CancerCare
Financial Assistance · About this organization
What you get
Help paying for childcare, home care, food, household bills, and transportation, plus referrals to other financial help if CancerCare cannot fund your request.
How to start
Call the Hopeline for a screening interview, then use the application sent to you; have income proof and ask your oncology provider to sign the medical section.
Good to know
- Help is first come, first served and depends on which expenses are funded.
- The eligibility page requires past or planned surgery.
The details, as published
Limited first-come help with currently funded categories such as transportation, home care, child care, food, and household bills. Call 800-813-HOPE for screening; an individualized application follows.
What help you may get
Childcare
Financial Assistance — childcare
Limited first-come help with currently funded categories such as transportation, home care, child care, food, and household bills. Call 800-813-HOPE for screening; an individualized application follows.
Amount decided by the program
Can cover
- Childcare
- Home care
- Referral to other financial resources when CancerCare funding is unavailable
- Transportation
- Funding categories and award amounts depend on which funds are open.
Household Bills And Cash Assistance
Financial Assistance — household bills and cash assistance
Limited first-come help with currently funded categories such as transportation, home care, child care, food, and household bills. Call 800-813-HOPE for screening; an individualized application follows.
Amount decided by the program
Can cover
- Childcare
- Home care
- Referral to other financial resources when CancerCare funding is unavailable
- Transportation
- Funding categories and award amounts depend on which funds are open.
Navigation Guides And Advocacy
Financial Assistance — navigation guides and advocacy
Limited first-come help with currently funded categories such as transportation, home care, child care, food, and household bills. Call 800-813-HOPE for screening; an individualized application follows.
Amount decided by the program
Can cover
- Childcare
- Home care
- Referral to other financial resources when CancerCare funding is unavailable
- Transportation
- Funding categories and award amounts depend on which funds are open.
Travel And Transportation
Financial Assistance — travel and transportation
Limited first-come help with currently funded categories such as transportation, home care, child care, food, and household bills. Call 800-813-HOPE for screening; an individualized application follows.
Amount decided by the program
Can cover
- Childcare
- Home care
- Referral to other financial resources when CancerCare funding is unavailable
- Transportation
- Funding categories and award amounts depend on which funds are open.
- The published monetary limit is shared across the listed benefit components.
Check the main eligibility rules
Diagnosis
B-ALL eligibility needs confirmation. Current captured official evidence does not state diagnosis eligibility for this program.
Age
The program does not publish an age limit.
- No age limit is stated on the main financial-assistance page.
Treatment status
No specific treatment status is published.
- A provider must verify the patient or diagnosis.
- An oncology healthcare provider must confirm the diagnosis and complete the medical-information section.
Financial need is required.
- CancerCare eligibility guidelines based on the federal poverty level.
- The official page does not publish the numeric FPL percentage; it is determined during the Hopeline screening.
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: Caregiver, Parent Or Guardian, Patient
- Call the Hopeline and complete a brief screening interview with a CancerCare social worker.
- Have the oncology healthcare provider complete and sign the medical-information section.
- If eligible for an open fund, receive an individualized bar-coded application by mail or email.
- Return every section using the address, email, or fax shown on the individualized application.
- Review the current program page and complete CancerCare's screening, registration, or application steps.
- Submit income proof.
Ways to apply or ask
- Online Portal · Open form or page
- Online Portal · Open form or page
- Phone · 800-813-4673 — Call the Hopeline for the required initial screening.
Documents to prepare
- First two pages of a signed federal income tax return; or current pay stub, unemployment, SSI, SSD, or public-assistance notice
- Oncology-provider-completed medical-information section
- Support letter if the household has no income
- The individualized application states the payment process for the particular open fund.
Availability and timing
| Program | Active |
|---|---|
| Applications | Call To Confirm |
| Funding or space | Not Published |
| Application window | Call First |
| Last checked | Aug 24, 2026 |
- Funding is first come, first served; no fixed decision time is published.
Limitations and things to confirm
- A currently open fund must match the patient and expense.
- Program-specific geography, funding, capacity, documents, and timing should be confirmed.
- The family must call before applying.
- The numeric income threshold and award amount are not published on the main page.
- The public eligibility page requires that the patient has had or will have surgery.
- Confirm current availability and all program-specific conflicts or unpublished rules.
Official sources
Program details were last verified Aug 24, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.
- Cancer Financial Assistance Program | CancerCare · checked Aug 22, 2026
- Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Co-Payment Assistance · checked Aug 24, 2026