Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation of Western Washington
Basic Needs Financial Assistance · About this organization
What you get
Help with gas, groceries, transportation and utilities.
How to start
Ask your hospital social worker for the application. If they cannot get it, use the contact form to ask Candlelighters for the current steps.
Good to know
- The published annual giving maximum does not establish one award per year or a repeat interval.
- Income and financial need are checked. The limits are not published. Ask.
The details, as published
Need- and income-qualified help with groceries, gas, transportation, and utilities. Families complete an application and hospital social-worker input verifies need; the annual maximum is unpublished.
What help you may get
Household Bills And Cash Assistance
Basic Needs Financial Assistance — household bills and cash assistance
Need- and income-qualified help with groceries, gas, transportation, and utilities. Families complete an application and hospital social-worker input verifies need; the annual maximum is unpublished.
Amount not published
Can cover
- Gas
- Groceries
- Transportation
- Utilities
- The board establishes an annual giving maximum, but the official page does not publish the amount.
- The published annual giving maximum does not establish one award per year or a repeat interval.
Meals And Food
Basic Needs Financial Assistance — meals and food
Need- and income-qualified help with groceries, gas, transportation, and utilities. Families complete an application and hospital social-worker input verifies need; the annual maximum is unpublished.
Amount not published
Can cover
- Gas
- Groceries
- Transportation
- Utilities
- The board establishes an annual giving maximum, but the official page does not publish the amount.
- The published annual giving maximum does not establish one award per year or a repeat interval.
Travel And Transportation
Basic Needs Financial Assistance — travel and transportation
Need- and income-qualified help with groceries, gas, transportation, and utilities. Families complete an application and hospital social-worker input verifies need; the annual maximum is unpublished.
Amount not published
Can cover
- Gas
- Groceries
- Transportation
- Utilities
- The board establishes an annual giving maximum, but the official page does not publish the amount.
- The published annual giving maximum does not establish one award per year or a repeat interval.
Why this may help
Meals And Food: Grocery help is included alongside the assistance with utilities and transportation.
Check the main eligibility rules
Diagnosis
B-ALL is in scope. A child with B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia can meet the published diagnosis scope.
Age
The program does not publish an age limit.
- The official pages use the terms child, children, and pediatric oncology but do not publish a numerical age rule.
Treatment status
No specific treatment status is published.
- A provider must verify the patient or diagnosis.
- Candlelighters verifies each family's need based on input from hospital social workers.
- Need and income qualifications were established in partnership with Mary Bridge Children's Hospital and Seattle Children's; the page does not say treatment at either hospital is mandatory.
Financial need is required.
- Families must meet need-based and income qualifications, but the official page does not publish numerical thresholds or calculation rules.
- Hospital-social-worker input is used to verify the family's need.
- The board establishes an annual giving maximum, but the amount and calculation are not published.
Where you live and where your child is treated
Where your family lives
You must live in: Western Washington.
- The organization describes its service community as Western Washington but does not publish county boundaries or a formal residency rule.
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: Parent Or Guardian
Documents to prepare
The program does not publish a document checklist. Ask before gathering paperwork.
Availability and timing
| Program | Active |
|---|---|
| Applications | Call To Confirm |
| Funding or space | Not Published |
| Application window | Not Published |
| Last checked | Aug 27, 2026 |
- Typed call_to_confirm on 2026-09-07 from the record's own limitation text: current intake and funding require direct confirmation.
- The organization publishes no public form, deadline, or application schedule.
- No review or payment lead time is published.
Limitations and things to confirm
- A hospital social worker's input is part of need verification, and no public application is posted.
- Benefit delivery method, review timing, and current funding availability are not published.
- Income rules, annual maximum, numeric age, counties, and application form are unpublished.
- Need and income qualifications are required but not publicly quantified.
- The current annual giving maximum is not published.
- The official site does not define the counties included in Western Washington.
- The official site has not been materially updated since 2022; current intake and funding require direct confirmation.
- Confirm current operations, geography, age, financial criteria, application, limits, and holiday cycle.
Official sources
Program details were last verified Aug 27, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.
- Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation of Western Washington · checked Aug 27, 2026
- Our Mission — Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation of Western Washington · checked Aug 27, 2026
- Basic Needs Financial Assistance · checked Aug 24, 2026