UVSC
Financial Assistance Program · About this organization
What you get
Up to $10,000 per 12 months during treatment, or $5,000 per 12 months for up to two years afterward, for approved medical expenses and basic needs.
How to start
Your social worker starts the request. Give them bank statements, proof of income, and references.
Good to know
- The 12-month period starts with your first reimbursement request.
The details, as published
UVSC's live 2026 application seeks Hawaiʻi residents for capacity-limited reimbursement of approved cancer-treatment expenses and basic necessities, including out-of-state care. Linked guidelines publish up to $10,000 per 12 months during active treatment and $5,000 per 12 months for as long as 24 months afterward, subject to board budgets and funds. Applicants submit the application, provider referral, release, and financial evidence; a quarterly board selection process applies and current pages conflict on some document and timing details.
What help you may get
Childcare
Financial Assistance Program — childcare
UVSC's live 2026 application seeks Hawaiʻi residents for capacity-limited reimbursement of approved cancer-treatment expenses and basic necessities, including out-of-state care. Linked guidelines publish up to $10,000 per 12 months during active treatment and $5,000 per 12 months for as long as 24 months afterward, subject to board budgets and funds. Applicants submit the application, provider referral, release, and financial evidence; a quarterly board selection process applies and current pages conflict on some document and timing details.
Amount not published
Can cover
- Cancer-related medical expenses not covered by insurance, including alternative or experimental therapies
- Critical car repairs needed to reach cancer treatment
- Essential water, electricity, gas, or cell-phone bills to prevent shutoff
- Home or recovery-environment items, devices, or supplies beneficial to treatment
- Hospital meals and meals during medically required travel
- Housecleaning services
- Pet-care services and supplies
- Rent or mortgage payments to prevent eviction or foreclosure
- Sibling childcare during cancer treatment
- Treatment-related airfare, ground transportation, hotel, short-term rental housing, and relocation costs
- Treatment-related rental security deposits
- Tutoring, counseling, and other education expenses during cancer treatment
- Uber, Lyft, taxis, car rentals, gas, and parking during cancer treatment
Does not cover
- Clothing
- Expenses submitted or intended for reimbursement by another public or private source or flexible spending plan
- Legal fees
- Recreational drugs, tobacco, electronic cigarettes, or alcoholic beverages
- Active treatment is limited to $10,000 per 12-month period beginning with the first reimbursement request.
- Medically required travel meals are limited to $75 per person per day for the patient and parent or caregiver.
- Off-therapy assistance is limited to $5,000 per 12-month period for up to 24 months after active treatment.
- Assistance is measured over a 12-month period starting from the first reimbursement request.
Household Bills And Cash Assistance
Financial Assistance Program — household bills and cash assistance
UVSC's live 2026 application seeks Hawaiʻi residents for capacity-limited reimbursement of approved cancer-treatment expenses and basic necessities, including out-of-state care. Linked guidelines publish up to $10,000 per 12 months during active treatment and $5,000 per 12 months for as long as 24 months afterward, subject to board budgets and funds. Applicants submit the application, provider referral, release, and financial evidence; a quarterly board selection process applies and current pages conflict on some document and timing details.
Amount not published
Can cover
- Cancer-related medical expenses not covered by insurance, including alternative or experimental therapies
- Critical car repairs needed to reach cancer treatment
- Essential water, electricity, gas, or cell-phone bills to prevent shutoff
- Home or recovery-environment items, devices, or supplies beneficial to treatment
- Hospital meals and meals during medically required travel
- Housecleaning services
- Pet-care services and supplies
- Rent or mortgage payments to prevent eviction or foreclosure
- Sibling childcare during cancer treatment
- Treatment-related airfare, ground transportation, hotel, short-term rental housing, and relocation costs
- Treatment-related rental security deposits
- Tutoring, counseling, and other education expenses during cancer treatment
- Uber, Lyft, taxis, car rentals, gas, and parking during cancer treatment
Does not cover
- Clothing
- Expenses submitted or intended for reimbursement by another public or private source or flexible spending plan
- Legal fees
- Recreational drugs, tobacco, electronic cigarettes, or alcoholic beverages
- Active treatment is limited to $10,000 per 12-month period beginning with the first reimbursement request.
- Medically required travel meals are limited to $75 per person per day for the patient and parent or caregiver.
- Off-therapy assistance is limited to $5,000 per 12-month period for up to 24 months after active treatment.
- Assistance is measured over a 12-month period starting from the first reimbursement request.
Lodging Near Treatment
Financial Assistance Program — lodging near treatment
UVSC's live 2026 application seeks Hawaiʻi residents for capacity-limited reimbursement of approved cancer-treatment expenses and basic necessities, including out-of-state care. Linked guidelines publish up to $10,000 per 12 months during active treatment and $5,000 per 12 months for as long as 24 months afterward, subject to board budgets and funds. Applicants submit the application, provider referral, release, and financial evidence; a quarterly board selection process applies and current pages conflict on some document and timing details.
Amount not published
Can cover
- Cancer-related medical expenses not covered by insurance, including alternative or experimental therapies
- Critical car repairs needed to reach cancer treatment
- Essential water, electricity, gas, or cell-phone bills to prevent shutoff
- Home or recovery-environment items, devices, or supplies beneficial to treatment
- Hospital meals and meals during medically required travel
- Housecleaning services
- Pet-care services and supplies
- Rent or mortgage payments to prevent eviction or foreclosure
- Sibling childcare during cancer treatment
- Treatment-related airfare, ground transportation, hotel, short-term rental housing, and relocation costs
- Treatment-related rental security deposits
- Tutoring, counseling, and other education expenses during cancer treatment
- Uber, Lyft, taxis, car rentals, gas, and parking during cancer treatment
Does not cover
- Clothing
- Expenses submitted or intended for reimbursement by another public or private source or flexible spending plan
- Legal fees
- Recreational drugs, tobacco, electronic cigarettes, or alcoholic beverages
- Active treatment is limited to $10,000 per 12-month period beginning with the first reimbursement request.
- Medically required travel meals are limited to $75 per person per day for the patient and parent or caregiver.
- Off-therapy assistance is limited to $5,000 per 12-month period for up to 24 months after active treatment.
- Assistance is measured over a 12-month period starting from the first reimbursement request.
Meals And Food
Financial Assistance Program — meals and food
UVSC's live 2026 application seeks Hawaiʻi residents for capacity-limited reimbursement of approved cancer-treatment expenses and basic necessities, including out-of-state care. Linked guidelines publish up to $10,000 per 12 months during active treatment and $5,000 per 12 months for as long as 24 months afterward, subject to board budgets and funds. Applicants submit the application, provider referral, release, and financial evidence; a quarterly board selection process applies and current pages conflict on some document and timing details.
Amount not published
Can cover
- Cancer-related medical expenses not covered by insurance, including alternative or experimental therapies
- Critical car repairs needed to reach cancer treatment
- Essential water, electricity, gas, or cell-phone bills to prevent shutoff
- Home or recovery-environment items, devices, or supplies beneficial to treatment
- Hospital meals and meals during medically required travel
- Housecleaning services
- Pet-care services and supplies
- Rent or mortgage payments to prevent eviction or foreclosure
- Sibling childcare during cancer treatment
- Treatment-related airfare, ground transportation, hotel, short-term rental housing, and relocation costs
- Treatment-related rental security deposits
- Tutoring, counseling, and other education expenses during cancer treatment
- Uber, Lyft, taxis, car rentals, gas, and parking during cancer treatment
Does not cover
- Clothing
- Expenses submitted or intended for reimbursement by another public or private source or flexible spending plan
- Legal fees
- Recreational drugs, tobacco, electronic cigarettes, or alcoholic beverages
- Active treatment is limited to $10,000 per 12-month period beginning with the first reimbursement request.
- Medically required travel meals are limited to $75 per person per day for the patient and parent or caregiver.
- Off-therapy assistance is limited to $5,000 per 12-month period for up to 24 months after active treatment.
- Assistance is measured over a 12-month period starting from the first reimbursement request.
Medical And Insurance Costs
Financial Assistance Program — medical and insurance costs
UVSC's live 2026 application seeks Hawaiʻi residents for capacity-limited reimbursement of approved cancer-treatment expenses and basic necessities, including out-of-state care. Linked guidelines publish up to $10,000 per 12 months during active treatment and $5,000 per 12 months for as long as 24 months afterward, subject to board budgets and funds. Applicants submit the application, provider referral, release, and financial evidence; a quarterly board selection process applies and current pages conflict on some document and timing details.
Amount not published
Can cover
- Cancer-related medical expenses not covered by insurance, including alternative or experimental therapies
- Critical car repairs needed to reach cancer treatment
- Essential water, electricity, gas, or cell-phone bills to prevent shutoff
- Home or recovery-environment items, devices, or supplies beneficial to treatment
- Hospital meals and meals during medically required travel
- Housecleaning services
- Pet-care services and supplies
- Rent or mortgage payments to prevent eviction or foreclosure
- Sibling childcare during cancer treatment
- Treatment-related airfare, ground transportation, hotel, short-term rental housing, and relocation costs
- Treatment-related rental security deposits
- Tutoring, counseling, and other education expenses during cancer treatment
- Uber, Lyft, taxis, car rentals, gas, and parking during cancer treatment
Does not cover
- Clothing
- Expenses submitted or intended for reimbursement by another public or private source or flexible spending plan
- Legal fees
- Recreational drugs, tobacco, electronic cigarettes, or alcoholic beverages
- Active treatment is limited to $10,000 per 12-month period beginning with the first reimbursement request.
- Medically required travel meals are limited to $75 per person per day for the patient and parent or caregiver.
- Off-therapy assistance is limited to $5,000 per 12-month period for up to 24 months after active treatment.
- Assistance is measured over a 12-month period starting from the first reimbursement request.
Practical Items And Home Help
Financial Assistance Program — practical items and home help
UVSC's live 2026 application seeks Hawaiʻi residents for capacity-limited reimbursement of approved cancer-treatment expenses and basic necessities, including out-of-state care. Linked guidelines publish up to $10,000 per 12 months during active treatment and $5,000 per 12 months for as long as 24 months afterward, subject to board budgets and funds. Applicants submit the application, provider referral, release, and financial evidence; a quarterly board selection process applies and current pages conflict on some document and timing details.
Amount not published
Can cover
- Cancer-related medical expenses not covered by insurance, including alternative or experimental therapies
- Critical car repairs needed to reach cancer treatment
- Essential water, electricity, gas, or cell-phone bills to prevent shutoff
- Home or recovery-environment items, devices, or supplies beneficial to treatment
- Hospital meals and meals during medically required travel
- Housecleaning services
- Pet-care services and supplies
- Rent or mortgage payments to prevent eviction or foreclosure
- Sibling childcare during cancer treatment
- Treatment-related airfare, ground transportation, hotel, short-term rental housing, and relocation costs
- Treatment-related rental security deposits
- Tutoring, counseling, and other education expenses during cancer treatment
- Uber, Lyft, taxis, car rentals, gas, and parking during cancer treatment
Does not cover
- Clothing
- Expenses submitted or intended for reimbursement by another public or private source or flexible spending plan
- Legal fees
- Recreational drugs, tobacco, electronic cigarettes, or alcoholic beverages
- Active treatment is limited to $10,000 per 12-month period beginning with the first reimbursement request.
- Medically required travel meals are limited to $75 per person per day for the patient and parent or caregiver.
- Off-therapy assistance is limited to $5,000 per 12-month period for up to 24 months after active treatment.
- Assistance is measured over a 12-month period starting from the first reimbursement request.
School And Learning
Financial Assistance Program — school and learning
UVSC's live 2026 application seeks Hawaiʻi residents for capacity-limited reimbursement of approved cancer-treatment expenses and basic necessities, including out-of-state care. Linked guidelines publish up to $10,000 per 12 months during active treatment and $5,000 per 12 months for as long as 24 months afterward, subject to board budgets and funds. Applicants submit the application, provider referral, release, and financial evidence; a quarterly board selection process applies and current pages conflict on some document and timing details.
Amount not published
Can cover
- Cancer-related medical expenses not covered by insurance, including alternative or experimental therapies
- Critical car repairs needed to reach cancer treatment
- Essential water, electricity, gas, or cell-phone bills to prevent shutoff
- Home or recovery-environment items, devices, or supplies beneficial to treatment
- Hospital meals and meals during medically required travel
- Housecleaning services
- Pet-care services and supplies
- Rent or mortgage payments to prevent eviction or foreclosure
- Sibling childcare during cancer treatment
- Treatment-related airfare, ground transportation, hotel, short-term rental housing, and relocation costs
- Treatment-related rental security deposits
- Tutoring, counseling, and other education expenses during cancer treatment
- Uber, Lyft, taxis, car rentals, gas, and parking during cancer treatment
Does not cover
- Clothing
- Expenses submitted or intended for reimbursement by another public or private source or flexible spending plan
- Legal fees
- Recreational drugs, tobacco, electronic cigarettes, or alcoholic beverages
- Active treatment is limited to $10,000 per 12-month period beginning with the first reimbursement request.
- Medically required travel meals are limited to $75 per person per day for the patient and parent or caregiver.
- Off-therapy assistance is limited to $5,000 per 12-month period for up to 24 months after active treatment.
- Assistance is measured over a 12-month period starting from the first reimbursement request.
Travel And Transportation
Financial Assistance Program — travel and transportation
UVSC's live 2026 application seeks Hawaiʻi residents for capacity-limited reimbursement of approved cancer-treatment expenses and basic necessities, including out-of-state care. Linked guidelines publish up to $10,000 per 12 months during active treatment and $5,000 per 12 months for as long as 24 months afterward, subject to board budgets and funds. Applicants submit the application, provider referral, release, and financial evidence; a quarterly board selection process applies and current pages conflict on some document and timing details.
Amount not published
Can cover
- Cancer-related medical expenses not covered by insurance, including alternative or experimental therapies
- Critical car repairs needed to reach cancer treatment
- Essential water, electricity, gas, or cell-phone bills to prevent shutoff
- Home or recovery-environment items, devices, or supplies beneficial to treatment
- Hospital meals and meals during medically required travel
- Housecleaning services
- Pet-care services and supplies
- Rent or mortgage payments to prevent eviction or foreclosure
- Sibling childcare during cancer treatment
- Treatment-related airfare, ground transportation, hotel, short-term rental housing, and relocation costs
- Treatment-related rental security deposits
- Tutoring, counseling, and other education expenses during cancer treatment
- Uber, Lyft, taxis, car rentals, gas, and parking during cancer treatment
Does not cover
- Clothing
- Expenses submitted or intended for reimbursement by another public or private source or flexible spending plan
- Legal fees
- Recreational drugs, tobacco, electronic cigarettes, or alcoholic beverages
- Active treatment is limited to $10,000 per 12-month period beginning with the first reimbursement request.
- Medically required travel meals are limited to $75 per person per day for the patient and parent or caregiver.
- Off-therapy assistance is limited to $5,000 per 12-month period for up to 24 months after active treatment.
- Assistance is measured over a 12-month period starting from the first reimbursement request.
- The published monetary limit is shared across the listed benefit components.
Why this may help
Childcare: Sibling childcare during cancer treatment can be included in an approved reimbursement request.
Lodging Near Treatment: Treatment-related hotels, temporary rentals, relocation, and rental deposits can be considered for reimbursement.
Meals And Food: Hospital meals and meals during required medical travel can be considered for reimbursement.
Medical And Insurance Costs: Uninsured cancer-treatment costs, including alternative or experimental therapies, can be considered for reimbursement.
Practical Items And Home Help: Housecleaning, pet care, and supplies for recovery at home can be included in a reimbursement request.
School And Learning: Tutoring and other education expenses during treatment can be considered for reimbursement.
Travel And Transportation: Treatment-related flights, rides, rentals, gas, parking, and critical car repairs can be considered for reimbursement.
Check the main eligibility rules
Diagnosis
B-ALL is in scope. The official rules accept any cancer diagnosed through age 21 and pediatric cancer through age 25; pediatric B-ALL is within that scope.
Age
Age 0 to age 25, measured at diagnosis.
- A Child is defined as a person diagnosed with any cancer through the 21st year of age or a person up to age 25 diagnosed with a pediatric cancer as determined by the treating oncologist.
Treatment status
Relapse Or Recurrence
- A provider must verify the patient or diagnosis.
- A treating medical professional must sign the Provider Referral Form and verify treatment category.
Financial need is required.
- At least two examples are named: bank statements, pay stub, W-2 or other annual tax filing, financial-aid or scholarship award letters, or other documentation supporting the statement of financial need.
- Evidence of financial need documented by at least two named financial records under the November 2023 guidelines.
- The guidelines require evidence of financial need but publish no numeric income ceiling.
- Expenses submitted or intended for reimbursement by another source are excluded.
- Requests are subject to budget restrictions and available funds approved by the board.
Where you live and where your child is treated
Where your family lives
You must live in: HI.
- The applicant or patient must be a Hawaii resident and show proof of identification.
Where your child is treated
No treatment-location restriction is published.
- Cancer treatment may be received in Hawaii or out of state.
How to get started
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: Caregiver, Parent Or Guardian, Patient
- Complete the Financial Assistance Application Form.
- Confirm Hawaii residence and the applicable active-treatment or off-therapy category.
- Have the treating medical professional complete and sign the Provider Referral Form.
- Sign the Authorization to Release Information Form.
- Submit the financial-need documentation required by the current application instructions.
- Wait for UVSC to confirm receipt and issue a selection decision for the application period.
Ways to apply or ask
- Email · team@uvsc.org — Email completed materials as directed by the current services page.
- Online Portal · Open form or page
Documents to prepare
- Evidence of financial need under the current application instructions
- Financial Assistance Application Form
- Proof of Hawaii identification or residence
- Provider Referral Form signed by the treating medical professional
- Signed Authorization to Release Information Form
- The current site states that selected reimbursements are processed quarterly.
- UVSC reviews applications and reimbursement requests subject to available funds.
Availability and timing
| Program | Active |
|---|---|
| Applications | Not Published |
| Funding or space | Fund Dependent |
| Application window | Not Published |
| Last checked | Aug 24, 2026 |
- The current services page presents the application process, but capacity is limited and application periods may close.
- The guidelines state that requests are subject to budget restrictions and available funds.
- The guidelines describe rolling deadlines determined by UVSC and say applications received after a period closes are held for the next review period; periods may be extended or reopened if funds are available.
- The live 2026 form is reachable and no closing date is published; selection remains competitive and fund-dependent.
- Official sources conflict: the 2023 guidelines say receipt within three business days, while the live 2026 application says seven to ten business days; current board decisions are quarterly and no reliable final-decision deadline is published.
- UVSC states that it confirms receipt within three business days and notifies applicants as soon as possible and no later than December 15 of the application year.
Limitations and things to confirm
- Requests are subject to board-approved budget restrictions and available funds.
- The detailed public guidelines are dated November 2023; current portal instructions may differ.
- The guidelines and current services page appear to describe financial-document requirements differently.
- The program uses application periods and limited capacity rather than continuous guaranteed reimbursement.
- Are gift cards or direct vendor payments standard or case-specific?
- Are the $10,000 and $5,000 limits in the November 2023 guidelines unchanged in 2026?
- Do applicants currently need two financial documents when the provider or referring-agency form is complete?
- How does UVSC prioritize complete applications when requests exceed available funds?
- Is intake continuously open or subject to unpublished quarterly cutoffs?
- What current care coordination, clinical-trial referral, and language assistance are available?
- Which approved expenses are reimbursed quarterly, and can an urgent bill be processed sooner?
Official sources
Program details were last verified Aug 24, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.
- UVSC Financial Assistance Program Guidelines · checked Aug 24, 2026
- UVSC Financial Assistance Program Guidelines · checked Aug 23, 2026
- Financial Assistance and Supportive Services — UVSC · checked Aug 24, 2026
- Financial Assistance and Supportive Services — UVSC · checked Aug 23, 2026