Julia’s Grace Foundation
Grace Program · About this organization
What you get
Up to $1,000 per family each year for a nonmedical bill, such as utilities, mortgage, car payments, or an unexpected car repair.
How to start
Your social worker sends the request by email after you both sign the Grace Request Form; give them your bill copies and treatment details.
Good to know
- Payment goes straight to the business that sent the bill.
- You need financial hardship caused by treatment.
The details, as published
Julia’s Grace Foundation pays up to $1,000 per family per year toward a specific nonmedical bill for a child under 18 who is currently in cancer treatment and whose family is experiencing treatment-related financial hardship. Published examples include electricity, phone, mortgage, car-loan, and unexpected car-repair bills, with payment made directly to the invoice issuer. The program focuses on Pennsylvania families but may consider requests from outside Pennsylvania as its budget permits. A social worker, child life worker, or primary physician refers the family using the downloadable form, which is emailed to the foundation with supporting bills.
What help you may get
Household Bills And Cash Assistance
Grace Program — household bills and cash assistance
Julia’s Grace Foundation pays up to $1,000 per family per year toward a specific nonmedical bill for a child under 18 who is currently in cancer treatment and whose family is experiencing treatment-related financial hardship. Published examples include electricity, phone, mortgage, car-loan, and unexpected car-repair bills, with payment made directly to the invoice issuer. The program focuses on Pennsylvania families but may consider requests from outside Pennsylvania as its budget permits. A social worker, child life worker, or primary physician refers the family using the downloadable form, which is emailed to the foundation with supporting bills.
Up to $1,000
Can cover
- Car-loan payment
- Electric bill
- Mortgage payment
- Other approved specific nonmedical bill
- Phone bill
- Unexpected car repair
Does not cover
- Cash paid directly to the family
- A family may request up to $1,000 in Grace assistance per year.
- The official pages publish a maximum of $1,000 per family per year but do not state whether that amount may be split across multiple payments or whether a full 12 months must elapse between requests.
Travel And Transportation
Grace Program — travel and transportation
Julia’s Grace Foundation pays up to $1,000 per family per year toward a specific nonmedical bill for a child under 18 who is currently in cancer treatment and whose family is experiencing treatment-related financial hardship. Published examples include electricity, phone, mortgage, car-loan, and unexpected car-repair bills, with payment made directly to the invoice issuer. The program focuses on Pennsylvania families but may consider requests from outside Pennsylvania as its budget permits. A social worker, child life worker, or primary physician refers the family using the downloadable form, which is emailed to the foundation with supporting bills.
Up to $1,000
Can cover
- Car-loan payment
- Electric bill
- Mortgage payment
- Other approved specific nonmedical bill
- Phone bill
- Unexpected car repair
Does not cover
- Cash paid directly to the family
- A family may request up to $1,000 in Grace assistance per year.
- The official pages publish a maximum of $1,000 per family per year but do not state whether that amount may be split across multiple payments or whether a full 12 months must elapse between requests.
- The published monetary limit is shared across the listed benefit components.
Why this may help
Travel And Transportation: Car payments or an unexpected repair can be covered as a nonmedical family bill.
Check the main eligibility rules
Diagnosis
B-ALL is in scope. The program covers children under 18 who are currently in treatment for childhood cancer, so a child in active treatment for B-ALL is within the published diagnosis and age rules.
Age
Age 0 to age 17, measured at application.
- The official program page says the child must be under age 18.
Treatment status
No specific treatment status is published.
- A provider must verify the patient or diagnosis.
- A social worker, child life worker, or primary physician must refer the child and family.
- The application includes medical information and a section for social-worker review and signature.
Financial need is required.
- No numerical income threshold or income-document rule is published.
- The family must be experiencing financial hardship directly resulting from the child’s cancer treatment and care.
- The request must identify a specific bill and include copies of the bills to be paid.
Where you live and where your child is treated
Where your family lives
You must live in: Published program service area in US-PA.
- Pennsylvania is the confirmed focus, but the program explicitly may consider out-of-state requests as budget permits. Preserve Pennsylvania as a confirmed match without making it an exclusive state list.
- Requests from outside Pennsylvania may be considered as the budget permits; no additional eligible states or boundaries are published.
- The program focuses on Pennsylvania families.
Where your child is treated
Treatment-location rules are not published clearly; confirm with the program.
How to get started
Set up the ask for my social worker
Does a social worker or care team need to start it? Yes. Ask your child’s social worker or care team to begin the request.
Who can start: Healthcare Team, Parent Or Guardian, Social Worker
- Ask the child’s social worker, child life worker, or primary physician for a Grace Program referral.
- Attach copies of the specific bills requested for payment.
- Complete the Grace Request Form with the requested family, bill, diagnosis, and active-treatment information.
- Email the completed request to admin@juliasgracefoundation.org.
- Have the social-worker section reviewed and signed.
Ways to apply or ask
- Online Portal · Open form or page
Documents to prepare
- Child’s diagnosis and active-treatment information
- Completed and signed social-worker section
- Completed Grace Request Form
- Copies of the bills requested for payment
- Parent or guardian signature
- If approved, Julia’s Grace Foundation pays the issuer of the invoice directly on behalf of the family.
Availability and timing
| Program | Active |
|---|---|
| Applications | Not Published |
| Funding or space | Fund Dependent |
| Application window | Rolling |
| Last checked | Aug 24, 2026 |
- Awards are expressly subject to funds being available at the time of application.
- The official Grace page currently links the application form.
- The form is currently linked and no seasonal or monthly application window is published.
- The form says the foundation will do its best to respond within two to three days.
- The foundation says it will do its best to respond within two to three days.
Limitations and things to confirm
- A social worker, child life worker, or primary physician must refer the family.
- Assistance is limited to $1,000 per family per year and depends on available funds.
- Payment is made directly to the invoice issuer, not to the family.
- The family must have a child under 18 currently in cancer treatment.
- The program focuses on Pennsylvania; support outside Pennsylvania is discretionary and depends on the budget.
- The reviewed Grace pages describe payment of specific nonmedical household bills and do not identify medical bills as covered expenses.
- How much funding is currently available?
- May a family split the annual $1,000 maximum across more than one approved bill?
- Which financial-hardship factors are used in review?
- Which states outside Pennsylvania are currently considered?
Official sources
Program details were last verified Aug 24, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.
- GRACE — Julia’s Grace Foundation · checked Aug 24, 2026
- Request for Family Financial Grace · checked Aug 24, 2026
- HOW WE HELP — Julia’s Grace Foundation · checked Aug 24, 2026