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Gas Card Assistance · About this organization

What you get

Help with gas for cancer-related laboratory tests or scans, gas for chemotherapy or radiation visits, gas for oncology appointments, and gas for travel to active cancer treatment.

How to start

Fill in the program's eligibility application and financial assessment.

Good to know

  • Medicaid clients are not eligible for gas-card assistance.
  • The program is for persons experiencing financial distress due to a cancer diagnosis.

The details, as published

B-ALL is in scope Call To Confirm

Gas-card help for eligible people traveling to cancer treatment. Families should contact the organization for current eligibility, capacity, and enrollment instructions.

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What help you may get

Household Bills And Cash Assistance

Gas Card Assistance — household bills and cash assistance

Gas-card help for eligible people traveling to cancer treatment. Families should contact the organization for current eligibility, capacity, and enrollment instructions.

Amount not published

Can cover

  • Gas for cancer-related laboratory tests or scans
  • Gas for chemotherapy or radiation visits
  • Gas for oncology appointments
  • Gas for travel to active cancer treatment

Does not cover

  • Gas support for Medicaid clients
  • Rides to treatment
  • Travel unrelated to active cancer treatment or the listed cancer-care visits
  • The reviewed official pages do not publish the gas-card value or an annual maximum.
  • No distribution frequency or repeat-assistance rule is published.

Travel And Transportation

Gas Card Assistance — travel and transportation

Gas-card help for eligible people traveling to cancer treatment. Families should contact the organization for current eligibility, capacity, and enrollment instructions.

Amount not published

Can cover

  • Gas for cancer-related laboratory tests or scans
  • Gas for chemotherapy or radiation visits
  • Gas for oncology appointments
  • Gas for travel to active cancer treatment

Does not cover

  • Gas support for Medicaid clients
  • Rides to treatment
  • Travel unrelated to active cancer treatment or the listed cancer-care visits
  • The reviewed official pages do not publish the gas-card value or an annual maximum.
  • No distribution frequency or repeat-assistance rule is published.

Check the main eligibility rules

Diagnosis

B-ALL is in scope. This program can serve a U.S. child with B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia when all program-specific rules are met.

Age

Age 0 to no published upper limit, measured at application.

  • The official FAQ states that there are no age restrictions and that children with cancer and their families are served.

Treatment status

No specific treatment status is published.

  • Clients enrolled in Medicaid are not eligible for the Gas Card Assistance Program.

Financial need is required.

  • Household income is collected during registration and a financial assessment determines eligibility.
  • The official site does not publish a numerical income ceiling.
  • The program is for persons experiencing financial distress due to a cancer diagnosis.

Where you live and where your child is treated

Where your family lives

You must live in: Published Missouri counties; Published Kansas counties.

  • The patient must have a permanent residence in Jackson, Cass, Clay, or Platte County in Missouri or Johnson or Wyandotte County in Kansas.

Where your child is treated

No treatment-location restriction is published.

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, Patient

  1. Complete the program's eligibility application and financial assessment.
  2. Contact or visit a Cancer Action office and ask to register for services.
  3. Provide the patient's name, date of birth, permanent address, phone number, cancer diagnosis, physician, treatment facility, treatment type, household size, and household income, then ask for the Gas Card Assistance Program assessment.
  4. Review the current official program details and contact the organization, plan, county office, or treating team as directed.
  5. Wait for the case manager to confirm eligibility and current gas-card availability.

Ways to apply or ask

Documents to prepare

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

  • A case manager completes the program assessment and, if the published rules are met and cards are available, coordinates gas-card assistance.

Availability and timing

ProgramActive
ApplicationsCall To Confirm
Funding or spaceNot Published
Application windowCall First
Last checkedAug 24, 2026
  • The site directs applicants to contact an office for registration and an assessment; no deadline is published.
  • The organization states that timing varies by the requested program and how quickly required information is obtained.
  • Timing varies by program and by how quickly required information is obtained.

Limitations and things to confirm

  • Cancer Action does not provide rides to treatment through this program.
  • Medicaid clients are not eligible for gas-card assistance.
  • Program-specific eligibility, capacity, benefit limits, and documents should be confirmed.
  • The gas-card amount, frequency, income threshold, and current funding level are not published.
  • The gas-card program is limited to permanent residents of six named Kansas City-area counties.
  • Confirm current intake and all unpublished program-specific rules.

Official sources

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

Official program