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Cancer Support Services

Daksha Chudgar Lydia House · About this organization

What you get

Free temporary lodging, with meals, kitchen and laundry access, treatment travel, and help sorting out care and bills.

How to start

Your oncology provider sends the Lodging Referral. Share your treatment dates, caregiver needs, and lodging plans.

Good to know

  • An oncology-provider referral is required.
  • Placement and partner-hotel use are capacity-dependent.

The details, as published

B-ALL is in scope Call To Confirm Care team starts the request

Temporary lodging support associated with cancer care; current intake is provider-coordinated and requires confirmation.

Go to the official program ↗

What help you may get

Lodging Near Treatment

Daksha Chudgar Lydia House — lodging near treatment

Temporary lodging support associated with cancer care; current intake is provider-coordinated and requires confirmation.

Noncash help

Can cover

  • Case management for treatment plans and financial challenges
  • Laundry access
  • Meals and kitchen access
  • No-charge lodging
  • Prescription purchases in some cases
  • Transportation to treatment
  • The principal benefit is no-charge lodging and in-kind support rather than a cash award.
  • Approved stays may range from one night to several weeks based on the treatment plan; repeat-use rules are not published.

Meals And Food

Daksha Chudgar Lydia House — meals and food

Temporary lodging support associated with cancer care; current intake is provider-coordinated and requires confirmation.

Noncash help

Can cover

  • Case management for treatment plans and financial challenges
  • Laundry access
  • Meals and kitchen access
  • No-charge lodging
  • Prescription purchases in some cases
  • Transportation to treatment
  • The principal benefit is no-charge lodging and in-kind support rather than a cash award.
  • Approved stays may range from one night to several weeks based on the treatment plan; repeat-use rules are not published.

Medical And Insurance Costs

Daksha Chudgar Lydia House — medical and insurance costs

Temporary lodging support associated with cancer care; current intake is provider-coordinated and requires confirmation.

Noncash help

Can cover

  • Case management for treatment plans and financial challenges
  • Laundry access
  • Meals and kitchen access
  • No-charge lodging
  • Prescription purchases in some cases
  • Transportation to treatment
  • The principal benefit is no-charge lodging and in-kind support rather than a cash award.
  • Approved stays may range from one night to several weeks based on the treatment plan; repeat-use rules are not published.

Navigation Guides And Advocacy

Daksha Chudgar Lydia House — navigation guides and advocacy

Temporary lodging support associated with cancer care; current intake is provider-coordinated and requires confirmation.

Noncash help

Can cover

  • Case management for treatment plans and financial challenges
  • Laundry access
  • Meals and kitchen access
  • No-charge lodging
  • Prescription purchases in some cases
  • Transportation to treatment
  • The principal benefit is no-charge lodging and in-kind support rather than a cash award.
  • Approved stays may range from one night to several weeks based on the treatment plan; repeat-use rules are not published.

Travel And Transportation

Daksha Chudgar Lydia House — travel and transportation

Temporary lodging support associated with cancer care; current intake is provider-coordinated and requires confirmation.

Noncash help

Can cover

  • Case management for treatment plans and financial challenges
  • Laundry access
  • Meals and kitchen access
  • No-charge lodging
  • Prescription purchases in some cases
  • Transportation to treatment
  • The principal benefit is no-charge lodging and in-kind support rather than a cash award.
  • Approved stays may range from one night to several weeks based on the treatment plan; repeat-use rules are not published.

Why this may help

Medical And Insurance Costs: Staff can help you sort out care and bills during your lodging stay.

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

The program does not publish an age limit.

  • The official page expressly includes youth but does not publish a numerical youth age limit.

Treatment status

No specific treatment status is published.

  • A provider must verify the patient or diagnosis.
  • An oncology provider submits the lodging referral and the physician referral supports the stay.
  • The guest must be medically stable and safe to lodge without an anticipated need for urgent medical care.
  • No income ceiling is published; the service is described as no-charge lodging.

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 must be connected to: The patient must need treatment, testing, or continuity of cancer care in the Central Savannah River Area..

  • The patient must need treatment, testing, or continuity of cancer care in the Central Savannah River Area.
Where the service, camp, stay, or experience happens
  • Georgia — Georgia — Georgia
  • South Carolina — South Carolina — South Carolina
  • Aiken, South Carolina — Aiken, South Carolina
  • Augusta, Georgia — Augusta, Georgia
  • Central Savannah River Area — Central Savannah River Area

How to get started

Set up the ask for my care team

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

  1. Review the current official program details and contact the organization, plan, county office, or treating team as directed.
  2. Tell the oncology team that lodging near CSRA cancer care is needed.
  3. The oncology provider completes and submits the Lodging Referral.
  4. The program reviews the treatment plan, caregiver need, and current capacity and confirms placement.

Ways to apply or ask

Documents to prepare

  • Lodging Referral from the oncology provider
  • Approved guests receive lodging and related in-kind services rather than cash.

Availability and timing

ProgramActive
ApplicationsCall To Confirm
Funding or spaceNot Published
Application windowNot Published
Last checkedAug 24, 2026
  • Placement depends on current house or partner-hotel capacity.

Limitations and things to confirm

  • An oncology-provider referral is required.
  • Numerical youth age, occupancy, caregiver, prescription, and repeat-stay rules are not published.
  • Placement and partner-hotel use are capacity-dependent.
  • Program-specific eligibility, capacity, benefit limits, and documents should be confirmed.
  • 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