • Awards are limited to the San Antonio-area residence or treatment pathway.
  • Only ages 15 through 18 overlap this directory’s pediatric range.
  • Confirm current intake capacity and any unpublished application documents or benefit limits before referral.

Official sources

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

Official program