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Kolbe Hopeful Nights · About this organization

What you get

A portion of treatment-related lodging costs, a portion of treatment-related transportation costs.

How to start

Give your care team the treatment schedule and travel or lodging costs so they can send a referral through the secure portal.

Good to know

  • A healthcare professional must submit the request.
  • Only a portion of transportation and lodging costs is covered.

The details, as published

B-ALL is in scope Open Care team starts the request

Short-term lodging support that helps eligible families remain near a child's medical care through participating lodging arrangements.

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What help you may get

Lodging Near Treatment

Kolbe Hopeful Nights — lodging near treatment

Short-term lodging support that helps eligible families remain near a child's medical care through participating lodging arrangements.

Amount not published

Can cover

  • A portion of treatment-related lodging costs
  • A portion of treatment-related transportation costs
  • No dollar cap or percentage is published.

Travel And Transportation

Kolbe Hopeful Nights — travel and transportation

Short-term lodging support that helps eligible families remain near a child's medical care through participating lodging arrangements.

Amount not published

Can cover

  • A portion of treatment-related lodging costs
  • A portion of treatment-related transportation costs
  • No dollar cap or percentage is published.

Check the main eligibility rules

Diagnosis

B-ALL is in scope. The published program scope includes pediatric cancer or serious childhood illness, so pediatric B-ALL is within the diagnosis category.

Age

The program does not publish an age limit.

  • The official pages use child without a numeric age limit.

Treatment status

No specific treatment status is published.

  • A provider must verify the patient or diagnosis.
  • A healthcare professional must submit the referral.

Financial need is required.

  • No numeric income limit is published on the reviewed official pages.
  • The program covers only a portion of transportation and lodging costs.

Where you live and where your child is treated

Where your family lives

You must live in: DE, NJ, PA.

  • The family may reside in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, or Delaware.

Where your child is treated

Treatment must be connected to: A child receiving care in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, or Delaware may be referred..

  • A child receiving care in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, or Delaware may be referred.

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, Social Worker

  1. Ask a healthcare professional to review the travel or lodging need.
  2. Provide the treatment schedule and transportation or lodging expense information requested in the portal.
  3. The fund determines what portion it can cover.
  4. The professional submits the referral in the secure portal.

Ways to apply or ask

Documents to prepare

  • Transportation or lodging cost documentation as requested
  • Treatment or hospitalization information
  • The public pages do not state whether support is reimbursed or paid directly to a vendor.

Availability and timing

ProgramActive
ApplicationsOpen
Funding or spaceFund Dependent
Application windowRolling
Last checkedAug 24, 2026
  • Kolbe Hopeful Nights appears as a current program and the professional referral portal is active.
  • No public deadline is posted.

Limitations and things to confirm

  • A healthcare professional must submit the request.
  • Only a portion of transportation and lodging costs is covered.
  • The numeric age rule, travel threshold, award cap, frequency, and payment method are not public.
  • Does the program reimburse the family, pay a lodging or transportation vendor, or use both methods?
  • What age limit and financial-need test apply?
  • What distance, trip, cost, award, and frequency limits apply?

Official sources

Program details were last verified Aug 24, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.

Official program