Bringing Hope Home
Light of Hope Family Program · About this organization
What you get
Help with cable and internet, car insurance, car payment, cell phone, electricity, gas, grocery gift cards, home phone, mortgage, oil, rent and water.
How to start
Your social worker sends the referral. Have copies of your bills ready.
Good to know
- Service is limited to published counties or separately funded partner areas.
- The program is one-time and is not an emergency fund.
The details, as published
One-time household-bill assistance for eligible families in active cancer treatment; a health-care professional submits the password-protected referral during monthly referral days.
What help you may get
Household Bills And Cash Assistance
Light of Hope Family Program — household bills and cash assistance
One-time household-bill assistance for eligible families in active cancer treatment; a health-care professional submits the password-protected referral during monthly referral days.
Amount decided by the program · One Time
Can cover
- Cable and internet
- Car insurance
- Car payment
- Cell phone
- Electricity
- Gas
- Grocery gift cards
- Home phone
- Mortgage
- Oil
- Rent
- Water
Does not cover
- Credit-card bills
- Medical bills
- Personal property taxes
- School taxes
- Assistance varies with the program budget and the family’s specific need; no standard award ceiling is published.
- A family may not reapply after receiving assistance.
Meals And Food
Light of Hope Family Program — meals and food
One-time household-bill assistance for eligible families in active cancer treatment; a health-care professional submits the password-protected referral during monthly referral days.
Amount decided by the program · One Time
Can cover
- Cable and internet
- Car insurance
- Car payment
- Cell phone
- Electricity
- Gas
- Grocery gift cards
- Home phone
- Mortgage
- Oil
- Rent
- Water
Does not cover
- Credit-card bills
- Medical bills
- Personal property taxes
- School taxes
- Assistance varies with the program budget and the family’s specific need; no standard award ceiling is published.
- A family may not reapply after receiving assistance.
Medical And Insurance Costs
Light of Hope Family Program — medical and insurance costs
One-time household-bill assistance for eligible families in active cancer treatment; a health-care professional submits the password-protected referral during monthly referral days.
Amount decided by the program · One Time
Can cover
- Cable and internet
- Car insurance
- Car payment
- Cell phone
- Electricity
- Gas
- Grocery gift cards
- Home phone
- Mortgage
- Oil
- Rent
- Water
Does not cover
- Credit-card bills
- Medical bills
- Personal property taxes
- School taxes
- Assistance varies with the program budget and the family’s specific need; no standard award ceiling is published.
- A family may not reapply after receiving assistance.
Travel And Transportation
Light of Hope Family Program — travel and transportation
One-time household-bill assistance for eligible families in active cancer treatment; a health-care professional submits the password-protected referral during monthly referral days.
Amount decided by the program · One Time
Can cover
- Cable and internet
- Car insurance
- Car payment
- Cell phone
- Electricity
- Gas
- Grocery gift cards
- Home phone
- Mortgage
- Oil
- Rent
- Water
Does not cover
- Credit-card bills
- Medical bills
- Personal property taxes
- School taxes
- Assistance varies with the program budget and the family’s specific need; no standard award ceiling is published.
- A family may not reapply after receiving assistance.
- The published monetary limit is shared across the listed benefit components.
Why this may help
Meals And Food: Grocery gift cards are included alongside the one-time help with household bills.
Medical And Insurance Costs: The named insurance expense is car insurance; ask about medical costs before relying on this fund for them.
Travel And Transportation: Car payments and car insurance are covered bills that can help you keep transportation available.
Check the main eligibility rules
Diagnosis
B-ALL is in scope. This childhood-cancer program can include a child with B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
Age
Age 0 to no published upper limit, measured at application.
- The program states that it serves people regardless of age.
Treatment status
Active Treatment
- A provider must verify the patient or diagnosis.
- Referral must come from a social worker, clinician, or medical healthcare professional at the treatment facility.
Financial need is required.
- No numeric income limit is published on the reviewed official pages.
- Assistance varies with the family’s specific need and the program budget.
Where you live and where your child is treated
Where your family lives
You must live in: Published Pennsylvania counties; Published New Jersey counties; Published Delaware counties.
- The individual or family must reside in a county within the published general service area or another separately funded service area.
Where your child is treated
Treatment must be through: Applicant's active-treatment hospital.
- The referrer must be a professional at the hospital where active treatment is taking place.
How to get started
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
- Ask the treating oncology social worker or care-team member to contact Bringing Hope Home.
- If the pre-application passes review, the referrer submits the full form during a published monthly intake window.
- Review current official details and contact the organization or treating team for enrollment.
- Review the current program guidelines.
- The referrer submits a pre-application and signed HIPAA form.
Ways to apply or ask
- Hospital Workflow · Open form or page · 484-580-8395 — First-time referrers call for the portal password; only oncology-care-team referrals are accepted.
- Online Portal · Open form or page
- Online Portal · Open form or page
- Online Portal · Open form or page
Documents to prepare
- Household bills requested for payment
- Medical and treatment information in the referral
- Signed HIPAA authorization
- Approved household bills are paid directly to vendors.
- Grocery support is provided by gift card.
Availability and timing
| Program | Active |
|---|---|
| Applications | Call To Confirm |
| Funding or space | Not Published |
| Application window | Monthly Days |
| Last checked | Aug 24, 2026 |
- Completed referrals are accepted from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on one published business day each month; the calendar date varies.
- No payment date is promised; the organization asks families not to treat the program as an emergency fund.
Limitations and things to confirm
- Each hospital ordinarily may submit two referrals per month.
- Only an oncology social worker or other treating-care professional may refer.
- Program-specific limits, capacity, and documentation are not fully published.
- Service is limited to published counties or separately funded partner areas.
- The program is one-time and is not an emergency fund.
- Confirm current intake, capacity, and unpublished program-specific rules.
Official sources
Program details were last verified Aug 24, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.
- Frequently Asked Questions – Bringing Hope Home · checked Aug 23, 2026
- Light of Hope Family Program Guidelines – Bringing Hope Home · checked Aug 23, 2026
- How to Apply – Bringing Hope Home · checked Aug 23, 2026
- Social Workers – Bringing Hope Home · checked Aug 23, 2026
- Bags of Hope · checked Aug 27, 2026