Hope.Cope.Heal.
Support Groups · About this organization
What you get
Free online or in-person groups connect childhood-cancer family members with people who understand the experience.
How to start
You can prepare the official online application.
Good to know
- Waitlist placement requires the oncology-team statement and releases.
- Placement follows receipt of required documents; service begins after requested resources are secured.
The details, as published
Free online or in-person support groups for eligible childhood-cancer family members; the shared application offers parent, adolescent patient, adolescent sibling, grandparent, and other group waitlists.
What help you may get
Peer And Emotional Support
Childhood-cancer family support groups
Free online or in-person groups connect childhood-cancer family members with people who understand the experience.
Noncash help
Can cover
- Parent support group
- Adolescent patient group
- Adolescent sibling group
- Grandparent group
- Provided without charge to eligible participants.
Check the main eligibility rules
Diagnosis
B-ALL is in scope. B-ALL is a childhood cancer and the published eligibility covers a child currently or previously diagnosed with cancer.
Age
The program does not publish an age limit.
- No numeric age boundary is published.
Treatment status
Active Treatment, Maintenance Treatment, Relapse Or Recurrence, Post Treatment, Survivorship
- The child may be currently or previously diagnosed with cancer.
Where you live and where your child is treated
Where your family lives
Residence coverage is not published clearly; confirm with the program.
- The official pages do not publish a residence restriction; online or in-person delivery does not by itself establish nationwide eligibility.
Where your child is treated
Treatment-location rules are not published clearly; confirm with the program.
Where the service, camp, stay, or experience happens
- Online therapy — Online is an available service-delivery format; it does not establish residence eligibility.
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
- Submit the official online application.
- Invite the applicant to schedule a brief coordinator phone call.
- Complete the physician statement requested by the parent or guardian.
- Complete the physician and therapist release authorizations and confirm all required signatures.
- Place the family on the applicable waitlist after all required documents are received.
Ways to apply or ask
- Web Form · Open form or page
- Phone — The coordinator call is scheduled after application; no direct number is published for this step.
Documents to prepare
- Hope Cope Heal Physician Statement Form completed by the oncology team.
- Release authorizations for the physician and therapist.
- Hope Cope Heal adds the applicant to the waitlist after receiving all required documents and notifies the family once requested resources have been secured.
Availability and timing
| Program | Active |
|---|---|
| Applications | Waitlist |
| Funding or space | Fund Dependent |
| Application window | Rolling |
| Last checked | Aug 27, 2026 |
- Placement follows receipt of required documents; service begins after requested resources are secured.
- Applications are accepted into a waitlist; service depends on securing requested resources.
Limitations and things to confirm
- Group schedule, modality by group, geography, and capacity are not published.
- Grandparents are eligible for group services only.
- Waitlist placement requires the oncology-team statement and releases.
- Which states can currently receive therapy scholarships or clinician referrals?
- What secure channel returns completed PDFs?
Official sources
Program details were last verified Aug 27, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.
- About Hope.Cope.Heal. · checked Aug 27, 2026
- Apply for Therapy Services · checked Aug 27, 2026
- Hope Cope Heal Initial Application · checked Aug 27, 2026
- Physician and Medical Information / Physician's Statement and Authorization · checked Aug 27, 2026
- Authorization and Consent for Release of Information · checked Aug 27, 2026