Hawaii Children's Cancer Foundation
Financial Assistance Program · About this organization
What you get
2020 yearly caps: $4,000 initially, $2,000 later in treatment, $1,000 off therapy; $2,000 for funerals. Covers medical, travel, lodging, housing, utilities, meals, childcare, education, counseling and car costs.
How to start
Send the short online inquiry or contact HCCF. Confirm the full packet, then arrange your family, medical-professional, and witness signatures and receipts.
Good to know
- First-year limits restart after relapse or transplant; total help cannot exceed $4,000 in 12 months.
- Confirm these 2020 limits before relying on them; off-therapy help lasts up to 24 months.
The details, as published
HCCF currently offers preliminary online intake for a child receiving cancer treatment in Hawaii regardless of domicile, or a Hawaii-domiciled child receiving cancer-related treatment out of state, plus the child’s parent or legal guardian. The child was diagnosed through age 21, or may be up to age 25 when the treating oncologist identifies a pediatric cancer. Current pages list insurance-uncovered housing, utilities, and transportation but omit limits, eligibility period, documents, reimbursement deadline, decision time, and funding status.
What help you may get
Bereavement And Memorial Support
Financial Assistance Program — bereavement and memorial support
HCCF currently offers preliminary online intake for a child receiving cancer treatment in Hawaii regardless of domicile, or a Hawaii-domiciled child receiving cancer-related treatment out of state, plus the child’s parent or legal guardian. The child was diagnosed through age 21, or may be up to age 25 when the treating oncologist identifies a pediatric cancer. Current pages list insurance-uncovered housing, utilities, and transportation but omit limits, eligibility period, documents, reimbursement deadline, decision time, and funding status.
Amount not published
Can cover
- Cancer-related medical expenses not covered by insurance
- Cancer-treatment airfare, ground transportation, and lodging
- Essential water, electricity, gas, or cell-phone bills to prevent shutoff during cancer treatment
- Funeral expenses paid directly to a mortuary or funeral home
- Meals consumed in the hospital during cancer treatment
- Rent or mortgage payments to prevent eviction or foreclosure of the primary residence during cancer treatment
- Sibling childcare during cancer treatment
- Tutoring, counseling, and other education expenses during cancer treatment
- Uber, Lyft, taxi, rental, gas, car-payment, and car-repair expenses incurred during cancer treatment
Does not cover
- Clothing
- Expenses submitted or intended for reimbursement by another public or private agency or flexible spending plan
- Legal fees
- Recreational drugs, tobacco, electronic cigarettes, or alcoholic beverages
- Rental security deposits
- Restaurant or grocery expenses
- Active treatment: $4,000 limit during the first 12 months after initial diagnosis, relapse, or transplant; $2,000 per year in subsequent treatment years; total assistance is limited to $4,000 per 12-month period.
- Funeral expenses: up to $2,000 paid to the mortuary or funeral home.
- Off therapy: up to $1,000 per 12-month period for up to 24 months after active treatment.
- Families may submit eligible expenses during the applicable treatment or off-therapy period, within the published 12-month limits.
Childcare
Financial Assistance Program — childcare
HCCF currently offers preliminary online intake for a child receiving cancer treatment in Hawaii regardless of domicile, or a Hawaii-domiciled child receiving cancer-related treatment out of state, plus the child’s parent or legal guardian. The child was diagnosed through age 21, or may be up to age 25 when the treating oncologist identifies a pediatric cancer. Current pages list insurance-uncovered housing, utilities, and transportation but omit limits, eligibility period, documents, reimbursement deadline, decision time, and funding status.
Amount not published
Can cover
- Cancer-related medical expenses not covered by insurance
- Cancer-treatment airfare, ground transportation, and lodging
- Essential water, electricity, gas, or cell-phone bills to prevent shutoff during cancer treatment
- Funeral expenses paid directly to a mortuary or funeral home
- Meals consumed in the hospital during cancer treatment
- Rent or mortgage payments to prevent eviction or foreclosure of the primary residence during cancer treatment
- Sibling childcare during cancer treatment
- Tutoring, counseling, and other education expenses during cancer treatment
- Uber, Lyft, taxi, rental, gas, car-payment, and car-repair expenses incurred during cancer treatment
Does not cover
- Clothing
- Expenses submitted or intended for reimbursement by another public or private agency or flexible spending plan
- Legal fees
- Recreational drugs, tobacco, electronic cigarettes, or alcoholic beverages
- Rental security deposits
- Restaurant or grocery expenses
- Active treatment: $4,000 limit during the first 12 months after initial diagnosis, relapse, or transplant; $2,000 per year in subsequent treatment years; total assistance is limited to $4,000 per 12-month period.
- Funeral expenses: up to $2,000 paid to the mortuary or funeral home.
- Off therapy: up to $1,000 per 12-month period for up to 24 months after active treatment.
- Families may submit eligible expenses during the applicable treatment or off-therapy period, within the published 12-month limits.
Household Bills And Cash Assistance
Financial Assistance Program — household bills and cash assistance
HCCF currently offers preliminary online intake for a child receiving cancer treatment in Hawaii regardless of domicile, or a Hawaii-domiciled child receiving cancer-related treatment out of state, plus the child’s parent or legal guardian. The child was diagnosed through age 21, or may be up to age 25 when the treating oncologist identifies a pediatric cancer. Current pages list insurance-uncovered housing, utilities, and transportation but omit limits, eligibility period, documents, reimbursement deadline, decision time, and funding status.
Amount not published
Can cover
- Cancer-related medical expenses not covered by insurance
- Cancer-treatment airfare, ground transportation, and lodging
- Essential water, electricity, gas, or cell-phone bills to prevent shutoff during cancer treatment
- Funeral expenses paid directly to a mortuary or funeral home
- Meals consumed in the hospital during cancer treatment
- Rent or mortgage payments to prevent eviction or foreclosure of the primary residence during cancer treatment
- Sibling childcare during cancer treatment
- Tutoring, counseling, and other education expenses during cancer treatment
- Uber, Lyft, taxi, rental, gas, car-payment, and car-repair expenses incurred during cancer treatment
Does not cover
- Clothing
- Expenses submitted or intended for reimbursement by another public or private agency or flexible spending plan
- Legal fees
- Recreational drugs, tobacco, electronic cigarettes, or alcoholic beverages
- Rental security deposits
- Restaurant or grocery expenses
- Active treatment: $4,000 limit during the first 12 months after initial diagnosis, relapse, or transplant; $2,000 per year in subsequent treatment years; total assistance is limited to $4,000 per 12-month period.
- Funeral expenses: up to $2,000 paid to the mortuary or funeral home.
- Off therapy: up to $1,000 per 12-month period for up to 24 months after active treatment.
- Families may submit eligible expenses during the applicable treatment or off-therapy period, within the published 12-month limits.
Lodging Near Treatment
Financial Assistance Program — lodging near treatment
HCCF currently offers preliminary online intake for a child receiving cancer treatment in Hawaii regardless of domicile, or a Hawaii-domiciled child receiving cancer-related treatment out of state, plus the child’s parent or legal guardian. The child was diagnosed through age 21, or may be up to age 25 when the treating oncologist identifies a pediatric cancer. Current pages list insurance-uncovered housing, utilities, and transportation but omit limits, eligibility period, documents, reimbursement deadline, decision time, and funding status.
Amount not published
Can cover
- Cancer-related medical expenses not covered by insurance
- Cancer-treatment airfare, ground transportation, and lodging
- Essential water, electricity, gas, or cell-phone bills to prevent shutoff during cancer treatment
- Funeral expenses paid directly to a mortuary or funeral home
- Meals consumed in the hospital during cancer treatment
- Rent or mortgage payments to prevent eviction or foreclosure of the primary residence during cancer treatment
- Sibling childcare during cancer treatment
- Tutoring, counseling, and other education expenses during cancer treatment
- Uber, Lyft, taxi, rental, gas, car-payment, and car-repair expenses incurred during cancer treatment
Does not cover
- Clothing
- Expenses submitted or intended for reimbursement by another public or private agency or flexible spending plan
- Legal fees
- Recreational drugs, tobacco, electronic cigarettes, or alcoholic beverages
- Rental security deposits
- Restaurant or grocery expenses
- Active treatment: $4,000 limit during the first 12 months after initial diagnosis, relapse, or transplant; $2,000 per year in subsequent treatment years; total assistance is limited to $4,000 per 12-month period.
- Funeral expenses: up to $2,000 paid to the mortuary or funeral home.
- Off therapy: up to $1,000 per 12-month period for up to 24 months after active treatment.
- Families may submit eligible expenses during the applicable treatment or off-therapy period, within the published 12-month limits.
Meals And Food
Financial Assistance Program — meals and food
HCCF currently offers preliminary online intake for a child receiving cancer treatment in Hawaii regardless of domicile, or a Hawaii-domiciled child receiving cancer-related treatment out of state, plus the child’s parent or legal guardian. The child was diagnosed through age 21, or may be up to age 25 when the treating oncologist identifies a pediatric cancer. Current pages list insurance-uncovered housing, utilities, and transportation but omit limits, eligibility period, documents, reimbursement deadline, decision time, and funding status.
Amount not published
Can cover
- Cancer-related medical expenses not covered by insurance
- Cancer-treatment airfare, ground transportation, and lodging
- Essential water, electricity, gas, or cell-phone bills to prevent shutoff during cancer treatment
- Funeral expenses paid directly to a mortuary or funeral home
- Meals consumed in the hospital during cancer treatment
- Rent or mortgage payments to prevent eviction or foreclosure of the primary residence during cancer treatment
- Sibling childcare during cancer treatment
- Tutoring, counseling, and other education expenses during cancer treatment
- Uber, Lyft, taxi, rental, gas, car-payment, and car-repair expenses incurred during cancer treatment
Does not cover
- Clothing
- Expenses submitted or intended for reimbursement by another public or private agency or flexible spending plan
- Legal fees
- Recreational drugs, tobacco, electronic cigarettes, or alcoholic beverages
- Rental security deposits
- Restaurant or grocery expenses
- Active treatment: $4,000 limit during the first 12 months after initial diagnosis, relapse, or transplant; $2,000 per year in subsequent treatment years; total assistance is limited to $4,000 per 12-month period.
- Funeral expenses: up to $2,000 paid to the mortuary or funeral home.
- Off therapy: up to $1,000 per 12-month period for up to 24 months after active treatment.
- Families may submit eligible expenses during the applicable treatment or off-therapy period, within the published 12-month limits.
Medical And Insurance Costs
Financial Assistance Program — medical and insurance costs
HCCF currently offers preliminary online intake for a child receiving cancer treatment in Hawaii regardless of domicile, or a Hawaii-domiciled child receiving cancer-related treatment out of state, plus the child’s parent or legal guardian. The child was diagnosed through age 21, or may be up to age 25 when the treating oncologist identifies a pediatric cancer. Current pages list insurance-uncovered housing, utilities, and transportation but omit limits, eligibility period, documents, reimbursement deadline, decision time, and funding status.
Amount not published
Can cover
- Cancer-related medical expenses not covered by insurance
- Cancer-treatment airfare, ground transportation, and lodging
- Essential water, electricity, gas, or cell-phone bills to prevent shutoff during cancer treatment
- Funeral expenses paid directly to a mortuary or funeral home
- Meals consumed in the hospital during cancer treatment
- Rent or mortgage payments to prevent eviction or foreclosure of the primary residence during cancer treatment
- Sibling childcare during cancer treatment
- Tutoring, counseling, and other education expenses during cancer treatment
- Uber, Lyft, taxi, rental, gas, car-payment, and car-repair expenses incurred during cancer treatment
Does not cover
- Clothing
- Expenses submitted or intended for reimbursement by another public or private agency or flexible spending plan
- Legal fees
- Recreational drugs, tobacco, electronic cigarettes, or alcoholic beverages
- Rental security deposits
- Restaurant or grocery expenses
- Active treatment: $4,000 limit during the first 12 months after initial diagnosis, relapse, or transplant; $2,000 per year in subsequent treatment years; total assistance is limited to $4,000 per 12-month period.
- Funeral expenses: up to $2,000 paid to the mortuary or funeral home.
- Off therapy: up to $1,000 per 12-month period for up to 24 months after active treatment.
- Families may submit eligible expenses during the applicable treatment or off-therapy period, within the published 12-month limits.
Travel And Transportation
Financial Assistance Program — travel and transportation
HCCF currently offers preliminary online intake for a child receiving cancer treatment in Hawaii regardless of domicile, or a Hawaii-domiciled child receiving cancer-related treatment out of state, plus the child’s parent or legal guardian. The child was diagnosed through age 21, or may be up to age 25 when the treating oncologist identifies a pediatric cancer. Current pages list insurance-uncovered housing, utilities, and transportation but omit limits, eligibility period, documents, reimbursement deadline, decision time, and funding status.
Amount not published
Can cover
- Cancer-related medical expenses not covered by insurance
- Cancer-treatment airfare, ground transportation, and lodging
- Essential water, electricity, gas, or cell-phone bills to prevent shutoff during cancer treatment
- Funeral expenses paid directly to a mortuary or funeral home
- Meals consumed in the hospital during cancer treatment
- Rent or mortgage payments to prevent eviction or foreclosure of the primary residence during cancer treatment
- Sibling childcare during cancer treatment
- Tutoring, counseling, and other education expenses during cancer treatment
- Uber, Lyft, taxi, rental, gas, car-payment, and car-repair expenses incurred during cancer treatment
Does not cover
- Clothing
- Expenses submitted or intended for reimbursement by another public or private agency or flexible spending plan
- Legal fees
- Recreational drugs, tobacco, electronic cigarettes, or alcoholic beverages
- Rental security deposits
- Restaurant or grocery expenses
- Active treatment: $4,000 limit during the first 12 months after initial diagnosis, relapse, or transplant; $2,000 per year in subsequent treatment years; total assistance is limited to $4,000 per 12-month period.
- Funeral expenses: up to $2,000 paid to the mortuary or funeral home.
- Off therapy: up to $1,000 per 12-month period for up to 24 months after active treatment.
- Families may submit eligible expenses during the applicable treatment or off-therapy period, within the published 12-month limits.
- The published monetary limit is shared across the listed benefit components.
Why this may help
Bereavement And Memorial Support: Funeral costs are included with their own cap alongside assistance during treatment.
Childcare: Childcare can be included among the family costs this assistance covers.
Lodging Near Treatment: Lodging help is included when treatment takes you away from home.
Meals And Food: Meals can be covered alongside housing and medical expenses.
Medical And Insurance Costs: Medical expenses insurance does not cover are included alongside living and travel costs.
Travel And Transportation: Travel and vehicle costs can be included alongside treatment and living expenses.
Check the main eligibility rules
Diagnosis
B-ALL is in scope. The official eligibility rules accept any form of cancer in a child and expressly cover cancer treatment; pediatric B-ALL is within that scope.
Age
Age 0 to age 21, measured at diagnosis.
- The rules define a Child as a person diagnosed with any cancer through the 21st year of age or a person up to age 25 diagnosed with a pediatric cancer as determined by a treating oncologist.
- 2026-09-07 F01: Diagnosis through age 21 is the general rule; up to age 25 additionally requires treating-oncologist classification as pediatric cancer.
Treatment status
Relapse Or Recurrence
- A provider must verify the patient or diagnosis.
- A treating medical professional must sign the enrollment application.
- Active treatment or end-of-life care must be confirmed by the health care provider.
- The application asks the family to select an income range, but the reviewed guidelines do not publish an income cutoff or means test.
- Assistance is intended for cancer-treatment expenses or basic necessities affected by treatment-related income disruption.
- Expenses already submitted or intended for reimbursement by another source are excluded.
Where you live and where your child is treated
Where your family lives
You must live in: HI.
- A child domiciled in Hawaii may receive cancer-related treatment out of state.
Where your child is treated
No treatment-location restriction is published.
- A child receiving cancer treatment in Hawaii may apply regardless of domicile, or a Hawaii-domiciled child may receive cancer-related treatment out of state.
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
- Complete the Authorization to Release Information Form and have it signed and witnessed.
- Complete the Financial Assistance Application Form and have it signed by the primary family contact and treating medical professional.
- Confirm the current full application, documents, eligibility period, and reimbursement workflow with staff.
- For each requested expense, submit a Financial Assistance Request Form and corresponding receipts within the published deadline.
- Submit the enrollment documents to HCCF.
- Submit the preliminary three-field online form or contact HCCF.
- Wait for the Financial Assistance Committee to review and process the request.
Ways to apply or ask
- Web Form · Open form or page
- Downloadable Form · Open form or page
Documents to prepare
- Authorization to Release Information Form signed and witnessed
- Corresponding receipts
- Financial Assistance Application Form signed by the treating medical professional and primary family contact
- Financial Assistance Request Form for each request
- Most approved expenses are reimbursed; funeral expenses are paid directly to the mortuary or funeral home.
- The Financial Assistance Committee reviews requests.
Availability and timing
| Program | Active |
|---|---|
| Applications | Open |
| Funding or space | Fund Dependent |
| Application window | Not Published |
| Last checked | Aug 27, 2026 |
- The current official site presents the program, invites families to request assistance, and links the application materials.
- The guidelines state that HCCF resources are limited and any request may be subject to budget restrictions.
- A live preliminary intake form is visible; complete operational details are not published.
- Request forms and receipts must be submitted no later than 90 days after the end of the eligibility period for expenses incurred during that period.
- HCCF states that it is not responsible for meeting bill-payment or reimbursement deadlines.
Limitations and things to confirm
- All assistance requests remain subject to budget restrictions and committee discretion.
- Current dollar limits and eligibility period are not published.
- Do not rely on the unlinked February 2020 guidelines without HCCF confirmation.
- Expenses reimbursed or intended for reimbursement elsewhere are excluded.
- The program does not promise to meet a bill-payment or reimbursement deadline.
- The publicly linked detailed guidelines are marked revised February 2020 even though the program and application link are current.
- Confirm limits, period, expenses, exclusions, documents, workflow, timing, funding, and service languages.
Official sources
Program details were last verified Aug 24, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.
- Financial Assistance Application Form — Hawaii Children's Cancer Foundation · checked Aug 27, 2026
- HCCF Financial Assistance Program Guidelines · checked Aug 27, 2026
- Programs — Hawaii Children's Cancer Foundation · checked Aug 27, 2026
- Financial Assistance Program · checked Aug 24, 2026
- Annual Workshops and Family Events · checked Aug 24, 2026