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Ray of Hope Cancer Foundation

Mental Health Support Grant · About this organization

What you get

Help paying an approved therapist for individual, couple, or family counseling. The amount is not published. Ask.

How to start

Your social worker starts the request. Ask them to fill in the request form with you.

Good to know

  • Medicaid clients must use a therapist who accepts Medicaid.
  • First session must begin within 30 days of award.

The details, as published

B-ALL is in scope Open Care team starts the request

Ray of Hope funds up to eight counseling sessions, with a maximum grant value of $600, for Colorado cancer patients, family members, caregivers, and people affected by diagnosis, progression, or cancer-related loss.

What help you may get

Household Bills And Cash Assistance

Mental Health Support Grant — household bills and cash assistance

Ray of Hope funds up to eight counseling sessions, with a maximum grant value of $600, for Colorado cancer patients, family members, caregivers, and people affected by diagnosis, progression, or cancer-related loss.

Amount not published

Can cover

  • individual, couple, or family counseling through approved therapist

Medical And Insurance Costs

Mental Health Support Grant — medical and insurance costs

Ray of Hope funds up to eight counseling sessions, with a maximum grant value of $600, for Colorado cancer patients, family members, caregivers, and people affected by diagnosis, progression, or cancer-related loss.

Amount not published

Can cover

  • individual, couple, or family counseling through approved therapist

Mental Health Therapy

Mental Health Support Grant — mental health therapy

Ray of Hope funds up to eight counseling sessions, with a maximum grant value of $600, for Colorado cancer patients, family members, caregivers, and people affected by diagnosis, progression, or cancer-related loss.

Amount not published

Can cover

  • individual, couple, or family counseling through approved therapist

Peer And Emotional Support

Mental Health Support Grant — peer and emotional support

Ray of Hope funds up to eight counseling sessions, with a maximum grant value of $600, for Colorado cancer patients, family members, caregivers, and people affected by diagnosis, progression, or cancer-related loss.

Amount not published

Can cover

  • individual, couple, or family counseling through approved therapist

Why this may help

Medical And Insurance Costs: The grant pays toward counseling with an approved therapist.

Check the main eligibility rules

Diagnosis

B-ALL is in scope. B-ALL patients and affected family members are within the broad cancer-connected audience.

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: Published program service area in US-CO.

  • The program explicitly serves Colorado cancer patients, family members, caregivers, and bereaved people through participating therapists. Virtual or therapist delivery does not make the grant nationwide.

Where your child is treated

No treatment-location restriction is published.

How to get started

Set up the ask for my care team

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.

  1. Select a provider from the preferred-provider list.
  2. The applicant and therapist complete the application together; the therapist submits it without medical records.

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
  • First session must begin within 30 days of award.

Limitations and things to confirm

  • Medicaid clients must use a therapist who accepts Medicaid.
  • One-time grant; no reapplication after award.
  • What approval time, telehealth coverage, provider capacity, and language support apply?

Official sources

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

Official program