Cancer Aid Resource & Education, Inc.
CARE Support Program Patient Aid · About this organization
What you get
Help with nonmedical needs such as food, nutrition supplements, gas, lodging, and treatment travel. The amount isn't published. Ask.
How to start
Fill in the patient and request forms and ask your doctor to sign the medical certification. Take the complete packet to CARE and call to arrange an appointment.
Good to know
- Treatment must be active and fit the published categories.
The details, as published
CARE offers fund-dependent nonmedical aid to Doña Ana County residents with any cancer diagnosed within three months who are in active chemotherapy, radiation, or surgery. A public paper packet and original physician certification are required; approved bills are paid to vendors, gas and food are provided by restricted cards, and qualifying treatment travel may include lodging, meals, airfare, gas, or parking.
What help you may get
Household Bills And Cash Assistance
CARE Support Program Patient Aid — household bills and cash assistance
CARE offers fund-dependent nonmedical aid to Doña Ana County residents with any cancer diagnosed within three months who are in active chemotherapy, radiation, or surgery. A public paper packet and original physician certification are required; approved bills are paid to vendors, gas and food are provided by restricted cards, and qualifying treatment travel may include lodging, meals, airfare, gas, or parking.
Amount not published · One Time
Can cover
- Case-specific other needs
- Fitness or gym expense
- Food and nutritional supplements
- Gas cards
- Lodging and travel for medical care
- Phone
- Rent or mortgage
- Self-pay health insurance
- Utilities
- No public dollar cap is stated.
- The official material describes one application per lifetime; the typical assistance period is three to six months and sometimes up to 12 months.
Lodging Near Treatment
CARE Support Program Patient Aid — lodging near treatment
CARE offers fund-dependent nonmedical aid to Doña Ana County residents with any cancer diagnosed within three months who are in active chemotherapy, radiation, or surgery. A public paper packet and original physician certification are required; approved bills are paid to vendors, gas and food are provided by restricted cards, and qualifying treatment travel may include lodging, meals, airfare, gas, or parking.
Amount not published · One Time
Can cover
- Case-specific other needs
- Fitness or gym expense
- Food and nutritional supplements
- Gas cards
- Lodging and travel for medical care
- Phone
- Rent or mortgage
- Self-pay health insurance
- Utilities
- No public dollar cap is stated.
- The official material describes one application per lifetime; the typical assistance period is three to six months and sometimes up to 12 months.
Meals And Food
CARE Support Program Patient Aid — meals and food
CARE offers fund-dependent nonmedical aid to Doña Ana County residents with any cancer diagnosed within three months who are in active chemotherapy, radiation, or surgery. A public paper packet and original physician certification are required; approved bills are paid to vendors, gas and food are provided by restricted cards, and qualifying treatment travel may include lodging, meals, airfare, gas, or parking.
Amount not published · One Time
Can cover
- Case-specific other needs
- Fitness or gym expense
- Food and nutritional supplements
- Gas cards
- Lodging and travel for medical care
- Phone
- Rent or mortgage
- Self-pay health insurance
- Utilities
- No public dollar cap is stated.
- The official material describes one application per lifetime; the typical assistance period is three to six months and sometimes up to 12 months.
Medical And Insurance Costs
CARE Support Program Patient Aid — medical and insurance costs
CARE offers fund-dependent nonmedical aid to Doña Ana County residents with any cancer diagnosed within three months who are in active chemotherapy, radiation, or surgery. A public paper packet and original physician certification are required; approved bills are paid to vendors, gas and food are provided by restricted cards, and qualifying treatment travel may include lodging, meals, airfare, gas, or parking.
Amount not published · One Time
Can cover
- Case-specific other needs
- Fitness or gym expense
- Food and nutritional supplements
- Gas cards
- Lodging and travel for medical care
- Phone
- Rent or mortgage
- Self-pay health insurance
- Utilities
- No public dollar cap is stated.
- The official material describes one application per lifetime; the typical assistance period is three to six months and sometimes up to 12 months.
Practical Items And Home Help
CARE Support Program Patient Aid — practical items and home help
CARE offers fund-dependent nonmedical aid to Doña Ana County residents with any cancer diagnosed within three months who are in active chemotherapy, radiation, or surgery. A public paper packet and original physician certification are required; approved bills are paid to vendors, gas and food are provided by restricted cards, and qualifying treatment travel may include lodging, meals, airfare, gas, or parking.
Amount not published · One Time
Can cover
- Case-specific other needs
- Fitness or gym expense
- Food and nutritional supplements
- Gas cards
- Lodging and travel for medical care
- Phone
- Rent or mortgage
- Self-pay health insurance
- Utilities
- No public dollar cap is stated.
- The official material describes one application per lifetime; the typical assistance period is three to six months and sometimes up to 12 months.
Travel And Transportation
CARE Support Program Patient Aid — travel and transportation
CARE offers fund-dependent nonmedical aid to Doña Ana County residents with any cancer diagnosed within three months who are in active chemotherapy, radiation, or surgery. A public paper packet and original physician certification are required; approved bills are paid to vendors, gas and food are provided by restricted cards, and qualifying treatment travel may include lodging, meals, airfare, gas, or parking.
Amount not published · One Time
Can cover
- Case-specific other needs
- Fitness or gym expense
- Food and nutritional supplements
- Gas cards
- Lodging and travel for medical care
- Phone
- Rent or mortgage
- Self-pay health insurance
- Utilities
- No public dollar cap is stated.
- The official material describes one application per lifetime; the typical assistance period is three to six months and sometimes up to 12 months.
Why this may help
Medical And Insurance Costs: Self-pay health-insurance costs are among the bills considered for help.
Practical Items And Home Help: You can request practical necessities alongside bills, with unusual needs considered individually.
Check the main eligibility rules
Diagnosis
B-ALL is in scope. Any cancer is eligible and minors through 17 in county receiving treatment are expressly financially qualified.
Age
Age 0 to age 17, measured at application.
- A child or minor age 17 or younger automatically meets the financial criterion, but an application is still required.
Treatment status
Active Treatment
- A provider must verify the patient or diagnosis.
- A physician certification is required for each request.
- Active chemotherapy, radiation, cancer surgery, or transplant is required.
Financial need is required.
- Patients age 17 or younger automatically meet the financial criterion.
- The current adult rule is up to 400% FPL; the old dollar table in the linked PDF was not transcribed as current.
- Assistance is subject to available funds.
- One application is allowed per lifetime.
Where you live and where your child is treated
Where your family lives
You must live in: Doña Ana County.
- The patient must reside in Doña Ana County, New Mexico.
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, Healthcare Team, Parent Or Guardian, Patient
- Ask the treating oncologist, radiologist, or surgeon to complete the medical certification.
- Attach pathology, ID, insurance, residency, tax, income, banking, hardship, and bill documents; rent requests require landlord W-9 and lease.
- Complete the patient application, physician form, and initial request form.
- Complete the patient application.
- Contact CARE to arrange submission and an appointment.
- Drop off the complete packet and call CARE for an appointment.
- Gather the pathology, identity, residency, insurance, bill, income, bank, and hardship documents.
- If approved, submit a new request and physician certification for each later request.
- Provide a new physician certification for each assistance request.
Ways to apply or ask
- Online Portal · Open form or page
- Online Portal · Open form or page
- Online Portal · Open form or page
- Online Portal · Open form or page
- Online Portal · Open form or page
Documents to prepare
- Bills for requested assistance
- Financial-hardship letter
- Insurance card
- Oncologist, radiologist, or surgeon certification forms
- One month of income evidence
- Pathology report
- Patient application
- Proof of Doña Ana County residency
- Tax return
- Two months of bank statements
- Valid identification
- Checks are issued directly to vendors.
- Gas, food, and travel help may be provided by card.
Availability and timing
| Program | Active |
|---|---|
| Applications | Call To Confirm |
| Funding or space | Fund Dependent |
| Application window | Not Applicable |
| Last checked | Aug 24, 2026 |
- After dropping off documents, the applicant calls for an appointment.
- No current 2026 capacity or response time is published.
Limitations and things to confirm
- Assistance is fund-dependent.
- Doña Ana County residence is required.
- Incomplete packets are not processed.
- Internet, vehicle, gym, travel, transplant, recurrence, address, cap, and timing require confirmation.
- One application per lifetime.
- The official HTML and linked form conflict on whether the pathology window is three or six months; use the stricter three-month rule until staff confirms.
- Treatment must be active and fit the published categories.
- Treatment, diagnosis-recency, residence, income, provider, and fund rules apply.
- Confirm current intake/funding, cap, coverage conflicts, travel, transplant, recurrence, lifetime enrollment, address, timing, language help, and data handling.
Official sources
Program details were last verified Aug 24, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.
- About Us - CARE · checked Aug 23, 2026
- Application for Patient Assistance - CARE · checked Aug 23, 2026
- Application for Patient Assistance · checked Aug 23, 2026
- Emergency Funeral Expense Assistance · checked Aug 24, 2026
- CARE Support Program Patient Aid · checked Aug 24, 2026
- CARE Support Program Patient Aid · checked Aug 24, 2026