New Day Foundation for Families
Financial Assistance · About this organization
What you get
Help with housing, utilities, insurance, childcare, groceries, fuel, and transport, including bills paid to creditors. The amount isn’t published. Ask.
How to start
Your oncology social worker, financial navigator, or medical professional submits online. Fill in the Household Expense Worksheet and give them its supporting documents.
Good to know
- Active treatment and financial hardship or lost income are required.
The details, as published
New Day pays critical living expenses directly to creditors for Michigan households that include a parent or guardian and at least one dependent when an immediate family member is in active cancer treatment. Published categories include rent or mortgage, utilities, insurance, transportation, car loan payments, auto insurance, childcare, and other household essentials. Grocery and gas support is represented separately because it also serves patients without dependents. The household must show cancer-related hardship or income loss, and an oncology social worker, financial navigator, or medical professional submits the application.
What help you may get
Childcare
Financial Assistance — childcare
New Day pays critical living expenses directly to creditors for Michigan households that include a parent or guardian and at least one dependent when an immediate family member is in active cancer treatment. Published categories include rent or mortgage, utilities, insurance, transportation, car loan payments, auto insurance, childcare, and other household essentials. Grocery and gas support is represented separately because it also serves patients without dependents. The household must show cancer-related hardship or income loss, and an oncology social worker, financial navigator, or medical professional submits the application.
Amount not published
Can cover
- Childcare
- Fuel
- Grocery support
- Insurance
- Mortgage or rent
- Transportation
- Utilities
- The reviewed official material does not publish a dollar limit.
- The reviewed official material does not publish an award-frequency limit.
Household Bills And Cash Assistance
Financial Assistance — household bills and cash assistance
New Day pays critical living expenses directly to creditors for Michigan households that include a parent or guardian and at least one dependent when an immediate family member is in active cancer treatment. Published categories include rent or mortgage, utilities, insurance, transportation, car loan payments, auto insurance, childcare, and other household essentials. Grocery and gas support is represented separately because it also serves patients without dependents. The household must show cancer-related hardship or income loss, and an oncology social worker, financial navigator, or medical professional submits the application.
Amount not published
Can cover
- Childcare
- Fuel
- Grocery support
- Insurance
- Mortgage or rent
- Transportation
- Utilities
- The reviewed official material does not publish a dollar limit.
- The reviewed official material does not publish an award-frequency limit.
Meals And Food
Financial Assistance — meals and food
New Day pays critical living expenses directly to creditors for Michigan households that include a parent or guardian and at least one dependent when an immediate family member is in active cancer treatment. Published categories include rent or mortgage, utilities, insurance, transportation, car loan payments, auto insurance, childcare, and other household essentials. Grocery and gas support is represented separately because it also serves patients without dependents. The household must show cancer-related hardship or income loss, and an oncology social worker, financial navigator, or medical professional submits the application.
Amount not published
Can cover
- Childcare
- Fuel
- Grocery support
- Insurance
- Mortgage or rent
- Transportation
- Utilities
- The reviewed official material does not publish a dollar limit.
- The reviewed official material does not publish an award-frequency limit.
Medical And Insurance Costs
Financial Assistance — medical and insurance costs
New Day pays critical living expenses directly to creditors for Michigan households that include a parent or guardian and at least one dependent when an immediate family member is in active cancer treatment. Published categories include rent or mortgage, utilities, insurance, transportation, car loan payments, auto insurance, childcare, and other household essentials. Grocery and gas support is represented separately because it also serves patients without dependents. The household must show cancer-related hardship or income loss, and an oncology social worker, financial navigator, or medical professional submits the application.
Amount not published
Can cover
- Childcare
- Fuel
- Grocery support
- Insurance
- Mortgage or rent
- Transportation
- Utilities
- The reviewed official material does not publish a dollar limit.
- The reviewed official material does not publish an award-frequency limit.
Travel And Transportation
Financial Assistance — travel and transportation
New Day pays critical living expenses directly to creditors for Michigan households that include a parent or guardian and at least one dependent when an immediate family member is in active cancer treatment. Published categories include rent or mortgage, utilities, insurance, transportation, car loan payments, auto insurance, childcare, and other household essentials. Grocery and gas support is represented separately because it also serves patients without dependents. The household must show cancer-related hardship or income loss, and an oncology social worker, financial navigator, or medical professional submits the application.
Amount not published
Can cover
- Childcare
- Fuel
- Grocery support
- Insurance
- Mortgage or rent
- Transportation
- Utilities
- The reviewed official material does not publish a dollar limit.
- The reviewed official material does not publish an award-frequency limit.
Why this may help
Childcare: Childcare can be included in the financial help with everyday expenses.
Meals And Food: Groceries can be covered alongside housing and utility bills.
Medical And Insurance Costs: Insurance bills are included among the costs that can be paid to creditors.
Travel And Transportation: Fuel and transportation help can be included with household bill assistance.
Check the main eligibility rules
Diagnosis
B-ALL is in scope. The official eligibility rule accepts an immediate family member in active treatment for any cancer; a child in active treatment for B-ALL is within that scope.
Age
The program does not publish an age limit.
- No patient-age limit is published for the Financial Assistance program.
Treatment status
Active Treatment
- A provider must verify the patient or diagnosis.
- The application must be submitted by an oncology social worker, financial navigator, or medical professional at a hospital or cancer center.
Financial need is required.
- Applicants must demonstrate financial hardship or loss of income due to cancer and identify specific expenses; the public page does not publish a numeric threshold.
- The applicant must identify specific expenses for which assistance is requested.
- The referring application collects annual income, income loss, household expenses, and prior assistance.
Where you live and where your child is treated
Where your family lives
You must live in: MI.
- The applicant household must reside in Michigan.
Where your child is treated
No treatment-location restriction is published.
How to get started
Set up the ask for my social worker
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, Social Worker
- Complete the Household Expense Worksheet.
- Gather the supporting documents named on the worksheet.
- Give the worksheet and documents to the oncology social worker, financial navigator, or medical professional.
- New Day pays approved living expenses directly to creditors or provides the applicable food or gas support.
- The referring professional submits the application through the New Day portal.
Ways to apply or ask
- Hospital Workflow · Open form or page · 248-648-1105 — A hospital or cancer-center oncology social worker, financial navigator, or medical professional must submit the application.
- Online Portal · Open form or page
- Online Portal · Open form or page
Documents to prepare
- A color family photo
- Completed Household Expense Worksheet
- Hard copies of household bills listed on the worksheet
- Two months of bank statements
- Approved critical living expenses are paid directly to creditors.
- Food and gas support may be delivered through grocery or gas assistance options.
Availability and timing
| Program | Active |
|---|---|
| Applications | Open |
| Funding or space | Not Published |
| Application window | Rolling |
| Last checked | Aug 24, 2026 |
- The current indexed official Get Help page publishes the application route, but the site blocked direct automated access during verification.
- The official Get Help page presents a current application process without fixed dates.
- No numeric lead-time requirement is published.
Limitations and things to confirm
- Active treatment and demonstrated financial hardship or income loss are required.
- Michigan residence and an eligible household structure are required.
- No current award amount, frequency limit, or review time is published.
- Only a qualifying hospital or cancer-center professional may submit the application.
- Are any expense categories or geographic areas temporarily limited?
- Can the organization provide an accessible copy of the current eligibility and application pages if the website block persists?
- Does the current application require any documents beyond those named on the indexed worksheet?
- How long does review and creditor payment normally take?
- What is the current maximum award and frequency limit?
Official sources
Program details were last verified Aug 24, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.
- Patient Expense Worksheet · checked Aug 28, 2026
- Patient Expense Worksheet · checked Aug 28, 2026
- FAQs | New Day Foundation · checked Aug 24, 2026
- FAQs | New Day Foundation · checked Aug 23, 2026
- Get Help, Cancer Support | New Day Foundation · checked Aug 28, 2026
- Get Help, Cancer Support | New Day Foundation · checked Aug 28, 2026