HUGS
Parent Peer Support Gatherings · About this organization
What you get
Time with other parents and caregivers raising a child with a life-threatening illness.
How to start
Fill in HUGS family enrollment and physician diagnosis verification.
The details, as published
HUGS offers parents and caregivers opportunities to connect with others raising a child with a life-threatening illness, share experience, and receive mutual emotional support; current meeting dates and formats are not publicly scheduled.
What help you may get
Peer And Emotional Support
Parent Peer Support Gatherings — peer and emotional support
HUGS offers parents and caregivers opportunities to connect with others raising a child with a life-threatening illness, share experience, and receive mutual emotional support; current meeting dates and formats are not publicly scheduled.
Amount not published
Check the main eligibility rules
Diagnosis
B-ALL is in scope. HUGS expressly includes cancer in its life-threatening-illness eligibility for Hawaii children through age 21.
Age
Age 0 to age 21, measured at application.
Treatment status
No specific treatment status is published.
Where you live and where your child is treated
Where your family lives
You must live in: HI.
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.
- Complete HUGS family enrollment and physician diagnosis verification.
- Contact the family-services team for the current component schedule or request process.
Ways to apply or ask
- Online Portal · Open form or page
- Web Form
Documents to prepare
The program does not publish a document checklist. Ask before gathering paperwork.
Availability and timing
| Program | Active |
|---|---|
| Applications | Call To Confirm |
| Funding or space | Not Published |
| Application window | Not Published |
| Last checked | Aug 24, 2026 |
Limitations and things to confirm
- Current dates, capacity, benefit frequency, and component-level requirements are not fully published.
- Confirm current schedule, capacity, cost, and exact access rules.
Official sources
Program details were last verified Aug 24, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.
- Family Events · checked Aug 24, 2026