Written by a parent, not a doctor. Nothing here is medical advice.

New York State Department of Health

Medicaid Social Care Networks · About this organization

What you get

Help identifying food, housing, transport, and other practical needs and finding services. Some you can get additional direct help.

How to start

Go to the official state page and follow the county, health plan, provider, or the health insurance marketplace process for current screening and access.

Good to know

  • Not cancer-specific; county, plan, provider, medical-necessity, capacity, and authorization rules vary.

The details, as published

B-ALL is in scope Open

All Medicaid members can receive social-needs screening/navigation; qualifying high-risk children may receive temporary food, housing, safety-modification, transportation, or enhanced care-management services that vary by region.

What help you may get

Practical Items And Home Help

Medicaid Social Care Networks — practical items and home help

All Medicaid members can receive social-needs screening/navigation; qualifying high-risk children may receive temporary food, housing, safety-modification, transportation, or enhanced care-management services that vary by region.

Amount not published

Check the main eligibility rules

Diagnosis

B-ALL is in scope. A New York child with B-ALL may qualify when the separate program-specific criteria are met.

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

You must live in: NY.

Where your child is treated

No treatment-location restriction is published.

How to get started

Get ready to apply

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 state page and follow the county, health plan, provider, or NY State of Health route for current screening and access.

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

  • Not cancer-specific; county, plan, provider, medical-necessity, capacity, and authorization rules vary.
  • Confirm current local or plan eligibility, provider capacity, benefit limits, and access.

Official sources

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

Official program