NC4K
Financial Support · About this organization
What you get
Help with rent or mortgage, water, gas and electric bills, groceries, and transport fuel during childhood cancer. The amount isn’t published. Ask.
How to start
Gather every page of the bill with remittance information and pages 1 and 2 of the most recent Form 1040.
Good to know
- Your child must be in active treatment or within one year of finishing it.
The details, as published
NC4K provides financial support for rent or mortgage, water, gas and electric bills, groceries, and transportation gas to families of children with pediatric cancer. The family must live in Ohio or the child must receive treatment at an Ohio hospital, and the child must be in active treatment or within one year after completing active treatment. A family must first register with NC4K, then submit each request online with the complete bill and the first two pages of its most recent federal Form 1040; approved payments are mailed directly to vendors. Requests received by the fifth of a month are reviewed and processed by the fifteenth, while each request remains subject to program review.
What help you may get
Household Bills And Cash Assistance
Financial Support — household bills and cash assistance
NC4K provides financial support for rent or mortgage, water, gas and electric bills, groceries, and transportation gas to families of children with pediatric cancer. The family must live in Ohio or the child must receive treatment at an Ohio hospital, and the child must be in active treatment or within one year after completing active treatment. A family must first register with NC4K, then submit each request online with the complete bill and the first two pages of its most recent federal Form 1040; approved payments are mailed directly to vendors. Requests received by the fifth of a month are reviewed and processed by the fifteenth, while each request remains subject to program review.
Amount not published
Can cover
- Electric bill
- Gas for transportation
- Gas utility bill
- Groceries
- Mortgage payment
- Rent
- Water bill
Does not cover
- More than one rent or mortgage payment in a calendar year is not available.
- Screenshots of bills are not accepted.
- The reviewed official pages do not publish dollar limits.
- A family may receive no more than one rent or mortgage payment per calendar year; the page does not publish frequency limits for the other covered categories.
Meals And Food
Financial Support — meals and food
NC4K provides financial support for rent or mortgage, water, gas and electric bills, groceries, and transportation gas to families of children with pediatric cancer. The family must live in Ohio or the child must receive treatment at an Ohio hospital, and the child must be in active treatment or within one year after completing active treatment. A family must first register with NC4K, then submit each request online with the complete bill and the first two pages of its most recent federal Form 1040; approved payments are mailed directly to vendors. Requests received by the fifth of a month are reviewed and processed by the fifteenth, while each request remains subject to program review.
Amount not published
Can cover
- Electric bill
- Gas for transportation
- Gas utility bill
- Groceries
- Mortgage payment
- Rent
- Water bill
Does not cover
- More than one rent or mortgage payment in a calendar year is not available.
- Screenshots of bills are not accepted.
- The reviewed official pages do not publish dollar limits.
- A family may receive no more than one rent or mortgage payment per calendar year; the page does not publish frequency limits for the other covered categories.
Travel And Transportation
Financial Support — travel and transportation
NC4K provides financial support for rent or mortgage, water, gas and electric bills, groceries, and transportation gas to families of children with pediatric cancer. The family must live in Ohio or the child must receive treatment at an Ohio hospital, and the child must be in active treatment or within one year after completing active treatment. A family must first register with NC4K, then submit each request online with the complete bill and the first two pages of its most recent federal Form 1040; approved payments are mailed directly to vendors. Requests received by the fifth of a month are reviewed and processed by the fifteenth, while each request remains subject to program review.
Amount not published
Can cover
- Electric bill
- Gas for transportation
- Gas utility bill
- Groceries
- Mortgage payment
- Rent
- Water bill
Does not cover
- More than one rent or mortgage payment in a calendar year is not available.
- Screenshots of bills are not accepted.
- The reviewed official pages do not publish dollar limits.
- A family may receive no more than one rent or mortgage payment per calendar year; the page does not publish frequency limits for the other covered categories.
Why this may help
Meals And Food: Grocery help is included with rent and utility assistance.
Travel And Transportation: Fuel help is included to reduce driving costs during childhood cancer.
Check the main eligibility rules
Diagnosis
B-ALL is in scope. The official eligibility and family-services pages cover children diagnosed with any pediatric cancer, so a child with B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia qualifies if the other rules are met.
Age
The program does not publish an age limit.
- The reviewed official pages say 'child' and 'pediatric cancer' but do not publish a numeric age limit or rule event.
Treatment status
Active Treatment
- NC4K states that every financial request will be discussed with the family's social worker.
- The family must submit pages 1 and 2 of its most recent federal Form 1040, but no public income ceiling or formula is stated.
- The official page requires recent tax-return pages but does not publish an income cutoff.
- NC4K does not guarantee approval of every request.
- NC4K requires complete billing and remittance information for a requested expense.
Where you live and where your child is treated
Where your family lives
You must live in: OH.
- The family must live in Ohio unless the child receives treatment at an Ohio hospital.
Where your child is treated
Treatment must be connected to: A family that does not live in Ohio may qualify when its child receives treatment at an Ohio hospital..
- A family that does not live in Ohio may qualify when its child receives treatment at an Ohio hospital.
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: Caregiver, Parent Or Guardian
- Complete the NC4K eligibility questions and register as a new NC4K family.
- Gather every page of the bill with remittance information and pages 1 and 2 of the most recent Form 1040; screenshots are not accepted.
- Log in to NewOrg and submit a financial-support request.
- Submit by the 5th for review and processing by the 15th; later requests move to the following month.
- Participate when NC4K discusses the financial request with the family's social worker.
- Notify the family of the decision and mail approved support directly to the vendor.
Ways to apply or ask
- Web Form · Open form or page — Public NC4K Family registration route.
- Online Portal · Open form or page — Authenticated NewOrg financial-support request portal.
Documents to prepare
- All pages of the bill and remittance information
- Pages 1 and 2 of the family's most recent federal Form 1040
- Approved financial support is mailed directly to the vendor.
Availability and timing
| Program | Active |
|---|---|
| Applications | Open |
| Funding or space | Fund Dependent |
| Application window | Rolling |
| Last checked | Aug 27, 2026 |
- NC4K states that it cannot guarantee approval of every request.
- The official site presents active new-family registration and current NewOrg request instructions.
- Requests received by the fifth are reviewed and processed by the fifteenth of that month; requests after the fifth are reviewed the following month.
- Submit by the fifth for review and processing by the fifteenth of the same month.
- Requests received by the fifth are reviewed and processed by the fifteenth; later requests move to the following month's cycle.
Limitations and things to confirm
- Amounts and income thresholds are not published, and approval is not guaranteed.
- Only one rent or mortgage payment is available per calendar year.
- The child must be in active treatment or within one year after completing active treatment.
- The family must live in Ohio or the child must receive treatment at an Ohio hospital.
- Does NC4K use an unpublished income or financial-need threshold when reviewing the required Form 1040?
- How often may a family request groceries, transportation gas, or utility support?
- What bill due-date, account-holder, arrears, or vendor restrictions apply?
- What dollar limits apply by expense category and in total?
- What factors determine approval when funding is limited?
- What numeric ages does NC4K treat as a child for this program?
Official sources
Program details were last verified Aug 24, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.
- Family Services — NC4K · checked Aug 23, 2026
- New Family Registration — NC4K · checked Aug 23, 2026
- Parent Eligibility Page · checked Aug 23, 2026
- Emotional Support Gifts · checked Aug 24, 2026
- Eden Adams Memorial Scholarship · checked Aug 24, 2026
- Emotional Support Gifts · checked Aug 27, 2026