Cancer Hope Network
Hopeful Hearts: Parents Supporting Parents · About this organization
What you get
Free one-to-one time with a trained parent mentor, by phone, text, email, or video.
How to start
Fill in the confidential Hopeful Hearts form with your contact details and what you need. The program then arranges an introductory call.
Good to know
- Limited to a parent or guardian of a child currently in treatment or recovery; hospice and bereavement are directed elsewhere.
- A required 15-minute introductory call occurs before a mentor match is finalized.
The details, as published
Free one-to-one peer mentorship for parents and guardians of children ages 0–18 who are in treatment or recovery from pediatric cancer, with flexible phone, text, email, or video contact.
What help you may get
Peer And Emotional Support
Parent peer mentorship
A trained parent mentor provides one-to-one emotional support, practical perspective, and encouragement on a schedule agreed with the parent seeking support.
Noncash help · Recurring
Can cover
- phone, text, email, or video peer connection
Check the main eligibility rules
Diagnosis
B-ALL is in scope. B-ALL is within the published pediatric-cancer scope.
Age
Age 0 to age 18, measured at application.
Treatment status
Active Treatment, Maintenance Treatment, Post Treatment, Survivorship
- Hopeful Hearts serves parents during treatment or recovery; the page directs hospice and bereaved parents to another organization.
Where you live and where your child is treated
Where your family lives
Residence coverage is not published clearly; confirm with the program.
Where your child is treated
Treatment-location rules are not published clearly; confirm with the program.
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
- Prepare contact, location, relationship, child diagnosis/status/age, preferred language, and requested-support information.
- Submit the confidential Hopeful Hearts request form and accept its terms and contact consent.
- Contact the parent to schedule the required 15-minute introductory call and identify a mentor match.
Ways to apply or ask
- Web Form · Open form or page — Current confidential Hopeful Hearts support-seeker form.
Documents to prepare
No documents are listed.
Availability and timing
| Program | Active |
|---|---|
| Applications | Open |
| Funding or space | Not Applicable |
| Application window | Rolling |
| Last checked | Aug 27, 2026 |
- The current request form was live at review.
- The request form was open; no deadline is published.
Limitations and things to confirm
- Limited to a parent or guardian of a child currently in treatment or recovery; hospice and bereavement are directed elsewhere.
- A required 15-minute introductory call occurs before a mentor match is finalized.
- Residence eligibility is not explicitly published.
Official sources
Program details were last verified Aug 27, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.
- FAQs · checked Aug 27, 2026
- Hopeful Hearts: Parents Supporting Parents · checked Aug 27, 2026
- Hopeful Hearts - Request a Peer Mentor · checked Aug 27, 2026