The Morgan Adams Foundation
Emergency Family Assistance Program · About this organization
What you get
Help with car payments and insurance, cell phone bills, cell-phone bills, food, food and transportation, medical expenses, other validated family needs, rent and mortgage, rent or mortgage, transportation and utilities.
How to start
Your social worker sends the referral. Have proof of income ready.
The details, as published
Limited help may cover rent or mortgage, utilities, car payments and insurance, phone, medical costs, food, transportation, and other reviewed needs. A social worker, navigator, or care provider at an eligible hospital submits the first request; MAF then invites the parent or guardian to a detailed financial application.
What help you may get
Household Bills And Cash Assistance
Emergency Family Assistance Program — household bills and cash assistance
Limited help may cover rent or mortgage, utilities, car payments and insurance, phone, medical costs, food, transportation, and other reviewed needs. A social worker, navigator, or care provider at an eligible hospital submits the first request; MAF then invites the parent or guardian to a detailed financial application.
Amount not published
Can cover
- Car payments and insurance
- Cell phone bills
- Cell-phone bills
- Food
- Food and transportation
- Medical expenses
- Other validated family needs
- Rent and mortgage
- Rent or mortgage
- Transportation
- Utilities
- No public award maximum or payment method is published.
- The official pages do not publish repeat-award rules.
Meals And Food
Emergency Family Assistance Program — meals and food
Limited help may cover rent or mortgage, utilities, car payments and insurance, phone, medical costs, food, transportation, and other reviewed needs. A social worker, navigator, or care provider at an eligible hospital submits the first request; MAF then invites the parent or guardian to a detailed financial application.
Amount not published
Can cover
- Car payments and insurance
- Cell phone bills
- Cell-phone bills
- Food
- Food and transportation
- Medical expenses
- Other validated family needs
- Rent and mortgage
- Rent or mortgage
- Transportation
- Utilities
- No public award maximum or payment method is published.
- The official pages do not publish repeat-award rules.
Medical And Insurance Costs
Emergency Family Assistance Program — medical and insurance costs
Limited help may cover rent or mortgage, utilities, car payments and insurance, phone, medical costs, food, transportation, and other reviewed needs. A social worker, navigator, or care provider at an eligible hospital submits the first request; MAF then invites the parent or guardian to a detailed financial application.
Amount not published
Can cover
- Car payments and insurance
- Cell phone bills
- Cell-phone bills
- Food
- Food and transportation
- Medical expenses
- Other validated family needs
- Rent and mortgage
- Rent or mortgage
- Transportation
- Utilities
- No public award maximum or payment method is published.
- The official pages do not publish repeat-award rules.
Travel And Transportation
Emergency Family Assistance Program — travel and transportation
Limited help may cover rent or mortgage, utilities, car payments and insurance, phone, medical costs, food, transportation, and other reviewed needs. A social worker, navigator, or care provider at an eligible hospital submits the first request; MAF then invites the parent or guardian to a detailed financial application.
Amount not published
Can cover
- Car payments and insurance
- Cell phone bills
- Cell-phone bills
- Food
- Food and transportation
- Medical expenses
- Other validated family needs
- Rent and mortgage
- Rent or mortgage
- Transportation
- Utilities
- No public award maximum or payment method is published.
- The official pages do not publish repeat-award rules.
Why this may help
Meals And Food: Food can be included alongside assistance with household and medical bills.
Medical And Insurance Costs: Medical expenses are among the needs considered in the financial application.
Travel And Transportation: Transportation, car payments and insurance can be included in the assistance request.
Check the main eligibility rules
Diagnosis
B-ALL is in scope. Pediatric B-ALL is within the published pediatric-cancer scope.
Age
The program does not publish an age limit.
- The official pages use “pediatric cancer families” but publish no numeric patient-age limit.
Treatment status
No specific treatment status is published.
- A provider must verify the patient or diagnosis.
- A patient navigator, medical provider, or social worker at one of the named hospitals must verify need.
Financial need is required.
- The family application collects annual and monthly household income, savings and investments, and core monthly expenses but publishes no numeric threshold.
Where you live and where your child is treated
Where your family lives
Residence coverage is not published clearly; confirm with the program.
Where your child is treated
Treatment must be through: The patient must be in treatment at Children’s Hospital Colorado in Aurora or Colorado Springs or at Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children..
- The patient must be in treatment at Children’s Hospital Colorado in Aurora or Colorado Springs or at Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children.
Where the service, camp, stay, or experience happens
- Colorado — Colorado — Colorado
- Aurora — Aurora
- Colorado Springs — Colorado Springs
How to get started
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 hospital social worker, navigator, or provider to submit the official support request.
- Care-team member submits the provider request.
- MAF invites the parent or guardian to the detailed family application.
- MAF reviews the complete request.
- The professional verifies diagnosis, hospital, insurance status, public assistance, and financial needs.
- Use the invitation sent to the parent or guardian to complete the family financial application.
- Wait for the foundation’s review.
Ways to apply or ask
- Hospital Workflow · Open form or page · 303-758-2130 · maf@morganadamsfoundation.org — The hospital team submits the verification request; the family then receives a private application invitation.
- Online Portal · Open form or page
- Online Portal · Open form or page
Documents to prepare
- Hospital professional verification
- Household income and expense information requested in the invited application
- The public pages do not state whether approved support is paid to the family or directly to a vendor.
Availability and timing
| Program | Active |
|---|---|
| Applications | Hospital Mediated |
| Funding or space | Not Published |
| Application window | Rolling |
| Last checked | Aug 24, 2026 |
Limitations and things to confirm
- Amount, frequency, payment method, review time, documentation, and current funds are not published.
- Award amount, payment method, repeat-award rules, and funding capacity are not published.
- Family application is invitation-only despite being visible.
- Only patients treated at the three named Colorado pediatric cancer locations are within the published rule.
- Recheck the broken Family Ambassador and Hope Portal links.
Official sources
Program details were last verified Aug 24, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.
- Emergency Family Assistance Program · checked Aug 23, 2026
- Family Support Validated Application · checked Aug 23, 2026
- Family Support Application Request · checked Aug 23, 2026
- Emergency Family Assistance Program · checked Aug 24, 2026
- Emergency Family Assistance Program · checked Aug 24, 2026
- Emergency Family Assistance Program · checked Aug 24, 2026