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Childhood Leukemia Warriors Foundation

Cash Grant Program · About this organization

What you get

A cash grant during your child's leukemia treatment. The amount and allowed uses aren't published. Ask.

How to start

Your hospital social worker applies for the grant. Tell them about the financial help you need.

Good to know

  • Repeat-grant rules aren't published. Ask before making another request.

The details, as published

B-ALL is in scope Not Published Care team starts the request

Childhood Leukemia Warriors Foundation provides a cash-grant pathway to families of children in leukemia treatment at six named Chicagoland hospitals. Pediatric B-ALL directly meets the diagnosis rule, and the treating-hospital social worker must apply for the family. The site does not publish the grant amount, allowed expenses, financial rules, or repeat-award policy.

What help you may get

Household Bills And Cash Assistance

Cash Grant Program — household bills and cash assistance

Childhood Leukemia Warriors Foundation provides a cash-grant pathway to families of children in leukemia treatment at six named Chicagoland hospitals. Pediatric B-ALL directly meets the diagnosis rule, and the treating-hospital social worker must apply for the family. The site does not publish the grant amount, allowed expenses, financial rules, or repeat-award policy.

Amount not published

Can cover

  • Cash grant; permitted uses are not published.
  • The official material does not publish a dollar amount or ceiling.
  • No repeat-award rule is published.

Check the main eligibility rules

Diagnosis

B-ALL is in scope. The program is specifically for childhood leukemia families, so pediatric B-ALL directly matches.

Age

The program does not publish an age limit.

  • The official material uses child, pediatric, or young-patient wording without a numeric age limit.

Treatment status

Active Treatment

  • A provider must verify the patient or diagnosis.
  • The family applies through the treating hospital social worker.
  • No numeric income limit is published in the reviewed official material.

Where you live and where your child is treated

Where your family lives

Residence coverage is not published clearly; confirm with the program.

Where your child is treated

Treatment must be through: Treatment must be at Central DuPage Hospital, Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, Comer Children’s Hospital, Advocate Christ Medical Center, Loyola University Medical Center, or Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago..

  • Treatment must be at Central DuPage Hospital, Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, Comer Children’s Hospital, Advocate Christ Medical Center, Loyola University Medical Center, or Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago.
Where the service, camp, stay, or experience happens
  • Illinois — Illinois — Illinois
  • Chicago metropolitan area — Chicago metropolitan area

How to get started

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

  1. Ask the hospital social worker to apply.

Ways to apply or ask

  • Hospital Workflow · Open form or page — Ask the treating-hospital social worker to apply for the cash grant.

Documents to prepare

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

  • The site calls the benefit a cash grant but does not publish the delivery mechanics.

Availability and timing

ProgramActive
ApplicationsNot Published
Funding or spaceNot Published
Application windowNot Published
Last checkedAug 23, 2026
  • The current official page describes the benefit and a hospital-social-worker starting route, but does not publish current intake-window or funding status.
  • The official site does not publish an application window, deadline, or funding-cycle status.

Limitations and things to confirm

  • Amount, use, frequency, and current fund availability are not published.
  • Only the named Chicagoland treatment hospitals are listed.
  • The page says five hospitals while naming six; the six named facilities are recorded individually.
  • Does social-worker enrollment also open access to the organization’s other annual programs?
  • What amount, expenses, documents, financial rules, and repeat-award limits apply?
  • Which six-hospital list is current, and why does the site say five?

Official sources

Program details were last verified Aug 23, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.

Official program