Liv's Stargrace Foundation
Emergency Family Grants · About this organization
What you get
Up to $1,000 once per calendar year for groceries, hospital lodging, lost wages, treatment travel, or other urgent family expenses.
How to start
Fill in and sign the five-step online application, explain the emergency, and permit contact with your hospital social worker or case manager.
Good to know
- The foundation aims to give a decision or next steps within 3–5 business days.
The details, as published
Up to $1,000 once per calendar year for U.S.-based families whose child receives pediatric oncology care at CHOP or Geisinger; parents apply directly, the foundation verifies treatment with the care team, and decisions or next steps are targeted within three to five business days.
What help you may get
Household Bills And Cash Assistance
Emergency Family Grants — household bills and cash assistance
Up to $1,000 once per calendar year for U.S.-based families whose child receives pediatric oncology care at CHOP or Geisinger; parents apply directly, the foundation verifies treatment with the care team, and decisions or next steps are targeted within three to five business days.
Up to $1,000 · Once Per 12 Months
Can cover
- Groceries
- Housing near the hospital
- Lost wages
- Other urgent expenses
- Travel to treatment centers
- Emergency Family Grants are up to $1,000.
- Families in active treatment may apply for one emergency grant per calendar year.
Lodging Near Treatment
Emergency Family Grants — lodging near treatment
Up to $1,000 once per calendar year for U.S.-based families whose child receives pediatric oncology care at CHOP or Geisinger; parents apply directly, the foundation verifies treatment with the care team, and decisions or next steps are targeted within three to five business days.
Up to $1,000 · Once Per 12 Months
Can cover
- Groceries
- Housing near the hospital
- Lost wages
- Other urgent expenses
- Travel to treatment centers
- Emergency Family Grants are up to $1,000.
- Families in active treatment may apply for one emergency grant per calendar year.
Meals And Food
Emergency Family Grants — meals and food
Up to $1,000 once per calendar year for U.S.-based families whose child receives pediatric oncology care at CHOP or Geisinger; parents apply directly, the foundation verifies treatment with the care team, and decisions or next steps are targeted within three to five business days.
Up to $1,000 · Once Per 12 Months
Can cover
- Groceries
- Housing near the hospital
- Lost wages
- Other urgent expenses
- Travel to treatment centers
- Emergency Family Grants are up to $1,000.
- Families in active treatment may apply for one emergency grant per calendar year.
Travel And Transportation
Emergency Family Grants — travel and transportation
Up to $1,000 once per calendar year for U.S.-based families whose child receives pediatric oncology care at CHOP or Geisinger; parents apply directly, the foundation verifies treatment with the care team, and decisions or next steps are targeted within three to five business days.
Up to $1,000 · Once Per 12 Months
Can cover
- Groceries
- Housing near the hospital
- Lost wages
- Other urgent expenses
- Travel to treatment centers
- Emergency Family Grants are up to $1,000.
- Families in active treatment may apply for one emergency grant per calendar year.
- The published monetary limit is shared across the listed benefit components.
Why this may help
Lodging Near Treatment: Hospital lodging can be included in a grant for urgent family costs.
Meals And Food: Groceries are one of the urgent expenses the grant can cover.
Travel And Transportation: Treatment travel can be included alongside lodging and other emergency expenses.
Check the main eligibility rules
Diagnosis
B-ALL is in scope. The current application expressly asks for a primary cancer diagnosis and limits treatment hospitals to CHOP or Geisinger.
Age
Age 0 to age 18, measured at application.
- The page lists ages 0–18 in one section and says under 18 in another; age 18 requires confirmation.
Treatment status
No specific treatment status is published.
- A provider must verify the patient or diagnosis.
- The foundation contacts a hospital social worker or case manager to verify treatment.
- Treatment must be at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia or Geisinger.
- The program states that there is no income test or financial verification.
Where you live and where your child is treated
Where your family lives
You must live in: United States.
- Any US-based family
Where your child is treated
Treatment must be connected to: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP); Geisinger.
- Receiving treatment at CHOP or Geisinger
Where the service, camp, stay, or experience happens
- Pennsylvania — Pennsylvania — Pennsylvania
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
- Authorize the foundation to contact the hospital social worker or case manager.
- Complete the parent/guardian application.
- The foundation verifies active treatment and reviews the request.
- The stated response target is three to five business days, with a goal of completing the process within one week.
Ways to apply or ask
- Online Portal · Open form or page
Documents to prepare
- Treatment verification from the hospital social worker or case manager
- Approved emergency grants are disbursed after review; the page does not state whether payment is to the family or a vendor.
Availability and timing
| Program | Active |
|---|---|
| Applications | Open |
| Funding or space | Not Published |
| Application window | Not Published |
| Last checked | Aug 24, 2026 |
- A current application is present on the official get-help page.
- The page states a three-to-five-business-day decision target and an under-one-week turnaround goal.
- 3–5 business days
- Decision target of 3–5 business days; urgent circumstances may be described in the application.
Limitations and things to confirm
- One grant per calendar year.
- The official age wording conflicts for patients who are exactly 18.
- The payment destination is not published.
- Treatment is limited to two named hospital systems.
- Are grants paid to the family, reimbursed, or paid to a vendor?
- Does the program accept a child on the 18th birthday, or must the child be younger than 18?
- What circumstances can reduce an award below $1,000?
Official sources
Program details were last verified Aug 24, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.
- Emergency Family Grants · checked Aug 24, 2026
- Get Help | Liv's Stargrace Foundation · checked Aug 23, 2026
- Our Mission | Liv's Stargrace Foundation · checked Aug 23, 2026