Strong Like AK
Strong Like AK Houses · About this organization
What you get
Free, fully furnished temporary housing while you travel for your child’s cancer treatment.
How to start
Your social worker starts the request. Ask them to fill in the request form with you.
The details, as published
Strong Like AK provides fully furnished temporary housing at no cost to families who travel away from home for a child’s cancer treatment in the Charlotte area. The organization currently describes houses in Mount Holly and Belmont. Families begin with the child’s hospital social-work team, which coordinates a referral before Strong Like AK reviews the request. Capacity, distance rules, maximum stay, household composition, and any waitlist are not published.
What help you may get
Lodging Near Treatment
Strong Like AK Houses — lodging near treatment
Strong Like AK provides fully furnished temporary housing at no cost to families who travel away from home for a child’s cancer treatment in the Charlotte area. The organization currently describes houses in Mount Holly and Belmont. Families begin with the child’s hospital social-work team, which coordinates a referral before Strong Like AK reviews the request. Capacity, distance rules, maximum stay, household composition, and any waitlist are not published.
Noncash help
Can cover
- Fully furnished temporary housing near Charlotte-area pediatric cancer care
- The lodging is provided at no cost; no cash amount is awarded.
- Length of stay and repeat-use rules are not published.
Check the main eligibility rules
Diagnosis
B-ALL is in scope. The houses are for families whose child is receiving cancer treatment, which includes pediatric B-ALL treatment.
Age
The program does not publish an age limit.
- The official page says child but does not publish a numerical age ceiling.
Treatment status
No specific treatment status is published.
- A provider must verify the patient or diagnosis.
- The child’s hospital social-work team coordinates the request.
- No income test is published.
Where you live and where your child is treated
Where your family lives
Residence coverage is not published clearly; confirm with the program.
- The family must be traveling away from its primary residence.
Where your child is treated
Treatment must be connected to: The child must be receiving cancer treatment in the Charlotte area..
- The child must be receiving cancer treatment in the Charlotte area.
Where the service, camp, stay, or experience happens
- North Carolina — North Carolina — North Carolina
- Belmont, North Carolina — Belmont, North Carolina
- Charlotte metropolitan area — Charlotte metropolitan area
- Mount Holly, North Carolina — Mount Holly, North Carolina
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: Healthcare Team, Social Worker
- Strong Like AK reviews the referral with social work and begins the application process as quickly as possible.
- Strong Like AK reviews the request and begins its application process if space and rules permit.
- Tell the child’s hospital social worker that temporary housing is needed.
- The social-work team coordinates a referral to Strong Like AK.
Ways to apply or ask
- Hospital Workflow · Open form or page · info@stronglikeak.org — Speak with the child’s hospital social-work team; the organization reviews the referred request.
- Online Portal · Open form or page
Documents to prepare
The program does not publish a document checklist. Ask before gathering paperwork.
- Approved families are placed in furnished housing rather than receiving a cash payment.
Availability and timing
| Program | Active |
|---|---|
| Applications | Not Published |
| Funding or space | Not Published |
| Application window | Not Published |
| Last checked | Aug 24, 2026 |
- The official page describes two current houses; live occupancy and waitlist status are not published.
- Live occupancy and waitlist status are not published.
- Referral and placement depend on current house capacity.
Limitations and things to confirm
- Live capacity and waitlist status are not published.
- Placement is capacity-dependent.
- The page does not publish a distance threshold, maximum stay, eligible-hospital list, or caregiver and sibling rules.
- Are there health, background, or other occupancy rules?
- Is a house available for the requested dates?
- What distance from home is required?
- What is the maximum stay?
- Which caregivers and siblings may stay?
- Which Charlotte-area hospitals can refer?
Official sources
Program details were last verified Aug 24, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.
- Strong Like AK House · checked Aug 24, 2026
- Strong Like AK House · checked Aug 23, 2026