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Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation of Nevada

Emergency Assistance · About this organization

What you get

Payments toward housing and utility bills after treatment-related income loss. The amount isn't published. Ask.

How to start

Call to request the application. Gather housing or utility bills and proof of lost income.

Good to know

  • The family must demonstrate treatment-related loss of income.
  • The public page limits assistance to once a year.

The details, as published

B-ALL is in scope Call To Confirm

Once-yearly help with rent, mortgage, or utilities after treatment-related income loss; current cap and intake rules are unpublished.

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What help you may get

Household Bills And Cash Assistance

Emergency Assistance — household bills and cash assistance

Once-yearly help with rent, mortgage, or utilities after treatment-related income loss; current cap and intake rules are unpublished.

Amount not published · Once Per 12 Months

Can cover

  • Mortgage
  • Rent
  • Utility expenses
  • No dollar amount or ceiling is published.
  • The page says assistance may be available up to one time a year.

Check the main eligibility rules

Diagnosis

B-ALL is in scope. The program serves children or families affected by pediatric cancer, including B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

Age

The program does not publish an age limit.

  • The page says “child” but publishes no numerical age rule.

Treatment status

Active Treatment

Financial need is required.

  • The reviewed official pages do not publish a numerical income rule.
  • The family must demonstrate loss of income because of the child’s treatment.

Where you live and where your child is treated

Where your family lives

You must live in: Las Vegas area.

  • The organization is the Nevada Candlelighters foundation; the public financial-assistance page does not state the exact county or statewide service boundary.

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, Social Worker

  1. Ask for current family enrollment, service-area, loss-of-income, and emergency-assistance requirements.
  2. Confirm the decision and payment method with the program.
  3. Contact Candlelighters Nevada at 702-737-1919.
  4. Review the current official program page and use the published family-services, social-worker, registration, or on-site route.
  5. Submit the nonpublic application and requested housing or utility documents.

Ways to apply or ask

Documents to prepare

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

Availability and timing

ProgramActive
ApplicationsCall To Confirm
Funding or spaceNot Published
Application windowCall First
Last checkedAug 24, 2026
  • No public application window is stated.

Limitations and things to confirm

  • Current program-specific capacity, documents, limits, and access details may be unpublished.
  • Exact geography, age, documents, amount, and payment method require confirmation.
  • The family must demonstrate treatment-related loss of income.
  • The public page limits assistance to once a year.
  • Confirm current intake, next cycle, capacity, and unpublished eligibility or benefit rules.

Official sources

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

Official program