Frances Pope Memorial Foundation
Family Assistance · About this organization
What you get
Household utilities, mortgage or rent, other case-specific family needs, treatment-related travel. The amount isn't published. Ask.
How to start
Your hospital social worker or physician emails the foundation for the request form. Give them the details of your expenses.
Good to know
- A social worker or physician must initiate the request.
The details, as published
Frances Pope Memorial Foundation provides individualized financial and personal support to a family whose child with cancer or another catastrophic illness receives treatment at a New York metropolitan-area hospital. Current examples include travel, temporary accommodations, living costs, sibling childcare, vehicle or mortgage payments, rent, utilities, and unique uninsured needs, with historical case examples of beds and burial costs. A social worker or physician requests and submits the private form; no age, residence, income, award, frequency, documents, response, payment, deadline, or funding rule is published.
What help you may get
Household Bills And Cash Assistance
Family Assistance — household bills and cash assistance
Frances Pope Memorial Foundation provides individualized financial and personal support to a family whose child with cancer or another catastrophic illness receives treatment at a New York metropolitan-area hospital. Current examples include travel, temporary accommodations, living costs, sibling childcare, vehicle or mortgage payments, rent, utilities, and unique uninsured needs, with historical case examples of beds and burial costs. A social worker or physician requests and submits the private form; no age, residence, income, award, frequency, documents, response, payment, deadline, or funding rule is published.
Amount not published
Can cover
- Household utilities
- Mortgage or rent
- Other case-specific family needs
- Treatment-related travel
- The public page does not publish an award amount or ceiling.
Travel And Transportation
Family Assistance — travel and transportation
Frances Pope Memorial Foundation provides individualized financial and personal support to a family whose child with cancer or another catastrophic illness receives treatment at a New York metropolitan-area hospital. Current examples include travel, temporary accommodations, living costs, sibling childcare, vehicle or mortgage payments, rent, utilities, and unique uninsured needs, with historical case examples of beds and burial costs. A social worker or physician requests and submits the private form; no age, residence, income, award, frequency, documents, response, payment, deadline, or funding rule is published.
Amount not published
Can cover
- Household utilities
- Mortgage or rent
- Other case-specific family needs
- Treatment-related travel
- The public page does not publish an award amount or ceiling.
Why this may help
Travel And Transportation: Treatment-related travel is covered alongside housing and utility costs.
Check the main eligibility rules
Diagnosis
B-ALL is in scope. The published program serves children with cancer or a broader medical category that includes pediatric B-ALL.
Age
The program does not publish an age limit.
- The official page uses a pediatric or child description without a numerical age limit.
Treatment status
Active Treatment
- A provider must verify the patient or diagnosis.
Financial need is required.
- No numerical income rule is published in the reviewed material.
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 connected to: The child must receive treatment at a hospital in the New York Metropolitan Area..
- The child must receive treatment at a hospital in the New York Metropolitan Area.
How to get started
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: Healthcare Team, Social Worker
- Ask the child’s hospital social worker or physician to contact serenawalshe@francespopefoundation.org for the request form.
- Ask the child’s social worker or physician to contact the Family Advocate for the current form.
- Confirm the current benefit, documents, decision timing, and payment method by phone or email.
- The social worker or physician completes and submits the request.
Ways to apply or ask
- Hospital Workflow · Open form or page · serenawalshe@francespopefoundation.org — The child’s social worker contacts Family Advocate Serena for the request form; a physician may also complete it.
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 | Call First |
| Last checked | Aug 27, 2026 |
- The official organization currently presents this program as active.
- The form is supplied through the Family Advocate.
Limitations and things to confirm
- A social worker or physician must initiate the request.
- The public site does not publish award limits or complete eligibility rules.
- Treatment must occur at a hospital in the New York Metropolitan Area.
- What age, hospital, residence, benefit, award, frequency, documents, response, payment, funding, and language rules apply?
Official sources
Program details were last verified Aug 24, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.
- Families Requesting Help — Frances Pope Memorial Foundation · checked Aug 27, 2026
- Social Worker Testimonials — Frances Pope Memorial Foundation · checked Aug 23, 2026
- Family Assistance · checked Aug 24, 2026
- Family Assistance · checked Aug 24, 2026
- Family Assistance · checked Aug 24, 2026