TAK Foundation
Hospital-Coordinated Travel and Housing Assistance · About this organization
What you get
Help paying travel and housing expenses while your child receives cancer treatment. The amount isn't published. Ask.
How to start
Tell your hospital social worker about your housing or travel costs so they can check the need and arrange any approved help with TAK.
Good to know
- No repeat-assistance rule is published.
- Access depends on a participating hospital social-services relationship.
The details, as published
TAK Foundation pays travel and housing expenses while a child receives cancer treatment, with leukemia and lymphoma emphasized but not exclusive. Hospital social-services staff assess financial need and coordinate any assistance; Prisma in Columbia and Duke's pediatric transplant program are the current named pathways, while Levine is historical or contact-to-confirm. No public family application, amount, frequency, payment method, or current funding status is published.
What help you may get
Household Bills And Cash Assistance
Hospital-Coordinated Travel and Housing Assistance — household bills and cash assistance
TAK Foundation pays travel and housing expenses while a child receives cancer treatment, with leukemia and lymphoma emphasized but not exclusive. Hospital social-services staff assess financial need and coordinate any assistance; Prisma in Columbia and Duke's pediatric transplant program are the current named pathways, while Levine is historical or contact-to-confirm. No public family application, amount, frequency, payment method, or current funding status is published.
Amount not published
Can cover
- Housing during treatment
- Other case-specific family financial needs assessed by hospital social services
- Travel for treatment
- The site publishes aggregate historical support, not an individual award amount.
- No repeat-assistance rule is published.
Lodging Near Treatment
Hospital-Coordinated Travel and Housing Assistance — lodging near treatment
TAK Foundation pays travel and housing expenses while a child receives cancer treatment, with leukemia and lymphoma emphasized but not exclusive. Hospital social-services staff assess financial need and coordinate any assistance; Prisma in Columbia and Duke's pediatric transplant program are the current named pathways, while Levine is historical or contact-to-confirm. No public family application, amount, frequency, payment method, or current funding status is published.
Amount not published
Can cover
- Housing during treatment
- Other case-specific family financial needs assessed by hospital social services
- Travel for treatment
- The site publishes aggregate historical support, not an individual award amount.
- No repeat-assistance rule is published.
Travel And Transportation
Hospital-Coordinated Travel and Housing Assistance — travel and transportation
TAK Foundation pays travel and housing expenses while a child receives cancer treatment, with leukemia and lymphoma emphasized but not exclusive. Hospital social-services staff assess financial need and coordinate any assistance; Prisma in Columbia and Duke's pediatric transplant program are the current named pathways, while Levine is historical or contact-to-confirm. No public family application, amount, frequency, payment method, or current funding status is published.
Amount not published
Can cover
- Housing during treatment
- Other case-specific family financial needs assessed by hospital social services
- Travel for treatment
- The site publishes aggregate historical support, not an individual award amount.
- No repeat-assistance rule is published.
Check the main eligibility rules
Diagnosis
B-ALL is in scope. The foundation expressly prioritizes childhood lymphoma and leukemia, so pediatric B-ALL is within the diagnosis scope.
Age
The program does not publish an age limit.
- The official site says children but does not publish a numerical age ceiling.
Treatment status
No specific treatment status is published.
- A provider must verify the patient or diagnosis.
- Hospital social-service staff assess the need and coordinate distribution.
Financial need is required.
- Hospital social-service staff assess greatest financial need; no numerical ceiling 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.
Where your child is treated
Treatment must be through: Support is coordinated through hospital social-service relationships, including Prisma Children’s Hospital in Columbia and transplant care connected to Levine Children’s and Duke..
- Support is coordinated through hospital social-service relationships, including Prisma Children’s Hospital in Columbia and transplant care connected to Levine Children’s and Duke.
Where the service, camp, stay, or experience happens
- North Carolina — North Carolina — North Carolina
- South Carolina — South Carolina — South Carolina
- Charlotte, North Carolina — Charlotte, North Carolina
- Columbia, South Carolina — Columbia, South Carolina
- Durham, North Carolina — Durham, 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: Parent Or Guardian, Caregiver, Social Worker, Hospital Representative, Healthcare Team
- Ask whether the hospital currently coordinates with TAK Foundation.
- Tell the child’s hospital social-services team about the housing, travel, or financial need.
- The hospital team assesses the need and coordinates any approved distribution.
Ways to apply or ask
- Hospital Workflow · Open form or page — The public site does not publish a family application; affiliated-hospital social-services staff assess need and coordinate support.
Documents to prepare
The program does not publish a document checklist. Ask before gathering paperwork.
- Hospital social-service staff coordinate any distribution.
Availability and timing
| Program | Active |
|---|---|
| Applications | Call To Confirm |
| Funding or space | Not Published |
| Application window | Not Published |
| Last checked | Aug 24, 2026 |
- The current official site describes ongoing hospital relationships and support; real-time intake and funds are not published.
- There is no public direct-family application.
Limitations and things to confirm
- Access depends on a participating hospital social-services relationship.
- No direct public family application is available.
- The official site does not publish numerical age, award, frequency, document, or funding rules.
- What amount and repeat frequency are available?
- What funds are available now?
- What numerical age rule applies?
- Which documents are required?
- Which hospitals can currently submit or coordinate a request?
- Which travel and housing categories are covered?
- Which named hospitals currently accept TAK requests, and what internal documents, limits, and turnaround times do they require?
Official sources
Program details were last verified Aug 24, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.
- TAK Foundation · checked Aug 24, 2026
- TAK Foundation · checked Aug 23, 2026