Sarah's Fight for Hope Foundation
Financial Assistance Program · About this organization
What you get
Help with essential living expenses during cancer treatment. The amount isn't published. Ask.
How to start
Your social worker starts the request. Give them a copy of your bill.
Good to know
- The request must address financial hardship directly related to your child’s illness.
- No award amount or repeat-award rule is public.
The details, as published
Sarah's Fight for Hope provides grants for illness-related financial hardship to New Jersey families with a child age 0–19 in active pediatric-cancer treatment. The current page requires a signed program page and a recent invoice showing the customer, address, account, balance, payee, and payment address. Requests are accepted on a rolling basis through September 30, 2026, and ordinary payments are processed during the first week of the following month.
What help you may get
Household Bills And Cash Assistance
Financial Assistance Program — household bills and cash assistance
Sarah's Fight for Hope provides grants for illness-related financial hardship to New Jersey families with a child age 0–19 in active pediatric-cancer treatment. The current page requires a signed program page and a recent invoice showing the customer, address, account, balance, payee, and payment address. Requests are accepted on a rolling basis through September 30, 2026, and ordinary payments are processed during the first week of the following month.
Amount not published
Can cover
- Essential living expenses documented by a current invoice
- No standard award amount is published; requests are reviewed case by case and subject to available funds.
Meals And Food
Financial Assistance Program — meals and food
Sarah's Fight for Hope provides grants for illness-related financial hardship to New Jersey families with a child age 0–19 in active pediatric-cancer treatment. The current page requires a signed program page and a recent invoice showing the customer, address, account, balance, payee, and payment address. Requests are accepted on a rolling basis through September 30, 2026, and ordinary payments are processed during the first week of the following month.
Amount not published
Can cover
- Essential living expenses documented by a current invoice
- No standard award amount is published; requests are reviewed case by case and subject to available funds.
Travel And Transportation
Financial Assistance Program — travel and transportation
Sarah's Fight for Hope provides grants for illness-related financial hardship to New Jersey families with a child age 0–19 in active pediatric-cancer treatment. The current page requires a signed program page and a recent invoice showing the customer, address, account, balance, payee, and payment address. Requests are accepted on a rolling basis through September 30, 2026, and ordinary payments are processed during the first week of the following month.
Amount not published
Can cover
- Essential living expenses documented by a current invoice
- No standard award amount is published; requests are reviewed case by case and subject to available funds.
Why this may help
Meals And Food: Essential living expenses need a current invoice; ask whether your food expense can be considered.
Travel And Transportation: Essential living expenses need a current invoice; ask whether the specific travel cost can be considered.
Check the main eligibility rules
Diagnosis
B-ALL is in scope. The published program scope includes pediatric cancer or serious childhood illness, so pediatric B-ALL is within the diagnosis category.
Age
Age 0 to age 19, measured at application.
- The current page states age 0–19.
Treatment status
No specific treatment status is published.
- A provider must verify the patient or diagnosis.
- A social worker must validate the medical information and sign the program form.
Financial need is required.
- No numeric income limit is published on the reviewed official pages.
- The request must address financial hardship directly related to the child’s illness.
Where you live and where your child is treated
Where your family lives
You must live in: NJ.
- The family must reside in New Jersey.
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: Parent Or Guardian, Social Worker
- Complete the online financial-assistance application.
- Have the parent or guardian and social worker complete the required signature page.
- The foundation reviews the request and processes approved ordinary payments during the first week of the next month.
- Upload a qualifying invoice dated within 60 days.
Ways to apply or ask
- Online Portal · Open form or page
- Online Portal · Open form or page
Documents to prepare
- Completed signature page with parent or guardian and social-worker signatures
- Invoice dated within 60 days showing customer name and address, account number, balance due, payment address, and payee
- Approved payments are issued once per month; the invoice requirements indicate payment to the named creditor or payee.
Availability and timing
| Program | Active |
|---|---|
| Applications | Open |
| Funding or space | Fund Dependent |
| Application window | Seasonal · deadline Sep 30, 2026 |
| Last checked | Aug 24, 2026 |
- The current page accepts requests through September 30, 2026; awards remain case-by-case and fund-dependent.
- Requests are rolling through September 30, 2026; applications are not accepted after that date under the current schedule.
- Ordinary requests received during a month are reviewed and processed in the first week of the following month.
Limitations and things to confirm
- Incomplete or unclear documents are not processed.
- New Jersey residence, age 0–19, and active pediatric-cancer treatment are required.
- No award amount or repeat-award rule is public.
- The current intake closes after September 30, 2026.
- May a family submit more than one request before the 2026 deadline?
- What expense categories and maximum award are currently permitted?
- When will the next intake period open after September 30, 2026?
Official sources
Program details were last verified Aug 24, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.
- Financial Assistance – Sarah’s Fight for Hope · checked Aug 24, 2026
- Financial Assistance – Sarah’s Fight for Hope · checked Aug 23, 2026
- Financial Assistance Form – Sarah’s Fight for Hope · checked Aug 24, 2026
- Financial Assistance Form – Sarah’s Fight for Hope · checked Aug 23, 2026