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Financial Assistance · About this organization
What you get
A grant toward rent or mortgage, utilities, travel and other expenses insurance does not cover.
How to start
Use the online grant form with your child's and guardian's details, the amount needed and an explanation of what it will pay for.
Good to know
- You must be experiencing financial hardship.
- Staff will ask for more information about your child’s condition and care team after reviewing the form.
The details, as published
Financial grants for families in hardship with a child diagnosed with cancer who live in or receive medical care in New England; published examples include housing, utilities, and travel costs.
What help you may get
Household Bills And Cash Assistance
Financial grant
A grant toward expenses not covered by insurance, including rent or mortgage, utilities, and travel costs.
Amount not published
Can cover
- rent or mortgage payments
- utilities
- travel costs
- other expenses not covered by insurance
- The form asks for a requested amount but publishes no minimum or maximum.
Check the main eligibility rules
Diagnosis
B-ALL is in scope. B-ALL is a childhood cancer and the official application accepts families with a child diagnosed with cancer without publishing a cancer-type exclusion.
Age
The program does not publish an age limit.
- The form asks for the child's date of birth but publishes no numerical age limit.
Treatment status
No specific treatment status is published.
Financial need is required.
- Financial hardship is required, but no income formula or documentation standard is published.
- The family must be experiencing financial hardship.
Where you live and where your child is treated
Where your family lives
You must live in: New England.
- The family must live in New England or the child must receive medical care there.
Where your child is treated
Treatment must be in: Published treatment-location area.
- Treatment in New England can satisfy the gate when residence does not.
How to get started
Does a social worker or care team need to start it? No. A required care-team start is not published; the family can use the available route below.
Who can start: Parent Or Guardian, Caregiver
- Confirm that the family lives in or receives the child's medical care in New England.
- Complete and submit the public application with child, guardian, contact, amount, and intended-use information.
- Review the initial application and contact the family for medical-condition and care-team information.
- Respond to the follow-up request with the requested information.
Ways to apply or ask
- Web Form · Open form or page — The official Get Help page links to this five-page Google form.
Documents to prepare
The program does not publish a document checklist. Ask before gathering paperwork.
Availability and timing
| Program | Active |
|---|---|
| Applications | Open |
| Funding or space | Not Published |
| Application window | Rolling |
| Last checked | Aug 27, 2026 |
- The official application was live and accepted in-area progression when checked.
- The application was open when checked; no deadline or seasonal window was shown.
Limitations and things to confirm
- Only families living in or receiving the child's medical care in New England can proceed through the current application.
- Grant limits, child age limit, award frequency, and later verification requirements are not published.
- What grant limits, child age limit, medical-verification documents, and repeat-award rules apply?
Official sources
Program details were last verified Aug 27, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.
- Financial Assistance Application · checked Aug 27, 2026
- Get Help | This Star Won't Go Out · checked Aug 27, 2026