Written by a parent, not a doctor. Nothing here is medical advice.

Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation of Nevada

Travel for Treatment · About this organization

What you get

Help with airfare, gas, lodging, and meals for treatment travel. The spending limits aren't published. Ask.

How to start

Call before booking. Gather appointment details and ask whether each cost is booked, paid by card, or paid back to you.

Good to know

  • Treatment must require travel outside the Las Vegas area.
  • No public application or request deadline is stated.

The details, as published

B-ALL is in scope Call To Confirm

Airfare, gas, lodging, and meals for medically necessary treatment outside Las Vegas; current limits require confirmation.

What help you may get

Household Bills And Cash Assistance

Travel for Treatment — household bills and cash assistance

Airfare, gas, lodging, and meals for medically necessary treatment outside Las Vegas; current limits require confirmation.

Amount not published

Can cover

  • Airfare
  • Gas cards
  • Lodging
  • Meal reimbursement
  • No award amount, reimbursement rate, or ceiling is published.

Lodging Near Treatment

Travel for Treatment — lodging near treatment

Airfare, gas, lodging, and meals for medically necessary treatment outside Las Vegas; current limits require confirmation.

Amount not published

Can cover

  • Airfare
  • Gas cards
  • Lodging
  • Meal reimbursement
  • No award amount, reimbursement rate, or ceiling is published.

Meals And Food

Travel for Treatment — meals and food

Airfare, gas, lodging, and meals for medically necessary treatment outside Las Vegas; current limits require confirmation.

Amount not published

Can cover

  • Airfare
  • Gas cards
  • Lodging
  • Meal reimbursement
  • No award amount, reimbursement rate, or ceiling is published.

Travel And Transportation

Travel for Treatment — travel and transportation

Airfare, gas, lodging, and meals for medically necessary treatment outside Las Vegas; current limits require confirmation.

Amount not published

Can cover

  • Airfare
  • Gas cards
  • Lodging
  • Meal reimbursement
  • No award amount, reimbursement rate, or ceiling is published.

Why this may help

Lodging Near Treatment: Travel assistance can include lodging when treatment takes you away from home.

Meals And Food: Meal reimbursement can reduce food costs during treatment travel.

Travel And Transportation: Airfare and gas cards can help cover the journey for treatment.

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 limit.

Treatment status

Active Treatment

  • Treatment must require travel outside the Las Vegas area.
  • The reviewed official pages do not publish a numerical income rule.

Where you live and where your child is treated

Where your family lives

You must live in: Las Vegas area.

Where your child is treated

No treatment-location restriction is published.

  • The child’s course of treatment must require travel outside the Las Vegas area.

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. Call Candlelighters Nevada before booking travel.
  2. Confirm family enrollment, service area, qualifying treatment destination, and current funding.
  3. Confirm whether the program will book, provide a card, arrange lodging, or reimburse each approved item.
  4. Provide appointment and travel-expense documentation requested by the program.
  5. Review the current official program page and use the published family-services, social-worker, registration, or on-site route.

Ways to apply or ask

Documents to prepare

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

  • Airfare, gas cards, lodging, and meal reimbursement are available, but the page does not state which items are prepaid versus reimbursed.

Availability and timing

ProgramActive
ApplicationsCall To Confirm
Funding or spaceNot Published
Application windowCall First
Last checkedAug 24, 2026
  • No public application or request deadline is stated.
  • The program does not publish an advance-notice minimum.

Limitations and things to confirm

  • Current program-specific capacity, documents, limits, and access details may be unpublished.
  • Exact service geography, age, distance, amount, documentation, booking process, and availability require confirmation.
  • Treatment must require travel outside the Las Vegas area.
  • 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