Fundación de Niños de Puerto Rico
Direct Medical Expense Assistance · About this organization
What you get
Help with lab tests, medical evaluations, examinations, studies, medicines, surgery and other care your health plan does not cover, plus caregiver food and parking vouchers.
How to start
Get in touch with the foundation if an appointment or clarification is needed. Have photo identification, expense details and diagnosis confirmation ready.
Good to know
- Requested medical care must be necessary and not covered by your child's health plan.
- You must demonstrate limited economic resources.
The details, as published
Fundación de Niños de Puerto Rico may help eligible children with medical expenses through its direct patient-support pathway. The current Spanish program material does not fully publish covered services, limits, payment method, required documents, diagnosis or age rules, current funding, or a reliably rendered public application, so families should call to confirm access.
What help you may get
Household Bills And Cash Assistance
Direct Medical Expense Assistance — household bills and cash assistance
Fundación de Niños de Puerto Rico may help eligible children with medical expenses through its direct patient-support pathway. The current Spanish program material does not fully publish covered services, limits, payment method, required documents, diagnosis or age rules, current funding, or a reliably rendered public application, so families should call to confirm access.
Amount not published
Can cover
- Food and parking vouchers for caregivers of pediatric oncology patients at Puerto Rico Children’s Hospital
- Laboratory services
- Medical evaluations
- Medical examinations, tests, and studies
- Medicines
- Other necessary health services or treatments not covered by the child’s health plan
- Surgery
Does not cover
- Services or treatments covered by the child’s health plan
- The reviewed official pages publish no dollar maximum for medical payments or voucher values.
- The application site provides a separate service-reauthorization process, but the public pages do not publish an award-frequency rule.
Meals And Food
Direct Medical Expense Assistance — meals and food
Fundación de Niños de Puerto Rico may help eligible children with medical expenses through its direct patient-support pathway. The current Spanish program material does not fully publish covered services, limits, payment method, required documents, diagnosis or age rules, current funding, or a reliably rendered public application, so families should call to confirm access.
Amount not published
Can cover
- Food and parking vouchers for caregivers of pediatric oncology patients at Puerto Rico Children’s Hospital
- Laboratory services
- Medical evaluations
- Medical examinations, tests, and studies
- Medicines
- Other necessary health services or treatments not covered by the child’s health plan
- Surgery
Does not cover
- Services or treatments covered by the child’s health plan
- The reviewed official pages publish no dollar maximum for medical payments or voucher values.
- The application site provides a separate service-reauthorization process, but the public pages do not publish an award-frequency rule.
Medical And Insurance Costs
Direct Medical Expense Assistance — medical and insurance costs
Fundación de Niños de Puerto Rico may help eligible children with medical expenses through its direct patient-support pathway. The current Spanish program material does not fully publish covered services, limits, payment method, required documents, diagnosis or age rules, current funding, or a reliably rendered public application, so families should call to confirm access.
Amount not published
Can cover
- Food and parking vouchers for caregivers of pediatric oncology patients at Puerto Rico Children’s Hospital
- Laboratory services
- Medical evaluations
- Medical examinations, tests, and studies
- Medicines
- Other necessary health services or treatments not covered by the child’s health plan
- Surgery
Does not cover
- Services or treatments covered by the child’s health plan
- The reviewed official pages publish no dollar maximum for medical payments or voucher values.
- The application site provides a separate service-reauthorization process, but the public pages do not publish an award-frequency rule.
Travel And Transportation
Direct Medical Expense Assistance — travel and transportation
Fundación de Niños de Puerto Rico may help eligible children with medical expenses through its direct patient-support pathway. The current Spanish program material does not fully publish covered services, limits, payment method, required documents, diagnosis or age rules, current funding, or a reliably rendered public application, so families should call to confirm access.
Amount not published
Can cover
- Food and parking vouchers for caregivers of pediatric oncology patients at Puerto Rico Children’s Hospital
- Laboratory services
- Medical evaluations
- Medical examinations, tests, and studies
- Medicines
- Other necessary health services or treatments not covered by the child’s health plan
- Surgery
Does not cover
- Services or treatments covered by the child’s health plan
- The reviewed official pages publish no dollar maximum for medical payments or voucher values.
- The application site provides a separate service-reauthorization process, but the public pages do not publish an award-frequency rule.
Why this may help
Meals And Food: Caregiver food vouchers are part of the help offered alongside medical expenses.
Travel And Transportation: Parking vouchers can reduce the cost of accompanying your child at the hospital.
Check the main eligibility rules
Diagnosis
B-ALL is in scope. The official site expressly serves children and young people from birth through age 21 who are diagnosed with cancer, so pediatric B-ALL is within the published diagnosis and age rules.
Age
Age 0 to age 21, measured at application.
- The application page states that services are for patients from newborn through age 21.
Treatment status
Active Treatment
- A provider must verify the patient or diagnosis.
- The application page states that an uninsured child must obtain Puerto Rico government health coverage, Reforma.
- The requested medical service or treatment must not be covered by the child’s health plan.
Financial need is required.
- Family income evidence may include pay stubs, employment and salary certification, PAN, ASUME, Social Security, and a tax return.
- The program is for families with limited economic resources, but the official pages do not publish a numeric income limit.
- The application requests household-expense receipts, including utilities, phone, rent or mortgage, loans, education, medical, and other expenses.
Where you live and where your child is treated
Where your family lives
You must live in: PR.
- The official program describes assistance for low-income families in Puerto Rico.
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? No. A required care-team start is not published; the family can use the available route below.
Who can start: Caregiver, Parent Or Guardian
- Contact the foundation if an appointment or clarification is needed.
- Open the new-participant application and complete all required information.
- The foundation evaluates the child for activation in its services.
- Upload or provide the published medical, identity, income, expense, and insurance documents.
Ways to apply or ask
- Online Portal · Open form or page
Documents to prepare
- Authorization or health-plan denial for a requested study or laboratory service, when applicable
- Birth certificate
- Family income evidence, which may include pay stubs, employment and salary certification, PAN, ASUME, Social Security, and a tax return
- Household-expense receipts, including applicable utility, phone, rent or mortgage, loan, education, medical, and other expenses
- Image of the child’s health-plan card
- Medical certification stating the diagnosis
- Recent image of the patient
- Food and parking assistance is issued as vouchers for qualifying caregivers at Puerto Rico Children’s Hospital.
- The foundation pays uncovered medical services and treatments; the public pages do not describe vendor-payment timing.
Availability and timing
| Program | Active |
|---|---|
| Applications | Call To Confirm |
| Funding or space | Not Published |
| Application window | Rolling |
| Last checked | Aug 24, 2026 |
- The current official site displays a new-participant application and invites families to apply.
- The current official site invites families to apply today and publishes no deadline.
Limitations and things to confirm
- Food and parking vouchers are specifically described for caregivers in the oncology unit at Puerto Rico Children’s Hospital.
- Requested medical care must be necessary and not covered by the child’s health plan.
- The family must demonstrate limited economic resources.
- The public pages do not publish an income ceiling, benefit maximum, review time, or funding status.
- Confirm current application operability, eligibility, covered expenses, limits, documents, and funding.
Official sources
Program details were last verified Aug 24, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.
- Solicitud Nuevos Participantes — Fundación de Niños de Puerto Rico · checked Aug 27, 2026
- Fundación de Niños de Puerto Rico · checked Aug 27, 2026
- Direct Medical Expense Assistance · checked Aug 24, 2026
- Direct Medical Expense Assistance · checked Aug 24, 2026