Paige’s Childhood Cancer Fund
Family Assistance Fund · About this organization
What you get
Help with food expenses, lodging or accommodations, other needs arising from lost income during treatment, phone and household bills, treatment travel, and unpaid medical bills.
How to start
Ask your Waters Center social worker about help with your bills and which documents to bring for a Family Assistance Fund request.
Good to know
- Ask whether money is available before counting on help with a bill.
- There is no published deadline or request window.
The details, as published
Paige’s Family Assistance Fund supports families connected to the Waters Center for Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders in Syracuse when childhood-cancer treatment creates financial strain. The official page lists travel and lodging, food, phone and household bills, lost income, and unpaid medical bills, while Upstate’s current program coverage also describes food, gas, medical costs, and supportive services. Families should ask the Waters Center social-work team about the current request process because public award limits and application documents are not posted.
What help you may get
Household Bills And Cash Assistance
Family Assistance Fund — household bills and cash assistance
Paige’s Family Assistance Fund supports families connected to the Waters Center for Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders in Syracuse when childhood-cancer treatment creates financial strain. The official page lists travel and lodging, food, phone and household bills, lost income, and unpaid medical bills, while Upstate’s current program coverage also describes food, gas, medical costs, and supportive services. Families should ask the Waters Center social-work team about the current request process because public award limits and application documents are not posted.
Amount decided by the program
Can cover
- Food expenses
- Lodging or accommodations
- Other needs arising from lost income during treatment
- Phone and household bills
- Treatment travel
- Unpaid medical bills
- No award ceiling is published.
- No public repeat-assistance rule is posted.
Lodging Near Treatment
Family Assistance Fund — lodging near treatment
Paige’s Family Assistance Fund supports families connected to the Waters Center for Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders in Syracuse when childhood-cancer treatment creates financial strain. The official page lists travel and lodging, food, phone and household bills, lost income, and unpaid medical bills, while Upstate’s current program coverage also describes food, gas, medical costs, and supportive services. Families should ask the Waters Center social-work team about the current request process because public award limits and application documents are not posted.
Amount decided by the program
Can cover
- Food expenses
- Lodging or accommodations
- Other needs arising from lost income during treatment
- Phone and household bills
- Treatment travel
- Unpaid medical bills
- No award ceiling is published.
- No public repeat-assistance rule is posted.
Meals And Food
Family Assistance Fund — meals and food
Paige’s Family Assistance Fund supports families connected to the Waters Center for Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders in Syracuse when childhood-cancer treatment creates financial strain. The official page lists travel and lodging, food, phone and household bills, lost income, and unpaid medical bills, while Upstate’s current program coverage also describes food, gas, medical costs, and supportive services. Families should ask the Waters Center social-work team about the current request process because public award limits and application documents are not posted.
Amount decided by the program
Can cover
- Food expenses
- Lodging or accommodations
- Other needs arising from lost income during treatment
- Phone and household bills
- Treatment travel
- Unpaid medical bills
- No award ceiling is published.
- No public repeat-assistance rule is posted.
Medical And Insurance Costs
Family Assistance Fund — medical and insurance costs
Paige’s Family Assistance Fund supports families connected to the Waters Center for Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders in Syracuse when childhood-cancer treatment creates financial strain. The official page lists travel and lodging, food, phone and household bills, lost income, and unpaid medical bills, while Upstate’s current program coverage also describes food, gas, medical costs, and supportive services. Families should ask the Waters Center social-work team about the current request process because public award limits and application documents are not posted.
Amount decided by the program
Can cover
- Food expenses
- Lodging or accommodations
- Other needs arising from lost income during treatment
- Phone and household bills
- Treatment travel
- Unpaid medical bills
- No award ceiling is published.
- No public repeat-assistance rule is posted.
Travel And Transportation
Family Assistance Fund — travel and transportation
Paige’s Family Assistance Fund supports families connected to the Waters Center for Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders in Syracuse when childhood-cancer treatment creates financial strain. The official page lists travel and lodging, food, phone and household bills, lost income, and unpaid medical bills, while Upstate’s current program coverage also describes food, gas, medical costs, and supportive services. Families should ask the Waters Center social-work team about the current request process because public award limits and application documents are not posted.
Amount decided by the program
Can cover
- Food expenses
- Lodging or accommodations
- Other needs arising from lost income during treatment
- Phone and household bills
- Treatment travel
- Unpaid medical bills
- No award ceiling is published.
- No public repeat-assistance rule is posted.
- The published monetary limit is shared across the listed benefit components.
Why this may help
Lodging Near Treatment: Lodging expenses can be considered when treatment and lost income make staying away difficult.
Meals And Food: Food expenses can be included among the needs arising during treatment.
Travel And Transportation: Treatment travel can be included with lodging and household costs in your request.
Check the main eligibility rules
Diagnosis
B-ALL is in scope. The published program serves children with cancer or a broader medical category that includes pediatric B-ALL.
Age
The program does not publish an age limit.
- The official page uses a pediatric or child description without a numerical age limit.
Treatment status
Active Treatment
- A provider must verify the patient or diagnosis.
- The family should work through the Waters Center pediatric oncology team.
Financial need is required.
- No numerical income rule is published in the reviewed material.
- Assistance addresses financial impact from treatment, travel, lost income, and uncovered bills.
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
Treatment must be through: The program is described for families served through the Waters Center at Upstate Golisano Children’s Hospital..
- The program is described for families served through the Waters Center at Upstate Golisano Children’s Hospital.
Where the service, camp, stay, or experience happens
- New York — New York — New York
- Syracuse — Syracuse
- Waters Center for Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders — Waters Center for Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders
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.
Documents to prepare
The program does not publish a document checklist. Ask before gathering paperwork.
Availability and timing
| Program | Active |
|---|---|
| Applications | Call To Confirm |
| Funding or space | Fund Dependent |
| Application window | Not Published |
| Last checked | Aug 24, 2026 |
- The fund is currently described on the official program page; real-time funding is not posted.
- The official page describes the fund but does not publish an application window, deadline, or call-first instruction.
Limitations and things to confirm
- Funding availability must be confirmed.
- No public award cap, application form, or review timing is posted.
- Tied to the Waters Center pediatric-cancer community in Syracuse.
- Are funds currently available for a new request?
- Must the child be treated at the Waters Center?
- What age, treatment-status, and financial-need rules apply?
- What award cap, frequency, documents, and payment method apply?
Official sources
Program details were last verified Aug 24, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.
- How We Help — Paige’s Childhood Cancer Fund · checked Aug 27, 2026
- How We Help — Paige’s Childhood Cancer Fund · checked Aug 23, 2026
- Paige’s Childhood Cancer Fund support at Upstate · checked Aug 27, 2026
- Paige’s Childhood Cancer Fund support at Upstate · checked Aug 23, 2026