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Expect Miracles Foundation

SAMFund Financial Assistance Grant · About this organization

What you get

Up to $4,000 for rent/mortgage and $3,000 for graduate study or training. Other grants cover car payments, fertility storage, and cancer-related reconstructive, dental or cosmetic work.

How to start

Check the next cycle, send your clinician the medical form at least 14 days before the deadline, then apply online with your tax records or witnessed affidavit.

Good to know

  • Active chemotherapy or radiation is ineligible.
  • Not all applicants can be funded.

The details, as published

B-ALL is in scope Application Window Closed

A twice-yearly grant for U.S. cancer survivors ages 21–39 after active treatment, covering selected living, education, fertility-storage, and cancer-related reconstructive expenses. The fall cycle is closed and spring opens in January 2027.

Go to the official program ↗

What help you may get

Household Bills And Cash Assistance

Housing and car-payment assistance

Assistance with selected essential housing and vehicle payments.

Up to $4,000

Can cover

  • Rent or mortgage payments
  • Car payments

Does not cover

  • Utilities
  • Credit card payments
  • Personal or student loans
  • Car purchases or repairs
  • The current FAQ publishes a $4,000 rent/mortgage maximum; category-specific caps may differ.
  • No grant in the previous cycle; no more than two SAMFund grants total.

Scholarships And Survivorship

Graduate and continuing education

Graduate, continuing-education, or vocational-training support.

Up to $3,000

Can cover

  • Graduate tuition
  • Continuing education
  • Vocational training

Does not cover

  • Undergraduate tuition

Medical And Insurance Costs

Cancer-related survivorship expenses

Selected survivorship expenses tied to cancer treatment.

Amount not published

Can cover

  • Fertility storage fees
  • Cancer-related reconstructive, dental, or cosmetic procedures

Does not cover

  • Medical bills
  • Family-building procedures
  • Current page does not publish all category caps.

Why this may help

Scholarships And Survivorship: Graduate tuition, continuing education and vocational training can be paid as part of rebuilding after cancer.

Medical And Insurance Costs: Fertility storage and cancer-related reconstructive or dental procedures are among the costs considered.

Check the main eligibility rules

Diagnosis

B-ALL is in scope. All cancer diagnoses are accepted subject to survivor and treatment-status rules; B-ALL is not excluded.

Age

Age 21 to age 39, measured at application.

Treatment status

Post Treatment, Survivorship

  • Complete response/remission or NED qualifies.
  • Partial response or stable disease requires one year since active treatment.
  • Long-term hormonal, targeted, or immunotherapy may qualify if remission criteria are met.
  • Active chemotherapy or radiation is ineligible.
  • Applicant must not be a tax dependent on the most recent tax filing.
  • Applicant must not have received a SAMFund grant in the prior cycle and may not have received two or more SAMFund grants.

Financial need is required.

  • Application reviews income, expenses, assets, liabilities, and financial impact; no fixed threshold is published.
  • Applicant cannot be a tax dependent for the most recent filing year.

Where you live and where your child is treated

Where your family lives

You must live in: United States residents.

  • Applicant must be a U.S. resident.

Where your child is treated

Treatment-location rules are not published clearly; confirm with the program.

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: Patient

  1. Check the current cycle dates and eligibility.
  2. Send the current Medical History Verification Form to a licensed practitioner at least 14 days before the deadline.
  3. Gather the two most recent tax returns or complete the official witnessed tax affidavit.
  4. Complete and submit the online application with all supporting forms before the deadline.

Ways to apply or ask

  • Online Portal — Portal link is shown only when the cycle is open.
  • Downloadable Form · Open form or page — Fall 2026 practitioner form; typed signatures are not accepted.
  • Downloadable Form · Open form or page — Used only when the applicant did not file taxes for one or both prior two years.

Documents to prepare

  • Current Medical History Verification Form completed and signed by a licensed practitioner.
  • Recent tax returns, or the official tax affidavit for any of the prior two years not filed.
  • Approved payments are sent for the designated expense; housing payments go to the landlord or mortgage lender rather than a relative.

Availability and timing

ProgramActive
ApplicationsApplication Window Closed
Funding or spaceLimited
Application windowSeasonal
Last checkedAug 27, 2026
  • Fall cycle is closed; Spring cycle opens in January 2027.
  • Applications are accepted during an approximately three-week cycle; funding is limited.
  • Send the medical verification form to the practitioner at least 14 days before the application deadline.
  • Recipients are generally notified 6–7 weeks after the closing date.

Limitations and things to confirm

  • Only ages 21–39.
  • Active chemotherapy or radiation is ineligible.
  • Current cycle is closed; not emergency funding.
  • Not all applicants can be funded.
  • What are every portal question and exact category caps for the Spring 2027 cycle?

Official sources

Program details were last verified Aug 27, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.

Official program