Parker Project
Family Financial Assistance · About this organization
What you get
Help with car payments, gas and transportation, groceries, out-of-pocket medical expenses, past-due medical bills, rent or mortgage, short-term lodging near treatment and utility bills.
How to start
Check the assistance page for the next application cycle before preparing a request.
Good to know
- Bills must be current and in your name.
- You must be the parent or legal guardian and must give treatment-team verification.
The details, as published
Parker Project provides financial assistance across the United States to families whose child is under 18, in active cancer treatment, and experiencing documented financial hardship. Benefits may address housing, utilities, groceries, transportation or fuel, car payments, out-of-pocket medical costs, and past-due medical bills, but both the application and waiting list are currently closed while enrolled families are served.
What help you may get
Household Bills And Cash Assistance
Family Financial Assistance — household bills and cash assistance
Parker Project provides financial assistance across the United States to families whose child is under 18, in active cancer treatment, and experiencing documented financial hardship. Benefits may address housing, utilities, groceries, transportation or fuel, car payments, out-of-pocket medical costs, and past-due medical bills, but both the application and waiting list are currently closed while enrolled families are served.
Amount decided by the program
Can cover
- Car payments
- Gas and transportation
- Groceries
- Out-of-pocket medical expenses
- Past-due medical bills
- Rent or mortgage
- Short-term lodging near treatment
- Utility bills
Does not cover
- Payments made directly to the family
- Awards are determined case by case; no dollar cap is published.
- The site describes ongoing accompaniment but does not publish a repeat-award interval or maximum number of awards.
Lodging Near Treatment
Family Financial Assistance — lodging near treatment
Parker Project provides financial assistance across the United States to families whose child is under 18, in active cancer treatment, and experiencing documented financial hardship. Benefits may address housing, utilities, groceries, transportation or fuel, car payments, out-of-pocket medical costs, and past-due medical bills, but both the application and waiting list are currently closed while enrolled families are served.
Amount decided by the program
Can cover
- Car payments
- Gas and transportation
- Groceries
- Out-of-pocket medical expenses
- Past-due medical bills
- Rent or mortgage
- Short-term lodging near treatment
- Utility bills
Does not cover
- Payments made directly to the family
- Awards are determined case by case; no dollar cap is published.
- The site describes ongoing accompaniment but does not publish a repeat-award interval or maximum number of awards.
Meals And Food
Family Financial Assistance — meals and food
Parker Project provides financial assistance across the United States to families whose child is under 18, in active cancer treatment, and experiencing documented financial hardship. Benefits may address housing, utilities, groceries, transportation or fuel, car payments, out-of-pocket medical costs, and past-due medical bills, but both the application and waiting list are currently closed while enrolled families are served.
Amount decided by the program
Can cover
- Car payments
- Gas and transportation
- Groceries
- Out-of-pocket medical expenses
- Past-due medical bills
- Rent or mortgage
- Short-term lodging near treatment
- Utility bills
Does not cover
- Payments made directly to the family
- Awards are determined case by case; no dollar cap is published.
- The site describes ongoing accompaniment but does not publish a repeat-award interval or maximum number of awards.
Medical And Insurance Costs
Family Financial Assistance — medical and insurance costs
Parker Project provides financial assistance across the United States to families whose child is under 18, in active cancer treatment, and experiencing documented financial hardship. Benefits may address housing, utilities, groceries, transportation or fuel, car payments, out-of-pocket medical costs, and past-due medical bills, but both the application and waiting list are currently closed while enrolled families are served.
Amount decided by the program
Can cover
- Car payments
- Gas and transportation
- Groceries
- Out-of-pocket medical expenses
- Past-due medical bills
- Rent or mortgage
- Short-term lodging near treatment
- Utility bills
Does not cover
- Payments made directly to the family
- Awards are determined case by case; no dollar cap is published.
- The site describes ongoing accompaniment but does not publish a repeat-award interval or maximum number of awards.
Travel And Transportation
Family Financial Assistance — travel and transportation
Parker Project provides financial assistance across the United States to families whose child is under 18, in active cancer treatment, and experiencing documented financial hardship. Benefits may address housing, utilities, groceries, transportation or fuel, car payments, out-of-pocket medical costs, and past-due medical bills, but both the application and waiting list are currently closed while enrolled families are served.
Amount decided by the program
Can cover
- Car payments
- Gas and transportation
- Groceries
- Out-of-pocket medical expenses
- Past-due medical bills
- Rent or mortgage
- Short-term lodging near treatment
- Utility bills
Does not cover
- Payments made directly to the family
- Awards are determined case by case; no dollar cap is published.
- The site describes ongoing accompaniment but does not publish a repeat-award interval or maximum number of awards.
- The published monetary limit is shared across the listed benefit components.
Why this may help
Lodging Near Treatment: Short-term lodging near treatment can be included in the financial-assistance request.
Meals And Food: Groceries are among the everyday expenses the assistance can cover.
Medical And Insurance Costs: Out-of-pocket costs and past-due medical bills can be considered alongside household expenses.
Travel And Transportation: Gas, transportation and car payments can be included in a request for help.
Check the main eligibility rules
Diagnosis
B-ALL is in scope. The official eligibility page accepts all pediatric cancer diagnoses in U.S. children under age 18 who are in active treatment, which includes B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
Age
Age 0 to age 17, measured at application.
- The child must currently be under age 18.
Treatment status
Active Treatment
- A provider must verify the patient or diagnosis.
- A doctor, hospital social worker, or care-team member must provide a diagnosis-verification letter.
Financial need is required.
- No numerical income ceiling is published. The board considers current and prior income, ordinary monthly expenses, and new cancer-related costs case by case, and may request proof of income and household expenses.
- The board determines assistance according to the family's circumstances and current available funding.
Where you live and where your child is treated
Where your family lives
No residence restriction is published.
- The official site describes assistance for families across the United States; no state exclusions or territory rules are published.
Where your child is treated
Treatment-location rules are not published clearly; confirm with the program.
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: Parent Or Guardian
- Do not submit now; both the assistance program and waiting list are currently closed.
- Obtain a diagnosis-verification letter from a doctor, hospital social worker, or care-team member.
- Open and complete the official online application.
- Provide current bills, lease agreements, or statements in the parent or guardian's name.
- Provide proof of income and household expenses if requested.
- Wait for the personal review and phone or email decision.
- When intake reopens, submit the application with diagnosis and financial-hardship documentation.
Ways to apply or ask
- Online Portal · Open form or page
- Online Portal · Open form or page
Documents to prepare
- Current bill, lease agreement, or statement in the parent or guardian's name
- Diagnosis documentation; exact current form is not published
- Diagnosis-verification letter from the treating doctor, hospital social worker, or care-team member
- Financial-hardship documentation; exact current form is not published
- Proof of income and household expenses if requested
- Approved funds are paid directly to the company named on the submitted bill, statement, or lease.
Availability and timing
| Program | Active |
|---|---|
| Applications | Closed |
| Funding or space | Not Published |
| Application window | Call First |
| Last checked | Aug 27, 2026 |
- The live application section says both the assistance program and waiting list are currently closed while Parker Project serves enrolled families; no reopening date is published.
- The assistance program and waiting list are both currently closed; no reopening date is published.
- The published application-review time is typically 30 to 60 days.
- Typically 30 to 60 days after submission.
- When intake is open, the current site says review takes one to two weeks; assistance is typically provided the same day after approval.
Limitations and things to confirm
- Bills must be current and in the applicant's name.
- Current pages do not fully publish the applicant role or exact diagnosis and financial documentation.
- New applications and the waiting list are currently closed; no reopening date is published.
- No award cap or repeat-award rule is published, and assistance depends on available funds.
- No award cap, repeat-award rule, funding status, or payment method is published.
- The applicant must be the parent or legal guardian and must provide treatment-team verification.
- The child must be under age 18 and in active cancer treatment.
- The current one-to-two-week review estimate applies only after an application can be submitted.
- The typical review time is 30 to 60 days.
- Are U.S. territories included?
- What award limits, payment method, and repeat-assistance rules apply?
- When will intake reopen, and does the waitlist convey any priority or application date?
- Which exact diagnosis and financial documents are required under the current site?
- Which expense categories and applicants receive priority when funding is limited?
Official sources
Program details were last verified Aug 24, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.
- Application · checked Aug 24, 2026
- Apply for Childhood Cancer Financial Support · checked Aug 24, 2026
- Frequently Asked Questions on Childhood Cancer Support · checked Aug 24, 2026
- Parker Project · checked Aug 24, 2026
- Apply — Parker Project · checked Aug 24, 2026
- FAQ — Parker Project · checked Aug 24, 2026