Fred's Footsteps
Pat’s Projects / Accessible Home Initiative · About this organization
What you get
Up to $20,000 within one year for home accessibility and comfort, such as ramps, lifts, adapted bathrooms, and specialized beds.
How to start
Your social worker starts the request. Ask them to fill in the request form with you.
The details, as published
Pat’s Projects may provide up to $20,000 over one year for home accessibility, safety, dignity, and comfort for an eligible child with complex medical needs, including roll-in showers, grab bars, lowered sinks, ramps, lifts, stair glides, Hoyer lifts, ceiling tracks, and specialized beds. A hospital social worker applies under the shared rules; concurrent funding, documents, deadlines, review, payment, and capacity are not published.
What help you may get
Household Bills And Cash Assistance
Pat’s Projects / Accessible Home Initiative — household bills and cash assistance
Pat’s Projects may provide up to $20,000 over one year for home accessibility, safety, dignity, and comfort for an eligible child with complex medical needs, including roll-in showers, grab bars, lowered sinks, ramps, lifts, stair glides, Hoyer lifts, ceiling tracks, and specialized beds. A hospital social worker applies under the shared rules; concurrent funding, documents, deadlines, review, payment, and capacity are not published.
Amount not published
Medical And Insurance Costs
Pat’s Projects / Accessible Home Initiative — medical and insurance costs
Pat’s Projects may provide up to $20,000 over one year for home accessibility, safety, dignity, and comfort for an eligible child with complex medical needs, including roll-in showers, grab bars, lowered sinks, ramps, lifts, stair glides, Hoyer lifts, ceiling tracks, and specialized beds. A hospital social worker applies under the shared rules; concurrent funding, documents, deadlines, review, payment, and capacity are not published.
Amount not published
Practical Items And Home Help
Pat’s Projects / Accessible Home Initiative — practical items and home help
Pat’s Projects may provide up to $20,000 over one year for home accessibility, safety, dignity, and comfort for an eligible child with complex medical needs, including roll-in showers, grab bars, lowered sinks, ramps, lifts, stair glides, Hoyer lifts, ceiling tracks, and specialized beds. A hospital social worker applies under the shared rules; concurrent funding, documents, deadlines, review, payment, and capacity are not published.
Amount not published
Why this may help
Medical And Insurance Costs: Specialized beds, lifts, and other home adaptations address equipment needs linked to your child's medical care.
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
You must live in: Published program service area in US-DE; Published program service area in US-NJ; Published program service area in US-PA.
- The program uses the same published county-level service area in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware. Preserve the county confirmation rather than presenting statewide eligibility.
Where your child is treated
No treatment-location restriction is published.
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: Parent Or Guardian, Caregiver, Social Worker
- Contact the hospital or medical social worker at the child’s treatment facility and ask them to review Fred’s Footsteps eligibility.
- Review the published program eligibility criteria and assistance categories with the family.
- If new to the portal, email diane@fredsfootsteps.org for approval and system access; returning approved users sign in.
- Work with the family to complete the authenticated application.
- Submit the application through the Social Worker Submission Portal for Grant Advisory Committee review.
Ways to apply or ask
- Email · diane@fredsfootsteps.org — New social-worker users must email for approval and system access before submitting an application.
- Online Portal · Open form or page — Returning approved social workers sign in; the application is not public.
Documents to prepare
The program does not publish a document checklist. Ask before gathering paperwork.
Availability and timing
| Program | Active |
|---|---|
| Applications | Not Published |
| Funding or space | Not Published |
| Application window | Not Published |
| Last checked | Aug 24, 2026 |
Limitations and things to confirm
No additional limitations are published.
- Can grants combine and what documents, deadlines, review, payment, and capacity apply?
Official sources
Program details were last verified Aug 24, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.
- The Bridge Fund / Household Essentials Program · checked Aug 27, 2026
- Pat’s Projects / Accessible Home Initiative · checked Aug 24, 2026