The National Children's Cancer Society
Transportation Assistance Fund · About this organization
What you get
Mileage, airfare, and lodging near treatment when nonprofit lodging is unavailable. The amount is not published.
How to start
Fill in and sign pages 2, 3 and 4 of the application and attach the hospital letter confirming your child's treatment.
Good to know
- Repeat requests must come from a hospital professional in writing.
- You must have less than $5,000 in easily accessible accounts.
The details, as published
Helps an eligible child and caregiver travel to treatment through mileage or airfare and limited lodging when other nonprofit lodging is unavailable. Assistance may cover the next 60 days, is not retroactive, and requires hospital documentation plus statements for all accessible accounts.
What help you may get
Household Bills And Cash Assistance
Transportation Assistance Fund — household bills and cash assistance
Helps an eligible child and caregiver travel to treatment through mileage or airfare and limited lodging when other nonprofit lodging is unavailable. Assistance may cover the next 60 days, is not retroactive, and requires hospital documentation plus statements for all accessible accounts.
Amount not published
Can cover
- Airfare
- Limited lodging near treatment when other nonprofit lodging is unavailable
- Lodging near the hospital when nonprofit lodging is unavailable
- Mileage
- The official page does not publish a maximum award.
Lodging Near Treatment
Transportation Assistance Fund — lodging near treatment
Helps an eligible child and caregiver travel to treatment through mileage or airfare and limited lodging when other nonprofit lodging is unavailable. Assistance may cover the next 60 days, is not retroactive, and requires hospital documentation plus statements for all accessible accounts.
Amount not published
Can cover
- Airfare
- Limited lodging near treatment when other nonprofit lodging is unavailable
- Lodging near the hospital when nonprofit lodging is unavailable
- Mileage
- The official page does not publish a maximum award.
Travel And Transportation
Transportation Assistance Fund — travel and transportation
Helps an eligible child and caregiver travel to treatment through mileage or airfare and limited lodging when other nonprofit lodging is unavailable. Assistance may cover the next 60 days, is not retroactive, and requires hospital documentation plus statements for all accessible accounts.
Amount not published
Can cover
- Airfare
- Limited lodging near treatment when other nonprofit lodging is unavailable
- Lodging near the hospital when nonprofit lodging is unavailable
- Mileage
- The official page does not publish a maximum award.
Check the main eligibility rules
Diagnosis
B-ALL is in scope. Childhood B-ALL falls within NCCS's pediatric-cancer scope, subject to offering-specific age, status, and financial rules.
Age
Age 0 to age 20.
- Diagnosis must have occurred on or before the 18th birthday; treatment must occur before the 21st birthday.
Treatment status
No specific treatment status is published.
- A provider must verify the patient or diagnosis.
- U.S. citizen; or
- U.S. resident with an I-551 card for 12 months without prior history of the current illness.
Financial need is required.
- No income ceiling is published on the official page.
Where you live and where your child is treated
Where your family lives
No residence restriction is published.
- The child must be a U.S. citizen, or have resided in the United States with an I-551 card for 12 months without a prior history of the current illness.
Where your child is treated
No treatment-location restriction 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
- A case manager calls after processing.
- Complete the English or Spanish application.
- Complete the online application or download the application.
- Provide current statements for every easily accessible account.
- Provide hospital-professional letter covering diagnosis, family situation, next 60 treatment days, and assistance requested.
- Provide the requested treatment and financial documentation.
- Review the diagnosis, age, residency, and liquid-asset requirements.
Ways to apply or ask
- Online Portal · Open form or page
- Online Portal · Open form or page
- Online Portal · Open form or page
Documents to prepare
- Proof requested by the application for diagnosis, treatment, residency, and accessible bank accounts
- The precise reimbursement or booking mechanics should be confirmed in the current application.
Availability and timing
| Program | Active |
|---|---|
| Applications | Open |
| Funding or space | Not Published |
| Application window | Rolling |
| Last checked | Aug 27, 2026 |
- No decision timetable is published on the main program page.
Limitations and things to confirm
- Case-by-case and subject to available funds.
- Lodging assistance applies when nonprofit lodging is unavailable.
- No dollar cap, mileage rate, lodging/airfare cap, payment method, or decision time is published.
- The exact award limit and payment mechanics are not stated on the public program page.
- The guardian must have less than $5,000 in readily accessible bank accounts.
- Confirm current capacity, next-cycle terms, and language/accessibility details.
Official sources
Program details were last verified Aug 24, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.
- The NCCS - Financial Assistance · checked Aug 22, 2026
- Transportation Assistance Fund · checked Aug 24, 2026
- Transportation Assistance Fund · checked Aug 24, 2026
- Emergency Assistance Fund · checked Aug 24, 2026