Children's Mercy
Palliative Care · About this organization
What you get
Palliative care for you and your child during inpatient or outpatient care, with help connected to care at home.
How to start
Ask your hospital team about this service and what to prepare.
The details, as published
Children’s Mercy provides Palliative Care within its pediatric cancer and hospital family-support system; participation is coordinated through the care team and program-specific eligibility, scheduling, and capacity may apply.
What help you may get
Peer And Emotional Support
Palliative Care — peer and emotional support
Clinical-adjacent or family support through Palliative Care.
Amount not published
Check the main eligibility rules
Diagnosis
B-ALL is in scope. Children treated for pediatric B-ALL at Children’s Mercy fit the cancer-program scope.
Age
The program does not publish an age limit.
Treatment status
No specific treatment status is published.
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 in: Published treatment-location area.
Where the service, camp, stay, or experience happens
- Kansas — Kansas — Kansas
- Missouri — Missouri — Missouri
- Kansas City — Kansas City
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.
- Ask the Children’s Mercy care team or relevant department for current access.
Ways to apply or ask
- Hospital Workflow
- Web Form
Documents to prepare
The program does not publish a document checklist. Ask before gathering paperwork.
Availability and timing
| Program | Active |
|---|---|
| Applications | Hospital Mediated |
| Funding or space | Not Published |
| Application window | Rolling |
| Last checked | Aug 24, 2026 |
Limitations and things to confirm
- Program-specific referral, cost, and capacity details are not fully published.
- Confirm program-specific eligibility and access with the care team.
Official sources
Program details were last verified Aug 24, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.
- Adolescent and Young Adult Program · checked Aug 24, 2026