Salood
Financial Aid · About this organization
What you get
Help with essential household costs and treatment travel. The amount isn't published. Ask.
How to start
Give your hospital caseworker details of the bills or travel costs you need paid so they can send a request through Salood.
Good to know
- The program accepts requests only through listed partner hospitals.
The details, as published
Salood provides financial aid for essential household and treatment-travel needs to pediatric cancer families connected to its partner hospitals. A child with B-ALL can qualify through Children's Health Dallas, Cook Children's, Driscoll Children's locations, or Ochsner Health when a hospital caseworker submits the request. Families cannot apply directly, and the official page does not publish a numerical income threshold or standard award cap.
What help you may get
Household Bills And Cash Assistance
Financial Aid — household bills and cash assistance
Salood provides financial aid for essential household and treatment-travel needs to pediatric cancer families connected to its partner hospitals. A child with B-ALL can qualify through Children's Health Dallas, Cook Children's, Driscoll Children's locations, or Ochsner Health when a hospital caseworker submits the request. Families cannot apply directly, and the official page does not publish a numerical income threshold or standard award cap.
Amount not published
Can cover
- Groceries and household essentials
- Rent or mortgage
- Treatment-related travel
- Utilities
- No monetary ceiling is published on the reviewed official page.
- The reviewed official material does not publish a repeat-assistance rule.
Meals And Food
Financial Aid — meals and food
Salood provides financial aid for essential household and treatment-travel needs to pediatric cancer families connected to its partner hospitals. A child with B-ALL can qualify through Children's Health Dallas, Cook Children's, Driscoll Children's locations, or Ochsner Health when a hospital caseworker submits the request. Families cannot apply directly, and the official page does not publish a numerical income threshold or standard award cap.
Amount not published
Can cover
- Groceries and household essentials
- Rent or mortgage
- Treatment-related travel
- Utilities
- No monetary ceiling is published on the reviewed official page.
- The reviewed official material does not publish a repeat-assistance rule.
Travel And Transportation
Financial Aid — travel and transportation
Salood provides financial aid for essential household and treatment-travel needs to pediatric cancer families connected to its partner hospitals. A child with B-ALL can qualify through Children's Health Dallas, Cook Children's, Driscoll Children's locations, or Ochsner Health when a hospital caseworker submits the request. Families cannot apply directly, and the official page does not publish a numerical income threshold or standard award cap.
Amount not published
Can cover
- Groceries and household essentials
- Rent or mortgage
- Treatment-related travel
- Utilities
- No monetary ceiling is published on the reviewed official page.
- The reviewed official material does not publish a repeat-assistance rule.
Why this may help
Meals And Food: Groceries and household essentials can be paid alongside rent and utility bills.
Travel And Transportation: Treatment-related travel is among the expenses considered for financial aid.
Check the main eligibility rules
Diagnosis
B-ALL is in scope. The official program serves children with cancer or children with serious medical conditions that include cancer; pediatric B-ALL is within that scope.
Age
The program does not publish an age limit.
- The official page describes children or pediatric patients but does not publish a numerical age rule.
Treatment status
Active Treatment, Newly Diagnosed
- A provider must verify the patient or diagnosis.
- A hospital caseworker or approved hospital representative must submit the request.
Financial need is required.
- The official page does not publish an income ceiling and describes a low-barrier hospital referral process.
- The request must concern an essential family need during the child's cancer treatment.
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 family must be served through Children's Health Dallas, Cook Children's Medical Center, Driscoll Children's Hospital in Corpus Christi or the Rio Grande Valley, or Ochsner Health, as currently listed..
- The family must be served through Children's Health Dallas, Cook Children's Medical Center, Driscoll Children's Hospital in Corpus Christi or the Rio Grande Valley, or Ochsner Health, as currently listed.
Where the service, camp, stay, or experience happens
- Louisiana — Louisiana — Louisiana
- Texas — Texas — Texas
How to get started
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: Healthcare Team, Hospital Representative, Social Worker
- Ask the hospital caseworker whether the treatment center participates.
- Salood reviews the request and available funds.
- The caseworker submits the family's need through Salood's partner pathway.
Ways to apply or ask
- Email · info@salood.org — The official page directs hospital or organization representatives—not families making unsolicited requests—to this address to explore financial-aid opportunities.
- Hospital Workflow · Open form or page — A caseworker at a listed partner hospital submits the request; unsolicited family applications are not accepted.
- Online Portal · Open form or page — No online family or caseworker application portal is published on the current page.
Documents to prepare
The program does not publish a document checklist. Ask before gathering paperwork.
Availability and timing
| Program | Active |
|---|---|
| Applications | Hospital Mediated |
| Funding or space | Not Published |
| Application window | Rolling |
| Last checked | Aug 24, 2026 |
- The official site presented the program as active on the verification date.
Limitations and things to confirm
- Award amounts, repeat limits, and full documentation rules are not published.
- The program accepts requests only through listed partner hospitals.
- What award ceilings, payment methods, and repeat-assistance rules currently apply?
- Which specific Ochsner facility and service area participates?
Official sources
Program details were last verified Aug 24, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.
- Financial Aid — Salood · checked Aug 27, 2026
- Financial Aid — Salood · checked Aug 23, 2026