Gilda’s Club Kentuckiana
Pediatric Financial Assistance · About this organization
What you get
A one-time award: the application says a $500 check, while the program page says a $250 Kroger, Walmart or Speedway gift card. Ask which you would receive.
How to start
Your doctor, nurse or social worker sends the signed treatment-verification PDF directly to Gilda's Club; you submit the online financial-assistance form.
Good to know
- One application per household.
- Ask whether help is available after treatment ends; the stated treatment rules differ.
The details, as published
Eligible Gilda’s Club Kentuckiana members age 29 or younger may receive one-time financial assistance provided as Kroger, Walmart, or Speedway gift cards, with a published maximum of $250. A family application and health-care-provider verification are required. Official materials conflict on whether eligibility is limited to active treatment or extends through one year after treatment, so applicants should confirm.
What help you may get
Household Bills And Cash Assistance
Pediatric Financial Assistance — household bills and cash assistance
The active pediatric application describes a $500 financial aid check, while the official program page describes a one-time $250 Kroger, Walmart, or Speedway gift card. The current benefit amount and delivery form must be confirmed before a family relies on either figure.
Amount not published · One Time
Can cover
- Financial assistance; current amount and delivery form conflict across official materials
- Official sources conflict between a $250 gift card and a $500 financial aid check.
- The official page says households are eligible to apply one time.
Meals And Food
Pediatric Financial Assistance — meals and food
The active pediatric application describes a $500 financial aid check, while the official program page describes a one-time $250 Kroger, Walmart, or Speedway gift card. The current benefit amount and delivery form must be confirmed before a family relies on either figure.
Amount not published · One Time
Can cover
- Financial assistance; current amount and delivery form conflict across official materials
- Official sources conflict between a $250 gift card and a $500 financial aid check.
- The official page says households are eligible to apply one time.
Practical Items And Home Help
Pediatric Financial Assistance — practical items and home help
The active pediatric application describes a $500 financial aid check, while the official program page describes a one-time $250 Kroger, Walmart, or Speedway gift card. The current benefit amount and delivery form must be confirmed before a family relies on either figure.
Amount not published · One Time
Can cover
- Financial assistance; current amount and delivery form conflict across official materials
- Official sources conflict between a $250 gift card and a $500 financial aid check.
- The official page says households are eligible to apply one time.
Travel And Transportation
Pediatric Financial Assistance — travel and transportation
The active pediatric application describes a $500 financial aid check, while the official program page describes a one-time $250 Kroger, Walmart, or Speedway gift card. The current benefit amount and delivery form must be confirmed before a family relies on either figure.
Amount not published · One Time
Can cover
- Financial assistance; current amount and delivery form conflict across official materials
- Official sources conflict between a $250 gift card and a $500 financial aid check.
- The official page says households are eligible to apply one time.
- The official benefit amount and delivery form conflict and require confirmation.
Why this may help
Meals And Food: A grocery-store gift card is described, but ask whether you will receive a $250 card or the $500 check on the application.
Practical Items And Home Help: A Walmart card could cover practical purchases; confirm whether the current award is a $250 card or a $500 check.
Travel And Transportation: A Speedway card could cover gas; confirm whether the current award is a $250 card or a $500 check.
Check the main eligibility rules
Diagnosis
B-ALL is in scope. The program covers cancer patients age 29 and under, including a child age 0–18 with B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia, and operates from Kentucky and southern Indiana locations.
Age
Age 0 to age 29, measured at application.
- The official program page and form state age 29 and under.
Treatment status
No specific treatment status is published.
- A provider must verify the patient or diagnosis.
- A doctor, nurse, child life specialist, or medical social worker must complete and submit the Verification of Treatment form.
- No income test or numerical income ceiling is published on the reviewed program page or verification form.
Where you live and where your child is treated
Where your family lives
You must live in: Published program service area in US-IN; Published program service area in US-KY.
- The program and organization identify the Kentuckiana service area in Kentucky and Indiana, including Louisville, New Albany, and Jeffersonville. Membership and the precise regional boundary still need confirmation.
- The reviewed page does not publish a residence rule; it lists program locations in Louisville, Kentucky, and New Albany and Jeffersonville, Indiana.
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, Patient, Caregiver
- Complete and submit the four-page pediatric financial assistance online form.
- Give the non-fillable Verification of Treatment PDF to the child’s medical professional.
- The medical professional completes, signs, and emails or mails the verification directly to Gilda’s Club.
Ways to apply or ask
- Web Form · Open form or page
- Email · GCKfinancial@gck.org — The medical professional submits the verification form.
- Mail — Mail to Gilda’s Club Kentuckiana, Attention: Devon Wasser, 2440 Grinstead Drive, Louisville, KY 40204.
Documents to prepare
- Cancer type
- Completed Pediatric Financial Assistance Verification of Treatment form
- Date of diagnosis
- Medical professional printed name, signature, phone number, and email
- Patient name
- Treatment center or clinic and mailing address
- Approved assistance is issued as a $250 gift card selected from Kroger, Walmart, or Speedway.
Availability and timing
| Program | Active |
|---|---|
| Applications | Open |
| Funding or space | Not Published |
| Application window | Rolling |
| Last checked | Aug 27, 2026 |
- The official application and verification form are live, but the program page and application conflict on benefit amount and delivery form.
- No seasonal or monthly application window is published.
- No processing lead time is published.
Limitations and things to confirm
- A household may apply only once.
- The program page says active treatment, while the verification form also accepts an individual within one year post-treatment; families should confirm the applicable timing rule.
- The public page does not state a residence boundary.
- Confirm active-treatment versus one-year-post-treatment eligibility and current funding.
- The official webpage says a $250 gift card, while the current application says a $500 financial aid check; which benefit is current?
Official sources
Program details were last verified Aug 24, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.
- Gilda’s Club Financial Assistance · checked Aug 23, 2026
- Pediatric Financial Assistance Program Application — Verification of Treatment · checked Aug 23, 2026
- Pediatric Financial Assistance · checked Aug 24, 2026