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Bounce Children's Foundation

Peer Connections · About this organization

What you get

Ways to connect with peers while your child faces illness. Ask how the meetings work.

How to start

Download the membership application, fill in all ten pages, and sign it. Return it by email, fax, or mail and keep a copy.

The details, as published

B-ALL is in scope Open

Peer Connections for eligible children or families affected by cancer; families should confirm current contents, eligibility, availability, and access with Bounce Children's Foundation.

What help you may get

Peer And Emotional Support

Peer Connections — peer and emotional support

Peer Connections

Amount not published

Practical Items And Home Help

Peer Connections — practical items and home help

Peer Connections

Amount not published

Why this may help

Peer And Emotional Support: Peer Connections focuses on contact with other people going through illness.

Check the main eligibility rules

Diagnosis

B-ALL is in scope. The researched program includes children or families affected by pediatric cancer.

Age

The program does not publish an age limit.

Treatment status

No specific treatment status is published.

Where you live and where your child is treated

Where your family lives

You must live in: Chicagoland area.

  • The family must be raising a child with chronic illness in the Chicagoland area; the official page does not publish a county or ZIP list.

Where your child is treated

No treatment-location restriction is published.

How to get started

Get ready to apply

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.

  1. Contact the organization or use the published intake route to confirm eligibility and current capacity.
  2. Review the official program information.

Ways to apply or ask

Documents to prepare

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

Availability and timing

ProgramActive
ApplicationsOpen
Funding or spaceNot Published
Application windowNot Published
Last checkedAug 24, 2026
  • The current Join page publishes an active family membership application; individual events or kits remain subject to program scheduling and capacity.

Limitations and things to confirm

  • Exact benefit, eligibility, geographic, frequency, documentation, timing, and capacity details vary and must be confirmed.
  • Confirm current operating and intake details before referral.

Official sources

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

Official program