Emilio Nares Foundation
Ride with Emilio · About this organization
What you get
Free rides to medical appointments and connection to practical family resources.
How to start
Get in touch with the foundation about your appointment and transportation needs.
Good to know
- Get in touch with the program as early as possible before the treatment appointment; no fixed minimum lead time is published.
- The program supports recurring treatment transportation, but process frequency and repeat-use limits are not publicly specified.
The details, as published
Ride With Emilio provides free, door-to-door transportation to medical treatment for children with cancer or another life-threatening condition across San Diego, Imperial, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, and South Los Angeles service areas. Current reporting describes sanitized vehicles and trained, compassionate, trauma-informed drivers who prioritize immunocompromised children and connect families with the Family Resource Center when other needs emerge. The program is active, but public intake, referral, age, capacity, lead-time, route, companion, and document rules are not fully published.
What help you may get
Navigation Guides And Advocacy
Ride with Emilio — navigation guides and advocacy
Ride With Emilio provides free, door-to-door transportation to medical treatment for children with cancer or another life-threatening condition across San Diego, Imperial, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, and South Los Angeles service areas. Current reporting describes sanitized vehicles and trained, compassionate, trauma-informed drivers who prioritize immunocompromised children and connect families with the Family Resource Center when other needs emerge. The program is active, but public intake, referral, age, capacity, lead-time, route, companion, and document rules are not fully published.
Noncash help · As Needed
Can cover
- Connection to the foundation’s Family Resource Center and other practical support when appropriate
- No-cost transportation for the child and accompanying parent or caregiver to and from medical treatment
Does not cover
- Emergency medical transportation
- Guaranteed transportation before program confirmation
- Routes outside current service areas or capacity
- Approved rides are provided at no cost rather than as a cash award.
- The program supports recurring treatment transportation, but route frequency and repeat-use limits are not publicly specified.
Travel And Transportation
Ride with Emilio — travel and transportation
Ride With Emilio provides free, door-to-door transportation to medical treatment for children with cancer or another life-threatening condition across San Diego, Imperial, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, and South Los Angeles service areas. Current reporting describes sanitized vehicles and trained, compassionate, trauma-informed drivers who prioritize immunocompromised children and connect families with the Family Resource Center when other needs emerge. The program is active, but public intake, referral, age, capacity, lead-time, route, companion, and document rules are not fully published.
Noncash help · As Needed
Can cover
- Connection to the foundation’s Family Resource Center and other practical support when appropriate
- No-cost transportation for the child and accompanying parent or caregiver to and from medical treatment
Does not cover
- Emergency medical transportation
- Guaranteed transportation before program confirmation
- Routes outside current service areas or capacity
- Approved rides are provided at no cost rather than as a cash award.
- The program supports recurring treatment transportation, but route frequency and repeat-use limits are not publicly specified.
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 pages refer to children and pediatric patients but do not publish a numerical age limit.
Treatment status
Active Treatment
- A provider must verify the patient or diagnosis.
- Program staff may coordinate with the child’s hospital or social worker to verify treatment and schedule transportation.
Financial need is required.
- The foundation describes serving low-income and underserved families, but no numerical income ceiling or required income-document list is published.
Where you live and where your child is treated
Where your family lives
You must live in: Imperial County; Orange County; Riverside County; San Bernardino County; San Diego County; South Los Angeles service area.
- The family must be within a currently served Southern California area; exact address and route eligibility should be confirmed with program staff.
Where your child is treated
Treatment must be connected to: Transportation must be connected to medical treatment for a child with cancer or another life-threatening condition and must be within an available service route..
- Transportation must be connected to medical treatment for a child with cancer or another life-threatening condition and must be within an available service route.
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: Caregiver, Healthcare Team, Parent Or Guardian, Social Worker
- Call the Programs and Services line or use the contact form to ask about ride eligibility and scheduling.
- Contact the foundation through the official form, Programs & Services phone line, or the child’s hospital social worker.
- Coordinate pickup, caregiver travel, and subsequent rides directly with program staff.
- Program staff confirm that the route and appointment fit the current service area and capacity.
- Provide the child’s diagnosis, treatment location, appointment schedule, home or pickup area, and transportation barrier.
Ways to apply or ask
- Email · info@enfhope.org — General program contact; hospital social workers may also coordinate directly with staff.
- Online Portal · Open form or page
- Phone · 760-855-5787 — Call the Programs & Services line to confirm current route eligibility and scheduling.
Documents to prepare
- Caregiver and passenger details
- Financial-need information if requested
- Home or pickup address
- Treatment or appointment information as requested
- The foundation schedules and provides the ride directly after approval.
Availability and timing
| Program | Active |
|---|---|
| Applications | Call To Confirm |
| Funding or space | Fund Dependent |
| Application window | Not Applicable |
| Last checked | Aug 24, 2026 |
- The current official program and contact pages presented Ride with Emilio and its service contacts as active on the verification date; each ride remains subject to route and scheduling capacity.
- Contact the program as early as possible before the treatment appointment; no fixed minimum lead time is published.
- Not published; timing depends on route and scheduling capacity.
Limitations and things to confirm
- Exact street-level service boundaries and hospital routes are not fully published.
- No numerical age limit, income ceiling, document checklist, lead time, or ride-frequency limit is published.
- Transportation depends on route, driver, vehicle, and scheduling capacity and is not emergency transport.
- What ages, qualifying diagnoses, pickup boundaries, participating sites, companion limits, lead time, capacity, documents, and referral rules apply?
Official sources
Program details were last verified Aug 24, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.
- About — Emilio Nares Foundation · checked Aug 23, 2026
- Contact — Emilio Nares Foundation · checked Aug 23, 2026
- Locations — Emilio Nares Foundation · checked Aug 23, 2026
- Our Programs — Emilio Nares Foundation · checked Aug 23, 2026
- Ride with Emilio · checked Aug 24, 2026
- Creating for Hope · checked Aug 24, 2026
- Ride with Emilio · checked Aug 24, 2026
- Creating for Hope · checked Aug 24, 2026