TOUCH Inc.
Financial Assistance · About this organization
What you get
$150 or $175 monthly (sources disagree), up to 12 nonconsecutive months, for housing and insurance, utilities, phone, food, supplies, childcare, car bills, fuel, taxis, storage, and other approved nonmedical costs.
How to start
Fill in and sign your application and medical release. Email or mail it with proof of address; ask your doctor to send the medical form. Expect a financial interview.
Good to know
- Your income must be below 300% of the federal poverty level.
- Your liquid assets must be below your estimated treatment-period expenses.
The details, as published
TOUCH may pay as much as $175 per month directly to approved nonmedical vendors for up to 12 nonconsecutive months. Cancer patients in Vanderburgh or Warrick County must be diagnosed within the previous six months or in active treatment, have household income below 300% of the current federal poverty level, and have liquid assets below estimated treatment-period expenses. The public packet requires medical and residence verification plus a financial interview; intake timing and current funding capacity are not published.
What help you may get
Childcare
Financial Assistance — childcare
TOUCH may pay as much as $175 per month directly to approved nonmedical vendors for up to 12 nonconsecutive months. Cancer patients in Vanderburgh or Warrick County must be diagnosed within the previous six months or in active treatment, have household income below 300% of the current federal poverty level, and have liquid assets below estimated treatment-period expenses. The public packet requires medical and residence verification plus a financial interview; intake timing and current funding capacity are not published.
Amount decided by the program · Recurring
Can cover
- Car payment, gasoline, auto insurance, taxi, and other transportation
- Childcare
- Childcare, daycare, or babysitting
- Electricity, gas, water, sewer, and phone
- Groceries
- Groceries and supplies
- Other individually approved nonmedical expenses caused by cancer
- Other nonmedical out-of-pocket costs caused by cancer
- Rent or mortgage
- Rent or mortgage and home or renters insurance
- Storage fees
- Transportation and fuel
- Utilities
Does not cover
- Credit-card bills
- Medical expenses
- The linked application states a fixed monthly limit of $150 for up to 12 months. A current 2026 marketing page states $175 monthly relief. Confirm the controlling current amount.
- The application allows up to 12 months, which may be nonconsecutive; the patient must call each month to confirm continuing need.
Household Bills And Cash Assistance
Financial Assistance — household bills and cash assistance
TOUCH may pay as much as $175 per month directly to approved nonmedical vendors for up to 12 nonconsecutive months. Cancer patients in Vanderburgh or Warrick County must be diagnosed within the previous six months or in active treatment, have household income below 300% of the current federal poverty level, and have liquid assets below estimated treatment-period expenses. The public packet requires medical and residence verification plus a financial interview; intake timing and current funding capacity are not published.
Amount decided by the program · Recurring
Can cover
- Car payment, gasoline, auto insurance, taxi, and other transportation
- Childcare
- Childcare, daycare, or babysitting
- Electricity, gas, water, sewer, and phone
- Groceries
- Groceries and supplies
- Other individually approved nonmedical expenses caused by cancer
- Other nonmedical out-of-pocket costs caused by cancer
- Rent or mortgage
- Rent or mortgage and home or renters insurance
- Storage fees
- Transportation and fuel
- Utilities
Does not cover
- Credit-card bills
- Medical expenses
- The linked application states a fixed monthly limit of $150 for up to 12 months. A current 2026 marketing page states $175 monthly relief. Confirm the controlling current amount.
- The application allows up to 12 months, which may be nonconsecutive; the patient must call each month to confirm continuing need.
Meals And Food
Financial Assistance — meals and food
TOUCH may pay as much as $175 per month directly to approved nonmedical vendors for up to 12 nonconsecutive months. Cancer patients in Vanderburgh or Warrick County must be diagnosed within the previous six months or in active treatment, have household income below 300% of the current federal poverty level, and have liquid assets below estimated treatment-period expenses. The public packet requires medical and residence verification plus a financial interview; intake timing and current funding capacity are not published.
Amount decided by the program · Recurring
Can cover
- Car payment, gasoline, auto insurance, taxi, and other transportation
- Childcare
- Childcare, daycare, or babysitting
- Electricity, gas, water, sewer, and phone
- Groceries
- Groceries and supplies
- Other individually approved nonmedical expenses caused by cancer
- Other nonmedical out-of-pocket costs caused by cancer
- Rent or mortgage
- Rent or mortgage and home or renters insurance
- Storage fees
- Transportation and fuel
- Utilities
Does not cover
- Credit-card bills
- Medical expenses
- The linked application states a fixed monthly limit of $150 for up to 12 months. A current 2026 marketing page states $175 monthly relief. Confirm the controlling current amount.
- The application allows up to 12 months, which may be nonconsecutive; the patient must call each month to confirm continuing need.
Travel And Transportation
Financial Assistance — travel and transportation
TOUCH may pay as much as $175 per month directly to approved nonmedical vendors for up to 12 nonconsecutive months. Cancer patients in Vanderburgh or Warrick County must be diagnosed within the previous six months or in active treatment, have household income below 300% of the current federal poverty level, and have liquid assets below estimated treatment-period expenses. The public packet requires medical and residence verification plus a financial interview; intake timing and current funding capacity are not published.
Amount decided by the program · Recurring
Can cover
- Car payment, gasoline, auto insurance, taxi, and other transportation
- Childcare
- Childcare, daycare, or babysitting
- Electricity, gas, water, sewer, and phone
- Groceries
- Groceries and supplies
- Other individually approved nonmedical expenses caused by cancer
- Other nonmedical out-of-pocket costs caused by cancer
- Rent or mortgage
- Rent or mortgage and home or renters insurance
- Storage fees
- Transportation and fuel
- Utilities
Does not cover
- Credit-card bills
- Medical expenses
- The linked application states a fixed monthly limit of $150 for up to 12 months. A current 2026 marketing page states $175 monthly relief. Confirm the controlling current amount.
- The application allows up to 12 months, which may be nonconsecutive; the patient must call each month to confirm continuing need.
- The published monetary limit is shared across the listed benefit components.
Why this may help
Childcare: Childcare, daycare, or babysitting can be included among approved nonmedical expenses.
Meals And Food: Groceries can be included alongside the other nonmedical bills caused by cancer.
Travel And Transportation: Gas, taxis, vehicle costs, and other transportation can be included in the nonmedical assistance.
Check the main eligibility rules
Diagnosis
B-ALL is in scope. The official application expressly allows a parent or legal guardian to sign for a minor with cancer, so pediatric B-ALL qualifies under the any-cancer rule.
Age
Age 0 to no published upper limit, measured at application.
- No maximum age is published; the application expressly permits a parent or legal guardian to sign for a minor.
Treatment status
Active Treatment
- A provider must verify the patient or diagnosis.
- The physician form and medical release verify diagnosis and treatment.
Financial need is required.
- The application requires income below 300% of the current federal poverty level.
- Total current household income from all sources.
Where you live and where your child is treated
Where your family lives
You must live in: Vanderburgh County; Warrick County.
- The patient must live in Vanderburgh or Warrick County; proof of physical address may be required.
Where your child is treated
No treatment-location restriction is published.
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: Caregiver, Parent Or Guardian, Patient
- Complete the application, physician form, and medical release.
- Confirm county, diagnosis/treatment timing, income, asset, and financial-need rules.
- If approved, call each month to verify continuing need; TOUCH pays vendors directly.
- Supply residence and household financial evidence and complete the financial interview.
Ways to apply or ask
- Email · Open form or page · 812-437-3594 · contact@touchindiana.org — Complete the application and email it or mail it to the address stated on the current form/site.
- Online Portal · Open form or page
- Online Portal · Open form or page
Documents to prepare
- Completed application
- Household income, asset, and expense information
- Physician form and medical release
- Proof of residence
- Vendor statement or amount verification when requested
- Checks are paid directly to the vendor, not the patient.
Availability and timing
| Program | Active |
|---|---|
| Applications | Not Published |
| Funding or space | Fund Dependent |
| Application window | Rolling |
| Last checked | Aug 24, 2026 |
- A current official page presented the program and an intake route on the research date.
- Applications or requests are accepted on an ongoing basis, subject to program capacity.
- Public-form visibility does not establish that intake or funds are currently open.
Limitations and things to confirm
- A completed application contains sensitive SSN and medical information; no secure upload or secure-email guidance is published.
- Assistance is discretionary and fund dependent.
- Medical expenses and credit-card bills are excluded.
- Official pages conflict on whether the current monthly limit is $150 or $175.
- How long review and vendor payment take and how monthly need is reconfirmed?
- Is a secure submission method available?
- Is the 12-month limit lifetime or renewable, and what happens when funds are unavailable?
- What liquid-asset documentation and expense estimate are required?
- Which 300% FPL table and income period are used at intake?
- Does TOUCH permit third-party modification or prefill of the official AcroForm PDF?
- May the physician send the medical section separately from the family application packet?
Official sources
Program details were last verified Aug 24, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.
- About TOUCH Inc. · checked Aug 24, 2026
- About TOUCH Inc. · checked Aug 23, 2026
- TOUCH Financial Assistance Application · checked Aug 27, 2026
- TOUCH Financial Assistance Application · checked Aug 23, 2026
- Contact TOUCH · checked Aug 23, 2026
- TOUCH Monthly Relief · checked Aug 23, 2026