NMDP

Patient Financial Assistance Program · About this organization

What you get

$250–$10,000 by grant, usually $1,000–$1,500, for transplant or trial travel, housing, food, childcare, lost wages, copays, dental care, GVHD costs and crises. The highest cap includes grants outside leukemia.

How to start

Give your transplant social worker your household size, last month's income and treatment or travel details so the team can apply through Good Grants.

Good to know

Your income generally must be below 350% of the federal poverty level; each grant has additional rules.
This is transplant or clinical-trial help; a leukemia diagnosis alone is not enough.

The details, as published

B-ALL is in scope Open Care team starts the request

NMDP offers several need-based grants before and after blood or marrow transplant, for graft-versus-host disease treatment, clinical-trial travel, and certain transplant-related financial crises. Pediatric B-ALL is relevant only when the child is actively being treated and meets a specific NMDP transplant or blood-cancer clinical-trial pathway; the grants are not general leukemia assistance. Household income is generally required to be below 350% of the federal poverty level, with additional transplant, donor, timing, trial, or crisis criteria depending on the grant. A transplant-center or clinical-trial team member, usually a social worker, or an NMDP patient navigator determines the relevant grant and applies through NMDP's secure platform on the patient's behalf.

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What help you may get

Childcare

Patient Financial Assistance Program — childcare

Up to $10,000

Can cover

HLA Today grant expenses that create a barrier to transplant-center consultation, such as travel, childcare, lost wages, or copays
Out-of-pocket medical costs such as prescription copays, clinic-visit copays, dental work, and chronic graft-versus-host disease treatment costs
Temporary housing, food, gas, parking, and other patient or caregiver out-of-pocket expenses
Travel costs for a qualifying United States-based blood-cancer or blood-disorder clinical trial
Unexpected expenses that threaten access to transplant or physical recovery after transplant

NMDP states that grants range from $250 to $10,000 and most average $1,000 to $1,500; the amount depends on grant type, household income, and household size.
The $10,000 upper end is not a promised award and includes grant types, such as sickle-cell fertility preservation, that do not apply to B-ALL.
A patient may receive different grant types but cannot receive two grants of the same type.

Household Bills And Cash Assistance

Patient Financial Assistance Program — household bills and cash assistance

Up to $10,000

Can cover

HLA Today grant expenses that create a barrier to transplant-center consultation, such as travel, childcare, lost wages, or copays
Out-of-pocket medical costs such as prescription copays, clinic-visit copays, dental work, and chronic graft-versus-host disease treatment costs
Temporary housing, food, gas, parking, and other patient or caregiver out-of-pocket expenses
Travel costs for a qualifying United States-based blood-cancer or blood-disorder clinical trial
Unexpected expenses that threaten access to transplant or physical recovery after transplant

NMDP states that grants range from $250 to $10,000 and most average $1,000 to $1,500; the amount depends on grant type, household income, and household size.
The $10,000 upper end is not a promised award and includes grant types, such as sickle-cell fertility preservation, that do not apply to B-ALL.
A patient may receive different grant types but cannot receive two grants of the same type.

Lodging Near Treatment

Patient Financial Assistance Program — lodging near treatment

Up to $10,000

Can cover

HLA Today grant expenses that create a barrier to transplant-center consultation, such as travel, childcare, lost wages, or copays
Out-of-pocket medical costs such as prescription copays, clinic-visit copays, dental work, and chronic graft-versus-host disease treatment costs
Temporary housing, food, gas, parking, and other patient or caregiver out-of-pocket expenses
Travel costs for a qualifying United States-based blood-cancer or blood-disorder clinical trial
Unexpected expenses that threaten access to transplant or physical recovery after transplant

NMDP states that grants range from $250 to $10,000 and most average $1,000 to $1,500; the amount depends on grant type, household income, and household size.
The $10,000 upper end is not a promised award and includes grant types, such as sickle-cell fertility preservation, that do not apply to B-ALL.
A patient may receive different grant types but cannot receive two grants of the same type.

Meals And Food

Patient Financial Assistance Program — meals and food

Up to $10,000

Can cover

HLA Today grant expenses that create a barrier to transplant-center consultation, such as travel, childcare, lost wages, or copays
Out-of-pocket medical costs such as prescription copays, clinic-visit copays, dental work, and chronic graft-versus-host disease treatment costs
Temporary housing, food, gas, parking, and other patient or caregiver out-of-pocket expenses
Travel costs for a qualifying United States-based blood-cancer or blood-disorder clinical trial
Unexpected expenses that threaten access to transplant or physical recovery after transplant

NMDP states that grants range from $250 to $10,000 and most average $1,000 to $1,500; the amount depends on grant type, household income, and household size.
The $10,000 upper end is not a promised award and includes grant types, such as sickle-cell fertility preservation, that do not apply to B-ALL.
A patient may receive different grant types but cannot receive two grants of the same type.

Medical And Insurance Costs

Patient Financial Assistance Program — medical and insurance costs

Up to $10,000

Can cover

HLA Today grant expenses that create a barrier to transplant-center consultation, such as travel, childcare, lost wages, or copays
Out-of-pocket medical costs such as prescription copays, clinic-visit copays, dental work, and chronic graft-versus-host disease treatment costs
Temporary housing, food, gas, parking, and other patient or caregiver out-of-pocket expenses
Travel costs for a qualifying United States-based blood-cancer or blood-disorder clinical trial
Unexpected expenses that threaten access to transplant or physical recovery after transplant

NMDP states that grants range from $250 to $10,000 and most average $1,000 to $1,500; the amount depends on grant type, household income, and household size.
The $10,000 upper end is not a promised award and includes grant types, such as sickle-cell fertility preservation, that do not apply to B-ALL.
A patient may receive different grant types but cannot receive two grants of the same type.

Travel And Transportation

Patient Financial Assistance Program — travel and transportation

Up to $10,000

Can cover

HLA Today grant expenses that create a barrier to transplant-center consultation, such as travel, childcare, lost wages, or copays
Out-of-pocket medical costs such as prescription copays, clinic-visit copays, dental work, and chronic graft-versus-host disease treatment costs
Temporary housing, food, gas, parking, and other patient or caregiver out-of-pocket expenses
Travel costs for a qualifying United States-based blood-cancer or blood-disorder clinical trial
Unexpected expenses that threaten access to transplant or physical recovery after transplant

NMDP states that grants range from $250 to $10,000 and most average $1,000 to $1,500; the amount depends on grant type, household income, and household size.
The $10,000 upper end is not a promised award and includes grant types, such as sickle-cell fertility preservation, that do not apply to B-ALL.
A patient may receive different grant types but cannot receive two grants of the same type.

Shared limits:

The published monetary limit is shared across the listed benefit components.

Why this may help

Childcare: The HLA Today grant can help pay childcare costs that would prevent a transplant-center consultation.

Lodging Near Treatment: Temporary housing is among the out-of-pocket costs considered during transplant care.

Meals And Food: Food costs for patients and caregivers can be included in transplant-related financial help.

Travel And Transportation: Gas, parking and travel for transplant consultations or certain clinical trials can be considered.

Check the main eligibility rules

Diagnosis

B-ALL is in scope. Pediatric B-ALL is a blood cancer for which a patient may be preparing for or recovering from an NMDP-facilitated transplant or enrolling in a qualifying U.S. blood-cancer clinical trial; diagnosis alone does not establish eligibility.

Age

The program does not publish an age limit.

The reviewed grant pages publish no numerical age limit.

Treatment status

No specific treatment status is published.

A provider must verify the patient or diagnosis.
A transplant-center staff member or member of the patient's clinical-trial medical team must submit the application.
Network-center social workers need NMDP system access through their center coordinator; non-Network center staff are instructed to contact the Patient Financial Assistance team for access.

Financial need is required.

NMDP uses household income from the previous month, including employment, retirement, Social Security, pension, SSI or SSDI, unemployment, and disability income. Household size includes people living in the home who are tax dependents or age 18 and older, excluding roommates and a legally separated or divorced spouse.
The patient-facing page says household income typically must be below 350% of the federal poverty level and describes the table as a guide; grant staff make the determination.
The provider page lists income below 350% of the federal poverty level as a primary-grant requirement.
Crisis grants require an unexpected unaffordable expense that threatens access to transplant or physical recovery after transplant.

Where you live and where your child is treated

Where your family lives

Residence coverage is not published clearly; confirm with the program.

Crisis-grant patients must reside and receive care in the United States; the public pages do not state one geographic rule that applies identically to every grant type.

Where your child is treated

Treatment must be through: Applications must be submitted by transplant-center or clinical-trial medical-team staff through the NMDP grant platform.; Primary pre- and post-transplant grants are tied to an NMDP-facilitated transplant.; The clinical-trial travel grant requires enrollment or planned enrollment in a United States-based interventional trial for a blood cancer or blood disorder..

Applications must be submitted by transplant-center or clinical-trial medical-team staff through the NMDP grant platform.
Primary pre- and post-transplant grants are tied to an NMDP-facilitated transplant.
The clinical-trial travel grant requires enrollment or planned enrollment in a United States-based interventional trial for a blood cancer or blood disorder.

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, Social Worker

A transplant-center or clinical-trial medical-team staff member submits the application through NMDP's secure Good Grants platform.
Ask the transplant-center social worker or an NMDP patient navigator which grant pathway may apply to the child's transplant, GVHD treatment, clinical trial, or crisis.
NMDP checks NMDP activity and grant-specific criteria and communicates the decision through the applying team.
Provide the center or navigator with current household size and previous-month income plus the grant-specific transplant, donor, treatment, travel, or crisis information they request.

Ways to apply or ask

Hospital Workflow · Open form or page · 888-999-6743 · patientinfo@nmdp.org — A patient or caregiver may contact an NMDP navigator or transplant-center social worker to identify a relevant grant, but the family does not submit the grant application directly.
Hospital Workflow · Open form or page · 763-406-8114 · patientgrants@nmdp.org — A transplant-center or clinical-trial medical-team staff member must submit the application through the secure Good Grants platform.
Online Portal · Open form or page
Online Portal · Open form or page

Documents to prepare

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

Approved recipients may choose direct deposit, a check, or a prepaid Visa gift card.
NMDP states that its grant money is not taxable and has no restrictions on use.

Availability and timing

Program	Active
Applications	Open
Funding or space	Fund Dependent
Application window	Rolling
Last checked	Aug 24, 2026

NMDP states that patient financial assistance depends on funding and is not assured, regardless of eligibility.
The official patient and provider grant pages and secure application route were active when checked.
The patient-facing page describes only a limited number of financial-crisis grants.
The grant platform and official application guidance were active when checked; grant-specific timing rules apply.
NMDP states that patient navigators respond within three business days after a patient or family reaches out; this is not a grant-decision timeline.

Limitations and things to confirm

A family cannot submit the grant application directly; transplant-center, clinical-trial medical-team, or NMDP navigator involvement is required.
Availability depends on funding and is not assured.
Every grant type has additional transplant, donor, treatment, timing, trial, travel, or crisis criteria.
The secure grant application uses patient information internally; families should provide medical and financial details only through their transplant team, NMDP navigator, or the official secure platform.
This is transplant- and cell-therapy-specific assistance, not a general pediatric leukemia grant.

Do the primary pre-, post-transplant, and GVHD grants use one U.S. residence or treatment-location rule, or do their geographic rules differ?
What grant-decision timing currently applies after a complete application is submitted?
Which grant types use an asset review in addition to the published income limit?
Which supporting documents and patient data fields are required for each grant type in the secure platform?

Official sources

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

Financial Assistance Before and After Transplant - NMDP · checked Aug 27, 2026
Patient Financial Assistance Program Application - NMDP · checked Aug 27, 2026
Patient Financial Assistance Program - NMDP · checked Aug 27, 2026