Written by a parent, not a doctor. Nothing here is medical advice.

Family House San Francisco

Wellness and Psychosocial Services · About this organization

What you get

Counseling, wellness conversations, meditation, exercise spaces, therapy-animal visits, and a weekly support group during your stay.

How to start

Talk to house staff about joining a wellness session or the weekly support group during your stay.

The details, as published

B-ALL is in scope Not Published

Guest families can access an onsite licensed clinical social worker, wellness consultations, guided meditation, exercise and meditation rooms, weekly therapy-animal visits, and the weekly Cookies & Conversations support group. These components share guest access, but consultation limits, group schedule, registration, ages, languages, virtual access, and capacity are not published.

What help you may get

Mental Health Therapy

Wellness and Psychosocial Services — mental health therapy

Guest families can access an onsite licensed clinical social worker, wellness consultations, guided meditation, exercise and meditation rooms, weekly therapy-animal visits, and the weekly Cookies & Conversations support group. These components share guest access, but consultation limits, group schedule, registration, ages, languages, virtual access, and capacity are not published.

Amount not published

Peer And Emotional Support

Wellness and Psychosocial Services — peer and emotional support

Guest families can access an onsite licensed clinical social worker, wellness consultations, guided meditation, exercise and meditation rooms, weekly therapy-animal visits, and the weekly Cookies & Conversations support group. These components share guest access, but consultation limits, group schedule, registration, ages, languages, virtual access, and capacity are not published.

Amount not published

Why this may help

Mental Health Therapy: The onsite licensed social worker and wellness consultations offer personal help alongside group wellness activities.

Check the main eligibility rules

Diagnosis

B-ALL is in scope. The official program scope includes U.S. children with cancer, which includes pediatric B-ALL when the stated eligibility rules are met.

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 receive treatment through UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital.; Family generally must live more than 50 miles from UCSF; the exact 50-mile boundary is disputed across official pages..

  • Child must receive treatment through UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital.
  • Family generally must live more than 50 miles from UCSF; the exact 50-mile boundary is disputed across official pages.

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.

  1. Ask Family House staff about current wellness and group schedules.

Ways to apply or ask

  • In Person
  • Web Form

Documents to prepare

The program does not publish a document checklist. Ask before gathering paperwork.

Availability and timing

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Last checkedAug 24, 2026

Limitations and things to confirm

No additional limitations are published.

  • What consultation limits, schedules, registration, ages, languages, virtual access, and capacity apply?

Official sources

Program details were last verified Aug 24, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.

Official program