Children's Dream Fund
Dream Program · About this organization
What you get
A dream built around your child's interests, such as a trip, meeting a hero, a special gift, or an experience.
How to start
Fill in the family application with medical, guardian, sibling, and dream details. Staff verify medical information and meet with your family.
Good to know
- The direct family application was live at review; the site publishes no deadline or funding status.
- The current family application is live and no deadline is published.
The details, as published
Children's Dream Fund verifies medical eligibility and works with each eligible child and family to create a personalized dream such as travel, meeting a hero, receiving a meaningful gift, or having another special experience.
What help you may get
Wishes And Family Experiences
Personalized dream experience
A personalized dream may include meeting a hero, taking a special trip, receiving a meaningful gift, or enjoying another experience designed around the child's interests and medical circumstances.
Amount decided by the program
Can cover
- Personalized travel, meetings, gifts, or experiences selected with the child and family
- The application asks about prior applications to or wishes from other organizations.
Practical Items And Home Help
Dream gift or practical item
When the child's selected dream is a meaningful item, the program may provide goods such as a gaming system or backyard playset.
Amount decided by the program
Can cover
- A meaningful gift selected as the child's dream
Check the main eligibility rules
Diagnosis
B-ALL is in scope. B-ALL can meet the published life-threatening-illness criterion; final medical eligibility is verified with the treating physician.
Age
Age 3 to age 21, measured at application.
Treatment status
No specific treatment status is published.
- The treating physician verifies medical eligibility and appropriate timing.
- The program partners with the child's treating physician to confirm the diagnosis and medical criteria after application.
Where you live and where your child is treated
Where your family lives
You must live in: West Central Florida; the official site does not publish a county list..
- The child must live in West Central Florida.
Where your child is treated
Treatment-location rules are not published clearly; confirm with the program.
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, Physician, Nurse, Child Life Specialist, Social Worker, Patient, Community Referrer
- Complete and submit the public family application with child, guardian, sibling, medical-provider, and dream information.
- Review the application and contact the treating physician to verify the diagnosis and medical criteria.
- Meet with the child and family to identify the child's interests and shape the dream.
- Plan and coordinate the approved dream and notify the family.
Ways to apply or ask
- Web Form · Open form or page — Public family application form.
Documents to prepare
No documents are listed.
- Program staff coordinate travel, accommodations, and other dream details after approval.
Availability and timing
| Program | Active |
|---|---|
| Applications | Open |
| Funding or space | Not Published |
| Application window | Rolling |
| Last checked | Aug 26, 2026 |
- The direct family application was live at review; the site publishes no deadline or funding status.
- The current family application is live and no deadline is published.
Limitations and things to confirm
- Residence is limited to West Central Florida, but the official site does not publish an exact county list.
- Medical eligibility and timing are confirmed with the treating physician after application.
- Dreams are approved and selected at the program's discretion.
- Which exact counties or ZIP codes constitute West Central Florida for eligibility?
Official sources
Program details were last verified Aug 26, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.
- Application for Families · checked Aug 28, 2026
- How a Dream Comes True · checked Aug 28, 2026
- What We Do · checked Aug 26, 2026