Valley Children’s Healthcare
Claude & Betty Lou Laval Angel Fund · About this organization
What you get
Help with travel, lodging, housing, utilities, rent, car repairs, and other necessities during your child's hospital stay. The amount isn't published. Ask.
How to start
Ask your child’s assigned Valley Children’s social worker or oncology care team about the fund.
Good to know
- Ask about funds before relying on payment for a bill.
The details, as published
This internal Valley Children’s fund helps patients and families meet nonmedical financial needs during a child’s hospitalization, including transportation, temporary lodging or housing, utilities, rent, car repair, and other necessities. No public application is posted; families should ask their assigned oncology social worker or care team and confirm current funding and limits.
What help you may get
Household Bills And Cash Assistance
Claude & Betty Lou Laval Angel Fund — household bills and cash assistance
This internal Valley Children’s fund helps patients and families meet nonmedical financial needs during a child’s hospitalization, including transportation, temporary lodging or housing, utilities, rent, car repair, and other necessities. No public application is posted; families should ask their assigned oncology social worker or care team and confirm current funding and limits.
Amount not published
Can cover
- Car repairs connected to hospital travel
- Other necessities
- Rent
- Temporary lodging or housing
- Transportation expenses
- Utilities
Lodging Near Treatment
Claude & Betty Lou Laval Angel Fund — lodging near treatment
This internal Valley Children’s fund helps patients and families meet nonmedical financial needs during a child’s hospitalization, including transportation, temporary lodging or housing, utilities, rent, car repair, and other necessities. No public application is posted; families should ask their assigned oncology social worker or care team and confirm current funding and limits.
Amount not published
Can cover
- Car repairs connected to hospital travel
- Other necessities
- Rent
- Temporary lodging or housing
- Transportation expenses
- Utilities
Travel And Transportation
Claude & Betty Lou Laval Angel Fund — travel and transportation
This internal Valley Children’s fund helps patients and families meet nonmedical financial needs during a child’s hospitalization, including transportation, temporary lodging or housing, utilities, rent, car repair, and other necessities. No public application is posted; families should ask their assigned oncology social worker or care team and confirm current funding and limits.
Amount not published
Can cover
- Car repairs connected to hospital travel
- Other necessities
- Rent
- Temporary lodging or housing
- Transportation expenses
- Utilities
Why this may help
Lodging Near Treatment: Temporary lodging or housing can be paid during your child's hospitalization.
Travel And Transportation: Transportation and car repairs connected to hospital travel can be considered.
Check the main eligibility rules
Diagnosis
B-ALL is in scope. Valley Children’s treats pediatric ALL, and the fund supports needs during a child’s hospitalization without a diagnosis exclusion.
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 through: Child must be a Valley Children’s patient; the official description specifically refers to needs during hospitalization..
- Child must be a Valley Children’s patient; the official description specifically refers to needs during hospitalization.
Where the service, camp, stay, or experience happens
- California — California — California
- Central California — Central California
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 child’s assigned Valley Children’s social worker or oncology care team about the fund.
- If the assigned contact is unknown, call Oncology at 559-353-5480 or Valley Children’s at 559-353-3000.
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 | Call To Confirm |
| Funding or space | Not Published |
| Application window | Rolling |
| Last checked | Aug 24, 2026 |
- No public application, deadline, or funding window is published.
Limitations and things to confirm
- Historical claims of mortgage coverage and a one-time limit were not confirmed and are not encoded.
- Internal assessment, documents, award cap, frequency, payment method, funding availability, and processing time are not published.
- Does the fund pay vendors, reimburse families, or issue gift cards?
- Does the fund serve every Valley Children’s inpatient or only the Madera campus?
- What formal assessment, documents, award cap, frequency, funding rule, and processing time apply?
Official sources
Program details were last verified Aug 24, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.
- Claude & Betty Lou Laval Angel Fund · checked Aug 27, 2026
- Claude & Betty Lou Laval Angel Fund · checked Aug 24, 2026
- Claude & Betty Lou Laval Angel Fund · checked Aug 24, 2026