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NMDP

PACES Emotional Support · About this organization

What you get

Free short-term counseling by phone or video with licensed social workers, including up to eight sessions, check-ins, or a one-time conversation.

How to start

Get in touch with NMDP and name the help you want. Ask what details to prepare and what happens next.

The details, as published

B-ALL is in scope Open

Free short-term phone/video counseling by licensed master's-level NMDP social workers offers up to an eight-session model, check-ins, or one-time resource conversations in English or Spanish.

What help you may get

Peer And Emotional Support

PACES Emotional Support — peer and emotional support

Free short-term phone/video counseling by licensed master's-level NMDP social workers offers up to an eight-session model, check-ins, or one-time resource conversations in English or Spanish.

Amount not published

Check the main eligibility rules

Diagnosis

B-ALL is in scope. A child with B-ALL exploring or receiving transplant/cell therapy may qualify for the relevant NMDP pathway.

Age

The program does not publish an age limit.

Treatment status

No specific treatment status is published.

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

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.

  1. Use the official NMDP page; grants and typing/donor services generally require navigator, clinical-team, or transplant-center action.

Ways to apply or ask

Documents to prepare

The program does not publish a document checklist. Ask before gathering paperwork.

Availability and timing

ProgramActive
ApplicationsOpen
Funding or spaceNot Published
Application windowRolling
Last checkedAug 24, 2026

Limitations and things to confirm

  • Program-specific transplant stage, provider submission, income, geography, clinical, funding, capacity, and licensure rules apply.
  • Confirm current program-specific amount, timing, geography, capacity, and provider requirements.

Official sources

Program details were last verified Aug 24, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.

Official program