Foundation of Onvida Health
Pediatric Oncology Support Fund · About this organization
What you get
Up to $2,500 a year for financial hardship caused by your child's cancer, paid to creditors.
How to start
Fill in your household and hardship details. Have your doctor or social worker sign the medical section; send the form with income proof and creditor details to the foundation.
Good to know
- The hardship must be directly caused by your child's illness.
- Ask whether funds are available before relying on a payment.
The details, as published
The Pediatric Oncology Support Fund may pay up to $2,500 annually toward financial hardship directly attributable to a child’s cancer for a Yuma County family. The patient or healthcare decision maker completes the household application and a healthcare provider or social worker hand-signs the medical section; income evidence and creditor details are required, and payments are intended to go directly to creditors. No age definition, income cutoff, eligible-expense list, award count, submission method, deadline, review time, appeal, or funding status is published.
What help you may get
Household Bills And Cash Assistance
Pediatric Oncology Support Fund — household bills and cash assistance
The Pediatric Oncology Support Fund may pay up to $2,500 annually toward financial hardship directly attributable to a child’s cancer for a Yuma County family. The patient or healthcare decision maker completes the household application and a healthcare provider or social worker hand-signs the medical section; income evidence and creditor details are required, and payments are intended to go directly to creditors. No age definition, income cutoff, eligible-expense list, award count, submission method, deadline, review time, appeal, or funding status is published.
Up to $2,500 · Once Per 12 Months
Can cover
- Bills approved as financial hardship directly attributable to the child’s cancer
- The current foundation page says grants are available up to $2,500 annually.
- The page describes the grant as available annually; repeat and lifetime rules are not otherwise explained.
Check the main eligibility rules
Diagnosis
B-ALL is in scope. The fund serves children in Yuma County who are battling cancer, so pediatric B-ALL is included.
Age
The program does not publish an age limit.
- The page and form say “child” and pediatric oncology but publish no numerical age ceiling.
Treatment status
No specific treatment status is published.
- A provider must verify the patient or diagnosis.
- A healthcare provider or social worker must complete the medical section of the application.
Financial need is required.
- Applicants provide a signed tax return or alternative current income evidence.
- The application collects annual household income and income ranges but states no eligibility cutoff.
- The hardship must be directly attributable to the child’s illness.
Where you live and where your child is treated
Where your family lives
You must live in: Yuma County.
- The official program page describes support for Yuma County families.
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: Caregiver, Healthcare Team, Parent Or Guardian, Social Worker
- Ask a healthcare provider or social worker to complete the medical section.
- Attach current income evidence and the creditor’s account, balance, and mailing information.
- Attach income evidence and creditor information.
- Complete the family and household section.
- Complete the household and hardship sections.
- Contact the Foundation to confirm how the completed packet should be submitted.
- Have a healthcare provider or social worker complete and hand-sign the medical section.
- Submit the complete application to the Foundation of Onvida Health.
- Wait for review; any approved amount is paid to the creditor.
Ways to apply or ask
- Online Portal · Open form or page
- Online Portal · Open form or page
Documents to prepare
- Completed household and provider/social-worker sections
- Creditor name, account number, amount owed, and mailing address
- Creditor name, account, address, and amount owed
- Diagnosis and treatment information completed by a healthcare provider or social worker
- First two pages of signed tax return, or alternate current income evidence, or no-income support letter
- First two pages of the signed tax return, or current pay stub, unemployment, SSI, SSD, or public-assistance notice when no return is available
- Support letter when the household reports no income
- Approved bills are paid directly to the creditor.
Availability and timing
| Program | Active |
|---|---|
| Applications | Not Published |
| Funding or space | Not Published |
| Application window | Rolling |
| Last checked | Aug 24, 2026 |
- The live 2026 Onvida page links the official application; the page does not state current intake or fund capacity.
- The current 2026 program page links the application and states no fixed cycle.
Limitations and things to confirm
- Eligible bill categories, numerical age ceiling, and current funding capacity are not published.
- The hardship must be directly attributable to the child’s illness.
- The public PDF still uses the former Yuma Regional Medical Center Foundation contact domain.
- Yuma County families only.
- What age, Yuma connection, expenses, award count, submission, timing, appeal, funding, signatures, and Spanish-access rules apply?
Official sources
Program details were last verified Aug 24, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.
- Pediatric Oncology Support Fund Application · checked Aug 23, 2026
- Areas to Support Cancer - Foundation of Onvida Health · checked Aug 27, 2026
- Pediatric Oncology Support Fund · checked Aug 27, 2026
- Cancer Resource Center Practical Support · checked Aug 24, 2026