GO BO Foundation
Family Assistance Program · About this organization
What you get
Help with rent, mortgage, utilities, travel, groceries, lodging, meals, and clothing. The amount isn't published. Ask.
How to start
Fill in the family application, list up to three bills, and add the doctor's contact details. Email or mail the form.
Good to know
- The application asks whether prior assistance was received, but no repeat-award restriction is published.
- Medical expenses are not eligible.
The details, as published
GO BO Foundation generally pays approved nonmedical bills directly for a Door County family whose child is under 18 and has a treating-physician-confirmed life-threatening condition. Published examples are mortgage, rent, utilities, transportation, groceries, lodging, meals, and clothing; medical expenses are excluded. A parent submits the public PDF by email or mail, applications are reviewed monthly, and a decision takes one to seven weeks, but income criteria, award cap, repeat rules, funding, and additional documents are not published.
What help you may get
Household Bills And Cash Assistance
Family Assistance Program — household bills and cash assistance
GO BO Foundation generally pays approved nonmedical bills directly for a Door County family whose child is under 18 and has a treating-physician-confirmed life-threatening condition. Published examples are mortgage, rent, utilities, transportation, groceries, lodging, meals, and clothing; medical expenses are excluded. A parent submits the public PDF by email or mail, applications are reviewed monthly, and a decision takes one to seven weeks, but income criteria, award cap, repeat rules, funding, and additional documents are not published.
Amount decided by the program
Can cover
- Clothing
- Groceries
- Lodging
- Meals
- Mortgage
- Other approved nonmedical household expenses
- Rent
- Transportation
- Utilities
Does not cover
- Medical expenses
- The applicant itemizes up to three expenses; no standard award ceiling is published.
- The application asks whether prior assistance was received, but no repeat-award restriction is published.
Lodging Near Treatment
Family Assistance Program — lodging near treatment
GO BO Foundation generally pays approved nonmedical bills directly for a Door County family whose child is under 18 and has a treating-physician-confirmed life-threatening condition. Published examples are mortgage, rent, utilities, transportation, groceries, lodging, meals, and clothing; medical expenses are excluded. A parent submits the public PDF by email or mail, applications are reviewed monthly, and a decision takes one to seven weeks, but income criteria, award cap, repeat rules, funding, and additional documents are not published.
Amount decided by the program
Can cover
- Clothing
- Groceries
- Lodging
- Meals
- Mortgage
- Other approved nonmedical household expenses
- Rent
- Transportation
- Utilities
Does not cover
- Medical expenses
- The applicant itemizes up to three expenses; no standard award ceiling is published.
- The application asks whether prior assistance was received, but no repeat-award restriction is published.
Meals And Food
Family Assistance Program — meals and food
GO BO Foundation generally pays approved nonmedical bills directly for a Door County family whose child is under 18 and has a treating-physician-confirmed life-threatening condition. Published examples are mortgage, rent, utilities, transportation, groceries, lodging, meals, and clothing; medical expenses are excluded. A parent submits the public PDF by email or mail, applications are reviewed monthly, and a decision takes one to seven weeks, but income criteria, award cap, repeat rules, funding, and additional documents are not published.
Amount decided by the program
Can cover
- Clothing
- Groceries
- Lodging
- Meals
- Mortgage
- Other approved nonmedical household expenses
- Rent
- Transportation
- Utilities
Does not cover
- Medical expenses
- The applicant itemizes up to three expenses; no standard award ceiling is published.
- The application asks whether prior assistance was received, but no repeat-award restriction is published.
Practical Items And Home Help
Family Assistance Program — practical items and home help
GO BO Foundation generally pays approved nonmedical bills directly for a Door County family whose child is under 18 and has a treating-physician-confirmed life-threatening condition. Published examples are mortgage, rent, utilities, transportation, groceries, lodging, meals, and clothing; medical expenses are excluded. A parent submits the public PDF by email or mail, applications are reviewed monthly, and a decision takes one to seven weeks, but income criteria, award cap, repeat rules, funding, and additional documents are not published.
Amount decided by the program
Can cover
- Clothing
- Groceries
- Lodging
- Meals
- Mortgage
- Other approved nonmedical household expenses
- Rent
- Transportation
- Utilities
Does not cover
- Medical expenses
- The applicant itemizes up to three expenses; no standard award ceiling is published.
- The application asks whether prior assistance was received, but no repeat-award restriction is published.
Travel And Transportation
Family Assistance Program — travel and transportation
GO BO Foundation generally pays approved nonmedical bills directly for a Door County family whose child is under 18 and has a treating-physician-confirmed life-threatening condition. Published examples are mortgage, rent, utilities, transportation, groceries, lodging, meals, and clothing; medical expenses are excluded. A parent submits the public PDF by email or mail, applications are reviewed monthly, and a decision takes one to seven weeks, but income criteria, award cap, repeat rules, funding, and additional documents are not published.
Amount decided by the program
Can cover
- Clothing
- Groceries
- Lodging
- Meals
- Mortgage
- Other approved nonmedical household expenses
- Rent
- Transportation
- Utilities
Does not cover
- Medical expenses
- The applicant itemizes up to three expenses; no standard award ceiling is published.
- The application asks whether prior assistance was received, but no repeat-award restriction is published.
- The published monetary limit is shared across the listed benefit components.
Why this may help
Lodging Near Treatment: Lodging expenses can be paid alongside your other nonmedical needs during illness.
Meals And Food: Meals and groceries are among the household expenses considered for payment.
Practical Items And Home Help: Clothing and other approved household necessities can be included in your request.
Travel And Transportation: Transportation costs can be paid within the broader help with nonmedical expenses.
Check the main eligibility rules
Diagnosis
B-ALL is in scope. The official program serves children with cancer or children with serious medical conditions that include cancer; pediatric B-ALL is within that scope.
Age
Age 0 to age 17, measured at application.
- The child must be under age 18 at application.
Treatment status
Active Treatment
- A provider must verify the patient or diagnosis.
- The treating physician determines whether the child is medically eligible.
Financial need is required.
- The application collects household composition and requests a specific explanation of need, but no numerical income ceiling is published.
Where you live and where your child is treated
Where your family lives
You must live in: Door County, Wisconsin.
- The child and parent or parents must be residents of Door County, Wisconsin.
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: Parent Or Guardian
- Applications are reviewed monthly, with a published decision range of approximately one to seven weeks depending on submission timing.
- Complete the family assistance application and describe the child’s condition, household members, prior assistance, and requested expenses.
- Complete the parent application and itemize requested bills.
- Confirm that the child and parent or parents reside in Door County and that the child is under 18.
- Email it to applications@givedoorcounty.org or mail it to the Door County Community Foundation.
- Provide the treating physician’s contact information and itemize up to three requested bills or expenses.
- Submit the application by the current email or mail process.
Ways to apply or ask
- Email · applications@givedoorcounty.org — The official page directs applicants to submit the completed application by email; use the address shown in the current application workflow.
- Downloadable Form · Open form or page
- Phone · 920-746-1786 — Call the Door County Community Foundation to request a mailed application or ask submission questions.
Documents to prepare
- Completed signed application
- Itemized vendor or expense information for each request
- Treating physician contact information
- The foundation generally pays approved bills directly on the family’s behalf.
Availability and timing
| Program | Active |
|---|---|
| Applications | Open |
| Funding or space | Fund Dependent |
| Application window | Rolling |
| Last checked | Aug 24, 2026 |
- The official program page and current application were active; submission does not guarantee assistance.
- Applications are reviewed monthly.
- One to seven weeks, depending on submission timing and monthly review.
- The current application states that a decision may take one to seven weeks depending on when the application is submitted.
Limitations and things to confirm
- Medical expenses are not eligible.
- Submitting an application does not guarantee assistance.
- The child and parent or parents must live in Door County, Wisconsin.
- The child must be under age 18 at application.
- What internal need, documents, cap, repeat, residence, physician, 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.
- Family Assistance Program Application — GO BO Foundation · checked Aug 23, 2026
- Family Assistance Program — GO BO Foundation · checked Aug 23, 2026
- Family Assistance Program · checked Aug 24, 2026
- Family Assistance Program · checked Aug 24, 2026