CURE Childhood Cancer
Family Emergency Fund · About this organization
What you get
Help with emergency household expenses connected to your child's cancer treatment.
How to start
Your social worker sends the referral. Have expense details ready.
The details, as published
CURE Childhood Cancer's Family Emergency Fund provides emergency financial help to families facing expenses during a child's cancer treatment. A child with B-ALL can qualify when the family lives in Georgia or the child is treated at a Georgia hospital, while requests outside Georgia depend on available funds. The family must work through the child's oncology social worker, who contacts CURE and manages the application process.
What help you may get
Household Bills And Cash Assistance
Family Emergency Fund — household bills and cash assistance
CURE Childhood Cancer's Family Emergency Fund provides emergency financial help to families facing expenses during a child's cancer treatment. A child with B-ALL can qualify when the family lives in Georgia or the child is treated at a Georgia hospital, while requests outside Georgia depend on available funds. The family must work through the child's oncology social worker, who contacts CURE and manages the application process.
Amount not published
Can cover
- Emergency household expenses connected to the child's cancer treatment
- No monetary ceiling is published on the reviewed official page.
- The reviewed official material does not publish a repeat-assistance rule.
Meals And Food
Family Emergency Fund — meals and food
CURE Childhood Cancer's Family Emergency Fund provides emergency financial help to families facing expenses during a child's cancer treatment. A child with B-ALL can qualify when the family lives in Georgia or the child is treated at a Georgia hospital, while requests outside Georgia depend on available funds. The family must work through the child's oncology social worker, who contacts CURE and manages the application process.
Amount not published
Can cover
- Emergency household expenses connected to the child's cancer treatment
- No monetary ceiling is published on the reviewed official page.
- The reviewed official material does not publish a repeat-assistance rule.
Travel And Transportation
Family Emergency Fund — travel and transportation
CURE Childhood Cancer's Family Emergency Fund provides emergency financial help to families facing expenses during a child's cancer treatment. A child with B-ALL can qualify when the family lives in Georgia or the child is treated at a Georgia hospital, while requests outside Georgia depend on available funds. The family must work through the child's oncology social worker, who contacts CURE and manages the application process.
Amount not published
Can cover
- Emergency household expenses connected to the child's cancer treatment
- No monetary ceiling is published on the reviewed official page.
- The reviewed official material does not publish a repeat-assistance rule.
Why this may help
Meals And Food: Emergency household assistance may ease food costs; ask whether your grocery expense can be included.
Travel And Transportation: Treatment-related emergency expenses are considered; ask whether your travel cost can be included.
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 official page describes children or pediatric patients but does not publish a numerical age rule.
Treatment status
Active Treatment
- A provider must verify the patient or diagnosis.
- An oncology social worker must initiate the request.
Financial need is required.
- No numerical income rule is published on the reviewed official page.
- Assistance is intended for an emergency financial need associated with the child's cancer treatment.
Where you live and where your child is treated
Where your family lives
You must live in: GA.
- The family may qualify by residing in Georgia.
Where your child is treated
Treatment must be connected to: A family may also qualify when the child receives treatment at a Georgia hospital..
- A family may also qualify when the child receives treatment at a Georgia hospital.
How to get started
Set up the ask for my social worker
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
- Ask the treating oncology social worker to review the family's need.
- CURE reviews the request subject to eligibility and available funds.
- The social worker contacts CURE and submits the required information.
Ways to apply or ask
- Hospital Workflow · Open form or page — The child's oncology social worker must contact CURE for the application process.
- Online Portal · Open form or page
Documents to prepare
- Documentation of the requested expense, as directed by the program
- Social-worker verification
- The precise payment method depends on the approved emergency expense.
Availability and timing
| Program | Active |
|---|---|
| Applications | Open |
| Funding or space | Fund Dependent |
| Application window | Rolling |
| Last checked | Aug 27, 2026 |
- The official site presented the program as active on the verification date.
Limitations and things to confirm
- Requests outside Georgia are considered only when funds permit.
- The public page does not publish a maximum award or complete expense list.
- What current award limits and expense-specific rules are used?
- Which out-of-state requests are presently being accepted?
Official sources
Program details were last verified Aug 27, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.
- Family Emergency Fund — CURE Childhood Cancer · checked Aug 27, 2026