Live Like Bella Childhood Cancer Foundation
In-Treatment Assistance — Florida · About this organization
What you get
Up to $3,000 per year for gas, groceries, lodging, other approved in-treatment needs, transportation, utilities, and vehicle-related support.
How to start
Prepare your request for the patient portal and get your social worker or hospital to verify it before submitting during the monthly window.
Good to know
- Applications are accepted only from the first through the fifteenth of each month.
- Applications outside this window must wait until the following month.
The details, as published
Up to $3,000 for a Florida family whose patient was age 21 or younger at diagnosis and is actively receiving cancer treatment; each bill or gift-card request is submitted through the family portal during days 1–15 of the month, verified by the care team, and may take up to 30 days.
What help you may get
Household Bills And Cash Assistance
In-Treatment Assistance — Florida — household bills and cash assistance
Up to $3,000 for a Florida family whose patient was age 21 or younger at diagnosis and is actively receiving cancer treatment; each bill or gift-card request is submitted through the family portal during days 1–15 of the month, verified by the care team, and may take up to 30 days.
Amount not published
Can cover
- Gas
- Groceries
- Lodging
- Other approved in-treatment needs
- Transportation
- Utilities
- Vehicle-related support
- Florida families are eligible for up to $3,000 in in-treatment support.
- The page publishes an aggregate support ceiling but not a separate award-frequency rule.
Lodging Near Treatment
In-Treatment Assistance — Florida — lodging near treatment
Up to $3,000 for a Florida family whose patient was age 21 or younger at diagnosis and is actively receiving cancer treatment; each bill or gift-card request is submitted through the family portal during days 1–15 of the month, verified by the care team, and may take up to 30 days.
Amount not published
Can cover
- Gas
- Groceries
- Lodging
- Other approved in-treatment needs
- Transportation
- Utilities
- Vehicle-related support
- Florida families are eligible for up to $3,000 in in-treatment support.
- The page publishes an aggregate support ceiling but not a separate award-frequency rule.
Meals And Food
In-Treatment Assistance — Florida — meals and food
Up to $3,000 for a Florida family whose patient was age 21 or younger at diagnosis and is actively receiving cancer treatment; each bill or gift-card request is submitted through the family portal during days 1–15 of the month, verified by the care team, and may take up to 30 days.
Amount not published
Can cover
- Gas
- Groceries
- Lodging
- Other approved in-treatment needs
- Transportation
- Utilities
- Vehicle-related support
- Florida families are eligible for up to $3,000 in in-treatment support.
- The page publishes an aggregate support ceiling but not a separate award-frequency rule.
Medical And Insurance Costs
In-Treatment Assistance — Florida — medical and insurance costs
Up to $3,000 for a Florida family whose patient was age 21 or younger at diagnosis and is actively receiving cancer treatment; each bill or gift-card request is submitted through the family portal during days 1–15 of the month, verified by the care team, and may take up to 30 days.
Amount not published
Can cover
- Gas
- Groceries
- Lodging
- Other approved in-treatment needs
- Transportation
- Utilities
- Vehicle-related support
- Florida families are eligible for up to $3,000 in in-treatment support.
- The page publishes an aggregate support ceiling but not a separate award-frequency rule.
Travel And Transportation
In-Treatment Assistance — Florida — travel and transportation
Up to $3,000 for a Florida family whose patient was age 21 or younger at diagnosis and is actively receiving cancer treatment; each bill or gift-card request is submitted through the family portal during days 1–15 of the month, verified by the care team, and may take up to 30 days.
Amount not published
Can cover
- Gas
- Groceries
- Lodging
- Other approved in-treatment needs
- Transportation
- Utilities
- Vehicle-related support
- Florida families are eligible for up to $3,000 in in-treatment support.
- The page publishes an aggregate support ceiling but not a separate award-frequency rule.
- The published monetary limit is shared across the listed benefit components.
Why this may help
Lodging Near Treatment: Lodging can be considered among the needs that arise while your child is in treatment.
Meals And Food: Groceries can be covered alongside utilities and treatment-related travel.
Medical And Insurance Costs: Other in-treatment needs are considered individually; medical-bill payment is not specifically described.
Travel And Transportation: Gas, transportation, and vehicle-related help can reduce the cost of reaching treatment.
Check the main eligibility rules
Diagnosis
B-ALL is in scope. The program accepts active pediatric cancer treatment, so a child with B-ALL qualifies within the age and geography rules.
Age
Age 0 to age 21, measured at diagnosis.
- The patient must be 21 or younger at the time of diagnosis.
Treatment status
No specific treatment status is published.
- A provider must verify the patient or diagnosis.
- The social worker or treating facility must verify the submitted application.
- The official in-treatment page does not publish an income test.
Where you live and where your child is treated
Where your family lives
You must live in: FL.
- The published $3,000 in-treatment benefit applies to families residing in Florida.
Where your child is treated
Treatment-location rules are not published clearly; confirm with the program.
- Care-team verification is not a treatment-location eligibility restriction; no named facility or treatment geography 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.
Who can start: Parent Or Guardian
- Have the social worker or treating facility verify the application.
- Prepare the request before the monthly application window.
- Submit through the patient portal between the first and fifteenth day of the month.
- Wait for the family-services team to contact the family about next steps.
Ways to apply or ask
- Online Portal · Open form or page
Documents to prepare
- Information and bills requested by the portal
- Social-worker or treating-facility verification
- Payment or delivery mechanics depend on the approved request.
Availability and timing
| Program | Active |
|---|---|
| Applications | Application Window Closed |
| Funding or space | Fund Dependent |
| Application window | Monthly Days |
| Last checked | Aug 27, 2026 |
- The portal is active during the monthly application window; the organization states that assistance is not guaranteed.
- Applications outside this window must wait until the following month.
- The family-services team contacts the family after verification; no fixed decision time is published.
- Up to 30 days
Limitations and things to confirm
- Applications are accepted only from the first through the fifteenth of each month.
- Assistance is not guaranteed.
- Social-worker or treating-facility verification is mandatory.
- The documented $3,000 benefit applies to Florida residents.
- The organization links to out-of-state support elsewhere, but the detailed public rules and limits for non-Florida families should be researched as a separate record.
- What expense-specific limits and payment methods apply in the current portal?
Official sources
Program details were last verified Aug 27, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.
- Official In-treatment Support Page | Live Like Bella · checked Aug 22, 2026
- In-Treatment Assistance — Outside Florida · checked Aug 24, 2026