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Children's Cancer Family Foundation of Northeast Wisconsin

Financial Assistance Program · About this organization

What you get

Up to $3,000 a year for educational needs during and after treatment, everyday living expenses, out-of-pocket medical expenses, travel-related expenses.

How to start

Fill in the aid form, gather your insurance statement and doctor’s verification, then call or email the foundation to arrange sending the packet.

Good to know

  • No numerical income threshold is published.
  • The public materials do not state seasonal deadlines.

The details, as published

B-ALL is in scope Open

Children's Cancer Family Foundation of Northeast Wisconsin provides grants for pediatric-cancer-related medical, travel, everyday living, and educational needs. A child with B-ALL qualifies within the diagnosis scope when the family resides in one of the foundation’s 18 listed northeastern Wisconsin counties and demonstrates financial need. The published maximum is $3,000 per family per calendar year during the first year and $1,500 in subsequent years, with medical verification and supporting financial or expense documents required.

What help you may get

Household Bills And Cash Assistance

Financial Assistance Program — household bills and cash assistance

Children's Cancer Family Foundation of Northeast Wisconsin provides grants for pediatric-cancer-related medical, travel, everyday living, and educational needs. A child with B-ALL qualifies within the diagnosis scope when the family resides in one of the foundation’s 18 listed northeastern Wisconsin counties and demonstrates financial need. The published maximum is $3,000 per family per calendar year during the first year and $1,500 in subsequent years, with medical verification and supporting financial or expense documents required.

Amount not published · Once Per 12 Months

Can cover

  • Educational needs during and after treatment
  • Everyday living expenses
  • Out-of-pocket medical expenses
  • Travel-related expenses
  • Up to $3,000 per family per calendar year in the first year; up to $1,500 per calendar year for subsequent-year requests, depending on need.
  • The published cap is per family per calendar year, with a lower cap for subsequent years.

Meals And Food

Financial Assistance Program — meals and food

Children's Cancer Family Foundation of Northeast Wisconsin provides grants for pediatric-cancer-related medical, travel, everyday living, and educational needs. A child with B-ALL qualifies within the diagnosis scope when the family resides in one of the foundation’s 18 listed northeastern Wisconsin counties and demonstrates financial need. The published maximum is $3,000 per family per calendar year during the first year and $1,500 in subsequent years, with medical verification and supporting financial or expense documents required.

Amount not published · Once Per 12 Months

Can cover

  • Educational needs during and after treatment
  • Everyday living expenses
  • Out-of-pocket medical expenses
  • Travel-related expenses
  • Up to $3,000 per family per calendar year in the first year; up to $1,500 per calendar year for subsequent-year requests, depending on need.
  • The published cap is per family per calendar year, with a lower cap for subsequent years.

Medical And Insurance Costs

Financial Assistance Program — medical and insurance costs

Children's Cancer Family Foundation of Northeast Wisconsin provides grants for pediatric-cancer-related medical, travel, everyday living, and educational needs. A child with B-ALL qualifies within the diagnosis scope when the family resides in one of the foundation’s 18 listed northeastern Wisconsin counties and demonstrates financial need. The published maximum is $3,000 per family per calendar year during the first year and $1,500 in subsequent years, with medical verification and supporting financial or expense documents required.

Amount not published · Once Per 12 Months

Can cover

  • Educational needs during and after treatment
  • Everyday living expenses
  • Out-of-pocket medical expenses
  • Travel-related expenses
  • Up to $3,000 per family per calendar year in the first year; up to $1,500 per calendar year for subsequent-year requests, depending on need.
  • The published cap is per family per calendar year, with a lower cap for subsequent years.

Practical Items And Home Help

Financial Assistance Program — practical items and home help

Children's Cancer Family Foundation of Northeast Wisconsin provides grants for pediatric-cancer-related medical, travel, everyday living, and educational needs. A child with B-ALL qualifies within the diagnosis scope when the family resides in one of the foundation’s 18 listed northeastern Wisconsin counties and demonstrates financial need. The published maximum is $3,000 per family per calendar year during the first year and $1,500 in subsequent years, with medical verification and supporting financial or expense documents required.

Amount not published · Once Per 12 Months

Can cover

  • Educational needs during and after treatment
  • Everyday living expenses
  • Out-of-pocket medical expenses
  • Travel-related expenses
  • Up to $3,000 per family per calendar year in the first year; up to $1,500 per calendar year for subsequent-year requests, depending on need.
  • The published cap is per family per calendar year, with a lower cap for subsequent years.

Travel And Transportation

Financial Assistance Program — travel and transportation

Children's Cancer Family Foundation of Northeast Wisconsin provides grants for pediatric-cancer-related medical, travel, everyday living, and educational needs. A child with B-ALL qualifies within the diagnosis scope when the family resides in one of the foundation’s 18 listed northeastern Wisconsin counties and demonstrates financial need. The published maximum is $3,000 per family per calendar year during the first year and $1,500 in subsequent years, with medical verification and supporting financial or expense documents required.

Amount not published · Once Per 12 Months

Can cover

  • Educational needs during and after treatment
  • Everyday living expenses
  • Out-of-pocket medical expenses
  • Travel-related expenses
  • Up to $3,000 per family per calendar year in the first year; up to $1,500 per calendar year for subsequent-year requests, depending on need.
  • The published cap is per family per calendar year, with a lower cap for subsequent years.
Shared limits:
  • The published monetary limit is shared across the listed benefit components.

Why this may help

Meals And Food: Everyday living costs can be considered; ask whether your food expenses can be paid.

Practical Items And Home Help: The fund considers everyday living needs alongside medical and education costs.

Travel And Transportation: Travel-related expenses can be paid as part of the broader financial help.

Check the main eligibility rules

Diagnosis

B-ALL is in scope. The official program serves children with cancer or children with serious medical conditions that include cancer; pediatric B-ALL is within that scope.

Age

The program does not publish an age limit.

  • The grant program describes pediatric cancer but does not publish a numerical age rule in the reviewed eligibility or application materials.

Treatment status

Active Treatment, Newly Diagnosed

  • A provider must verify the patient or diagnosis.
  • A physician or social worker letter is required for medical, travel, or living-expense requests, and the application includes physician verification.

Financial need is required.

  • No numerical income ceiling is published.
  • Total gross family income before taxes is requested on the application.
  • The amount awarded depends on financial need.

Where you live and where your child is treated

Where your family lives

You must live in: Brown County, Wisconsin; Calumet County, Wisconsin; Door County, Wisconsin; Florence County, Wisconsin; Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin; Green Lake County, Wisconsin; Kewaunee County, Wisconsin; Manitowoc County, Wisconsin; Marinette County, Wisconsin; Marquette County, Wisconsin; Menominee County, Wisconsin; Oconto County, Wisconsin; Outagamie County, Wisconsin; Shawano County, Wisconsin; Sheboygan County, Wisconsin; Waupaca County, Wisconsin; Waushara County, Wisconsin; Winnebago County, Wisconsin.

  • The family must reside in one of the 18 published northeastern Wisconsin counties.

Where your child is treated

No treatment-location restriction is published.

How to get started

Get ready to apply

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

  1. Attach the most recent Explanation of Benefits and other requested supporting documents.
  2. Complete the financial-assistance application, including diagnosis, insurance, income, and requested-expense information.
  3. Confirm residence in one of the 18 eligible counties.
  4. Contact the foundation to confirm the current submission method and submit the complete packet.
  5. Obtain the physician verification and, for medical, travel, or living expenses, a physician or social-worker letter describing the diagnosis.

Ways to apply or ask

Documents to prepare

  • Bills or other documentation supporting the requested expense
  • Completed application
  • For educational requests, a school letter and applicable educator or tutor invoices and credentials
  • Most recent Explanation of Benefits
  • Physician or social-worker diagnosis letter
  • Physician verification
  • Summary of Benefits and Coverage when deductible or out-of-pocket limits are unknown
  • The foundation reviews the request and awards up to the published annual limit based on need.

Availability and timing

ProgramActive
ApplicationsOpen
Funding or spaceFund Dependent
Application windowRolling
Last checkedAug 23, 2026
  • The official site presented the program as active on the verification date.
  • The public materials do not state seasonal deadlines.

Limitations and things to confirm

  • Incomplete applications may be returned or denied.
  • No numerical income threshold is published.
  • The family must reside in one of the 18 listed northeastern Wisconsin counties.
  • The first-year and subsequent-year annual caps differ.
  • How does the foundation define the first year versus subsequent years for annual award caps?
  • What is the current submission channel for the completed application packet?

Official sources

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

Official program