Written by a parent, not a doctor. Nothing here is medical advice.

Imerman Angels

Caregiver Mentor Angel Support · About this organization

What you get

A one-to-one mentor who has cared for someone with cancer, matched to your situation, by phone or message.

How to start

Fill in the caregiver support registration with contact, demographic, loved-one cancer, communication-preference, and support-topic information.

Good to know

  • A match depends on finding a compatible volunteer; there is no deadline.

The details, as published

B-ALL is in scope Open

Free personalized one-to-one peer mentorship for a family member or friend caring for, or affected by the loss of, a person with cancer, matched by cancer experience and life background.

What help you may get

Peer And Emotional Support

Personalized caregiver peer mentorship

Imerman Angels personally matches a caregiver with a trained volunteer caregiver mentor whose cancer and life experience is similar, providing a supportive space for conversation and connection.

Noncash help · As Needed

Can cover

  • Cancer Support Specialist assessment
  • Personalized caregiver mentor match
  • One-to-one peer conversations

Does not cover

  • Medical advice
  • Professional mental-health treatment
  • Financial advice
  • Communication frequency is selected during registration and agreed with the match.

Check the main eligibility rules

Diagnosis

B-ALL is in scope. The caregiver pathway accepts anyone supporting a person with a cancer diagnosis, so a parent caring for a child with B-ALL is included.

Age

No numeric age limit is published.

  • The caregiver, rather than the child, is the support seeker; no caregiver age minimum is published on the reviewed pages.

Treatment status

Newly Diagnosed, Active Treatment, Maintenance Treatment, Relapse Or Recurrence, Within One Year Post Treatment, Post Treatment, Survivorship, Palliative Or Hospice, Bereavement

  • Caregiver support is available during care and after the loved one's death.

Where you live and where your child is treated

Where your family lives

No residence restriction is published.

Where your child is treated

No treatment-location restriction is published.

Where the service, camp, stay, or experience happens
  • Remote mentor connection — Mentors and support seekers may communicate by phone, email, text, video chat, or WhatsApp according to preference.

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, Caregiver

  1. Complete the caregiver support registration with contact, demographic, loved-one cancer, communication-preference, and support-topic information.
  2. Schedule and complete an assessment with a Cancer Support Specialist using the registration flow.
  3. Search for a compatible caregiver mentor and introduce the support seeker when a match is finalized.

Ways to apply or ask

  • Web Form · Open form or page — The current form is conditional and multi-page; the direct fetch timed out during the final audit, although indexed form content confirmed it is live.
  • Phone · 866-463-7626 — Call for disability accommodations or registration help.

Documents to prepare

The program does not publish a document checklist. Ask before gathering paperwork.

Availability and timing

ProgramActive
ApplicationsOpen
Funding or spaceNot Applicable
Application windowRolling
Last checkedAug 27, 2026
  • The registration route and phone support are current; timing for a compatible mentor match is not published.
  • The request links are live and no deadline is published; match availability depends on a compatible volunteer.

Limitations and things to confirm

  • Peer mentors do not provide medical, mental-health, financial, or other professional advice.
  • A compatible volunteer match is not guaranteed and match timing is not published.
  • The complete conditional caregiver-registration workflow could not be reliably rendered during research.
  • What complete current conditional questions, required fields, consent controls, and assessment scheduling steps appear in the caregiver registration?

Official sources

Program details were last verified Aug 27, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.

Official program