P.U.N.T. Pediatric Cancer Collaborative
Helping Hands · About this organization
What you get
Help with rent, mortgage, utilities, car payments, repairs, or funeral expenses, paid directly to the biller. The amount isn't published. Ask.
How to start
Give your treating social worker the bills you need help paying so they can assess your need and send a prioritized request.
Good to know
- Assistance depends on social-worker prioritization and current funding.
- No direct family application is published.
The details, as published
P.U.N.T. Helping Hands pays selected household bills for Western New York families whose child is in pediatric cancer treatment. Published examples include rent, mortgage, utilities, vehicle payments, home repairs, and funeral expenses, with payment made directly to the creditor or vendor. A medical social worker assesses the need, prioritizes requests, and submits the request to P.U.N.T.; public award limits and income rules are not posted.
What help you may get
Bereavement And Memorial Support
Helping Hands — bereavement and memorial support
P.U.N.T. Helping Hands pays selected household bills for Western New York families whose child is in pediatric cancer treatment. Published examples include rent, mortgage, utilities, vehicle payments, home repairs, and funeral expenses, with payment made directly to the creditor or vendor. A medical social worker assesses the need, prioritizes requests, and submits the request to P.U.N.T.; public award limits and income rules are not posted.
Amount not published
Can cover
- Funeral expenses
- Home repairs
- Household utilities
- Rent or mortgage
- Vehicle payments
- The official page does not publish an award ceiling.
- No public frequency rule is posted.
Household Bills And Cash Assistance
Helping Hands — household bills and cash assistance
P.U.N.T. Helping Hands pays selected household bills for Western New York families whose child is in pediatric cancer treatment. Published examples include rent, mortgage, utilities, vehicle payments, home repairs, and funeral expenses, with payment made directly to the creditor or vendor. A medical social worker assesses the need, prioritizes requests, and submits the request to P.U.N.T.; public award limits and income rules are not posted.
Amount not published
Can cover
- Funeral expenses
- Home repairs
- Household utilities
- Rent or mortgage
- Vehicle payments
- The official page does not publish an award ceiling.
- No public frequency rule is posted.
Travel And Transportation
Helping Hands — travel and transportation
P.U.N.T. Helping Hands pays selected household bills for Western New York families whose child is in pediatric cancer treatment. Published examples include rent, mortgage, utilities, vehicle payments, home repairs, and funeral expenses, with payment made directly to the creditor or vendor. A medical social worker assesses the need, prioritizes requests, and submits the request to P.U.N.T.; public award limits and income rules are not posted.
Amount not published
Can cover
- Funeral expenses
- Home repairs
- Household utilities
- Rent or mortgage
- Vehicle payments
- The official page does not publish an award ceiling.
- No public frequency rule is posted.
Why this may help
Bereavement And Memorial Support: Funeral costs are considered alongside the fund's help with household expenses.
Travel And Transportation: Vehicle payments can be covered alongside rent, utilities and home repairs.
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.
- A medical social worker must assess and submit the request.
Financial need is required.
- No numerical income rule is published in the reviewed material.
- Requests are prioritized by medical social workers according to family need.
Where you live and where your child is treated
Where your family lives
You must live in: Published program service area in US-NY.
- The family must be served in P.U.N.T.'s Western New York pediatric-cancer community.
- The program explicitly serves Western New York families through medical social workers. Preserve the regional gate rather than treating the benefit as statewide or national.
Where your child is treated
No treatment-location restriction is published.
How to get started
Set up the ask for my social worker
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: Social Worker
- Ask the treating medical social worker to assess the family need.
- If approved and funded, P.U.N.T. pays the creditor or vendor directly.
- The social worker submits a prioritized request to P.U.N.T.
Ways to apply or ask
- Hospital Workflow · Open form or page — The treating medical social worker submits a prioritized request.
Documents to prepare
The program does not publish a document checklist. Ask before gathering paperwork.
- Approved bills are paid directly to the creditor or vendor.
Availability and timing
| Program | Active |
|---|---|
| Applications | Call To Confirm |
| Funding or space | Not Published |
| Application window | Rolling |
| Last checked | Aug 27, 2026 |
- The official organization currently presents this program as active.
- Requests are handled through hospital social workers; current capacity must be confirmed.
Limitations and things to confirm
- Assistance depends on social-worker prioritization and current funding.
- No direct family application is published.
- Western New York service area only.
- Are funds currently available for a new social-worker request?
- What award cap, frequency rule, financial criteria, and documents apply?
- Which counties and treating hospitals currently participate?
Official sources
Program details were last verified Aug 27, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.
- Helping Hands — P.U.N.T. Pediatric Cancer Collaborative · checked Aug 27, 2026
- Helping Hands — P.U.N.T. Pediatric Cancer Collaborative · checked Aug 23, 2026