Child Cancer Fund
Short-Term Financial Assistance · About this organization
What you get
Food cards, gas cards, short-term assistance with nonmedical household bills. The amount isn't published. Ask.
How to start
Your social worker starts the request. Discuss the your short-term need with the Nemours oncology social worker.
Good to know
- Both the treatment-site and primary-oncologist requirements are mandatory.
- The current 2026 programs page describes active assistance and a social-worker request path.
The details, as published
Child Cancer Fund provides short-term help with nonmedical household bills and food or gas cards for families in the Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia area. The child must be undergoing cancer treatment at Nemours Children’s Health or Wolfson Children’s Hospital in Jacksonville, and the primary oncology physician must be at Nemours Children’s Health Jacksonville. Requests are made through the child’s Nemours oncology social worker.
What help you may get
Household Bills And Cash Assistance
Short-Term Financial Assistance — household bills and cash assistance
Child Cancer Fund provides short-term help with nonmedical household bills and food or gas cards for families in the Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia area. The child must be undergoing cancer treatment at Nemours Children’s Health or Wolfson Children’s Hospital in Jacksonville, and the primary oncology physician must be at Nemours Children’s Health Jacksonville. Requests are made through the child’s Nemours oncology social worker.
Amount not published
Can cover
- Food cards
- Gas cards
- Short-term assistance with nonmedical household bills
- The official page does not publish award amounts.
Meals And Food
Short-Term Financial Assistance — meals and food
Child Cancer Fund provides short-term help with nonmedical household bills and food or gas cards for families in the Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia area. The child must be undergoing cancer treatment at Nemours Children’s Health or Wolfson Children’s Hospital in Jacksonville, and the primary oncology physician must be at Nemours Children’s Health Jacksonville. Requests are made through the child’s Nemours oncology social worker.
Amount not published
Can cover
- Food cards
- Gas cards
- Short-term assistance with nonmedical household bills
- The official page does not publish award amounts.
Travel And Transportation
Short-Term Financial Assistance — travel and transportation
Child Cancer Fund provides short-term help with nonmedical household bills and food or gas cards for families in the Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia area. The child must be undergoing cancer treatment at Nemours Children’s Health or Wolfson Children’s Hospital in Jacksonville, and the primary oncology physician must be at Nemours Children’s Health Jacksonville. Requests are made through the child’s Nemours oncology social worker.
Amount not published
Can cover
- Food cards
- Gas cards
- Short-term assistance with nonmedical household bills
- The official page does not publish award amounts.
Why this may help
Meals And Food: Food cards can pay for meals and groceries within the broader short-term assistance.
Travel And Transportation: Gas cards can help you make treatment trips while receiving short-term assistance.
Check the main eligibility rules
Diagnosis
B-ALL is in scope. A pediatric B-ALL patient meets the diagnosis rule when receiving care through the specified Jacksonville oncology system.
Age
The program does not publish an age limit.
- The public page uses 'child' and 'pediatric' but does not publish a numeric age limit.
Treatment status
No specific treatment status is published.
- A provider must verify the patient or diagnosis.
- The request must be made through the child's oncology social worker at Nemours Children’s Health Jacksonville.
- The official page says the hospital and physician criteria are the only eligibility criteria, so no income test is published.
Where you live and where your child is treated
Where your family lives
You must live in: Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia.
- The program summary limits family support to the Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia area; exact local boundaries require confirmation.
Where your child is treated
Treatment must be through: The child must be undergoing cancer treatment at Nemours Children’s Health or Wolfson Children’s Hospital in Jacksonville.; The primary oncology physician must be at Nemours Children’s Health Jacksonville..
- The child must be undergoing cancer treatment at Nemours Children’s Health or Wolfson Children’s Hospital in Jacksonville.
- The primary oncology physician must be at Nemours Children’s Health Jacksonville.
Where the service, camp, stay, or experience happens
- Florida — Florida — Florida
- Georgia — Georgia — Georgia
- Northeast Florida — Northeast Florida
- Southeast Georgia — Southeast Georgia
How to get started
Set up the ask for my social worker
Does a social worker or care team need to start it? Yes. Ask your child’s social worker or care team to begin the request.
Who can start: Social Worker
- Confirm the treatment hospital and primary-oncologist requirements.
- Discuss the family's short-term need with the Nemours oncology social worker.
- The social worker submits or coordinates the request with Child Cancer Fund.
Ways to apply or ask
- Hospital Workflow · Open form or page — Requests must go through the Nemours oncology social worker.
Documents to prepare
- Bills and family information requested by the oncology social worker
- Assistance may be provided through bill support or food and gas cards.
Availability and timing
| Program | Active |
|---|---|
| Applications | Hospital Mediated |
| Funding or space | Not Published |
| Application window | Rolling |
| Last checked | Aug 24, 2026 |
- The current 2026 programs page describes active assistance and a social-worker request path.
- No public decision timetable is stated.
Limitations and things to confirm
- Award amounts, frequency, and payment methods are not fully published.
- Both the treatment-site and primary-oncologist requirements are mandatory.
- There is no public self-service application.
- What current caps, repeat-award rules, and covered household-bill categories apply?
Official sources
Program details were last verified Aug 24, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.
- Programs – Child Cancer Fund · checked Aug 22, 2026
- CCFConnect · checked Aug 24, 2026