Hope for Autumn Foundation
Assistance Request · About this organization
What you get
Help with funeral expenses, gas cards, grocery-store gift cards, medical expenses, rent, travel vouchers and utilities.
How to start
Fill in the online application as fully as possible.
Good to know
- The official page publishes no numerical age, income, asset, award-ceiling, or repeat-award rule.
- The page explicitly states that requests are honored based on available funding and other factors.
The details, as published
Hope for Autumn Foundation considers financial-assistance requests from families battling childhood cancer whose child is treated at Children's of Alabama. The program has previously paid rent, utilities, medical expenses, gas cards, travel vouchers, grocery-store gift cards, and funeral expenses. A parent or guardian submits the current online form, authorizes diagnosis verification with hospital social workers and medical staff, and should allow up to two weeks for processing. Awards are case-by-case and depend on other applications and available funds.
What help you may get
Bereavement And Memorial Support
Assistance Request — bereavement and memorial support
Hope for Autumn Foundation considers financial-assistance requests from families battling childhood cancer whose child is treated at Children's of Alabama. The program has previously paid rent, utilities, medical expenses, gas cards, travel vouchers, grocery-store gift cards, and funeral expenses. A parent or guardian submits the current online form, authorizes diagnosis verification with hospital social workers and medical staff, and should allow up to two weeks for processing. Awards are case-by-case and depend on other applications and available funds.
Amount decided by the program
Can cover
- Funeral expenses
- Gas cards
- Grocery-store gift cards
- Medical expenses
- Rent
- Travel vouchers
- Utilities
- The applicant enters an amount requested, but the official page publishes no minimum or maximum award.
- The form asks about assistance received from the foundation in the last 12 months but does not publish a repeat-award rule.
Household Bills And Cash Assistance
Assistance Request — household bills and cash assistance
Hope for Autumn Foundation considers financial-assistance requests from families battling childhood cancer whose child is treated at Children's of Alabama. The program has previously paid rent, utilities, medical expenses, gas cards, travel vouchers, grocery-store gift cards, and funeral expenses. A parent or guardian submits the current online form, authorizes diagnosis verification with hospital social workers and medical staff, and should allow up to two weeks for processing. Awards are case-by-case and depend on other applications and available funds.
Amount decided by the program
Can cover
- Funeral expenses
- Gas cards
- Grocery-store gift cards
- Medical expenses
- Rent
- Travel vouchers
- Utilities
- The applicant enters an amount requested, but the official page publishes no minimum or maximum award.
- The form asks about assistance received from the foundation in the last 12 months but does not publish a repeat-award rule.
Meals And Food
Assistance Request — meals and food
Hope for Autumn Foundation considers financial-assistance requests from families battling childhood cancer whose child is treated at Children's of Alabama. The program has previously paid rent, utilities, medical expenses, gas cards, travel vouchers, grocery-store gift cards, and funeral expenses. A parent or guardian submits the current online form, authorizes diagnosis verification with hospital social workers and medical staff, and should allow up to two weeks for processing. Awards are case-by-case and depend on other applications and available funds.
Amount decided by the program
Can cover
- Funeral expenses
- Gas cards
- Grocery-store gift cards
- Medical expenses
- Rent
- Travel vouchers
- Utilities
- The applicant enters an amount requested, but the official page publishes no minimum or maximum award.
- The form asks about assistance received from the foundation in the last 12 months but does not publish a repeat-award rule.
Medical And Insurance Costs
Assistance Request — medical and insurance costs
Hope for Autumn Foundation considers financial-assistance requests from families battling childhood cancer whose child is treated at Children's of Alabama. The program has previously paid rent, utilities, medical expenses, gas cards, travel vouchers, grocery-store gift cards, and funeral expenses. A parent or guardian submits the current online form, authorizes diagnosis verification with hospital social workers and medical staff, and should allow up to two weeks for processing. Awards are case-by-case and depend on other applications and available funds.
Amount decided by the program
Can cover
- Funeral expenses
- Gas cards
- Grocery-store gift cards
- Medical expenses
- Rent
- Travel vouchers
- Utilities
- The applicant enters an amount requested, but the official page publishes no minimum or maximum award.
- The form asks about assistance received from the foundation in the last 12 months but does not publish a repeat-award rule.
Travel And Transportation
Assistance Request — travel and transportation
Hope for Autumn Foundation considers financial-assistance requests from families battling childhood cancer whose child is treated at Children's of Alabama. The program has previously paid rent, utilities, medical expenses, gas cards, travel vouchers, grocery-store gift cards, and funeral expenses. A parent or guardian submits the current online form, authorizes diagnosis verification with hospital social workers and medical staff, and should allow up to two weeks for processing. Awards are case-by-case and depend on other applications and available funds.
Amount decided by the program
Can cover
- Funeral expenses
- Gas cards
- Grocery-store gift cards
- Medical expenses
- Rent
- Travel vouchers
- Utilities
- The applicant enters an amount requested, but the official page publishes no minimum or maximum award.
- The form asks about assistance received from the foundation in the last 12 months but does not publish a repeat-award rule.
- The published monetary limit is shared across the listed benefit components.
Why this may help
Bereavement And Memorial Support: Funeral expenses are among the needs the foundation has previously helped pay.
Household Bills And Cash Assistance: Past assistance includes rent and utilities when treatment creates financial pressure.
Meals And Food: Grocery-store gift cards are among the forms of assistance the foundation has given.
Medical And Insurance Costs: Medical expenses can be considered alongside the help with everyday bills.
Travel And Transportation: Gas cards and travel vouchers can help with getting to treatment.
Check the main eligibility rules
Diagnosis
B-ALL is in scope. The official application accepts families battling childhood cancer at Children's of Alabama; pediatric B-ALL is within that diagnosis scope.
Age
The program does not publish an age limit.
- The official page says 'childhood cancer' and requires the child's date of birth, but it does not publish a numerical age limit or rule event.
Treatment status
No specific treatment status is published.
- A provider must verify the patient or diagnosis.
- The child must be a patient at Children's of Alabama.
- The parent authorizes Hope for Autumn to contact hospital social workers and medical staff and authorizes the hospital to release information or records needed to verify diagnosis.
- The official application does not ask for or publish a household-income threshold.
- The applicant states the amount requested and describes what the assistance will be used for.
- The form asks whether the family received Hope for Autumn assistance during the prior 12 months, but the page does not state how that answer affects eligibility.
Where you live and where your child is treated
Where your family lives
Residence coverage is not published clearly; confirm with the program.
Where your child is treated
Treatment must be connected to: The child must be treated at Children's of Alabama..
- The child must be treated at Children's of Alabama.
Where the service, camp, stay, or experience happens
- Alabama — Alabama — Alabama
- Birmingham, Alabama — Birmingham, Alabama
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
- Authorize diagnosis verification and release of information from Children's of Alabama and attest that the application is accurate.
- Complete the online application as fully as possible.
- Enter parent names, home address, county, email, phone, amount requested, intended use, and any prior Hope for Autumn assistance in the last 12 months.
- Enter the child's identity, date of birth, diagnosis, cancer history, and Children's of Alabama patient status.
- Submit the form and allow up to two weeks for processing; email the executive director if emergency assistance is needed.
Ways to apply or ask
- Email · amandaknerr@hopeforautumnfoundation.org — The official page directs emergency requests to Amanda Knerr, executive director.
- Online Portal · Open form or page
Documents to prepare
The program does not publish a document checklist. Ask before gathering paperwork.
- A final decision depends on other submitted applications and available funds.
- The Executive Board evaluates each request case by case.
- The page describes direct payments of rent, utilities, medical expenses, and funeral expenses and provision of cards or vouchers, but it does not publish the exact fulfillment process for each category.
Availability and timing
| Program | Active |
|---|---|
| Applications | Not Published |
| Funding or space | Fund Dependent |
| Application window | Rolling |
| Last checked | Aug 23, 2026 |
- The official online application was active and accepted submissions on the research date.
- The page explicitly states that requests are honored based on available funding and other factors.
- The online form was active on the research date and no seasonal window was published.
- The official page says to allow up to two weeks for processing; emergency requests may be emailed to the executive director.
- Allow up to two weeks for the request to be processed.
Limitations and things to confirm
- Awards are case-by-case and subject to available funding and other pending applications.
- The application requires authorization to verify the diagnosis and release relevant information from Children's of Alabama.
- The child must be treated at Children's of Alabama.
- The official page publishes no numerical age, income, asset, award-ceiling, or repeat-award rule.
- Does the program require demonstrated financial need even though the form publishes no income or asset questions?
- How does assistance received in the prior 12 months affect a new request?
- Is there a current per-award, annual, or lifetime dollar ceiling?
- What numerical age limit and treatment-status rule apply?
- Which benefit categories are paid to vendors versus delivered as cards or vouchers?
- Which expense documentation or vendor records may the board request after submission?
Official sources
Program details were last verified Aug 23, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.
- Assistance Application — Hope for Autumn Foundation · checked Aug 23, 2026
- Contact — Hope for Autumn Foundation · checked Aug 23, 2026