The Wes Strong Foundation
Financial Assistance · About this organization
What you get
Up to $500 per family per calendar year for medical bills, utilities, rent, mortgage, funeral costs, or vehicle repairs and loans.
How to start
Download and sign the financial-aid PDF, explain why you need help, attach the bill or invoice, and email the packet.
Good to know
- Awards depend on quarterly allocated funds.
- The yearly maximum is $500 per family.
The details, as published
The Wes Strong Foundation offers up to $500 per family per calendar year for Virginia pediatric-cancer families, subject to quarterly allocated funds. Published covered expenses include medical-related bills, utilities, rent or mortgage, funeral costs, and vehicle repairs or loans, and the treatment-stage rule includes current treatment, up to three years after treatment, and up to three years after a child’s death. A parent or guardian downloads the request form and emails it with relevant bills to support@wesstrong.org.
What help you may get
Bereavement And Memorial Support
Financial Assistance — bereavement and memorial support
The Wes Strong Foundation offers up to $500 per family per calendar year for Virginia pediatric-cancer families, subject to quarterly allocated funds. Published covered expenses include medical-related bills, utilities, rent or mortgage, funeral costs, and vehicle repairs or loans, and the treatment-stage rule includes current treatment, up to three years after treatment, and up to three years after a child’s death. A parent or guardian downloads the request form and emails it with relevant bills to support@wesstrong.org.
Amount not published
Can cover
- Funeral expenses
- Medical-related bills
- Rent or mortgage
- Utilities
- Vehicle repairs or loans
- Grants total up to $500 as needed per family per calendar year and depend on quarterly allocated funds.
- Requests are considered as needed within the $500 per-family calendar-year ceiling.
Household Bills And Cash Assistance
Financial Assistance — household bills and cash assistance
The Wes Strong Foundation offers up to $500 per family per calendar year for Virginia pediatric-cancer families, subject to quarterly allocated funds. Published covered expenses include medical-related bills, utilities, rent or mortgage, funeral costs, and vehicle repairs or loans, and the treatment-stage rule includes current treatment, up to three years after treatment, and up to three years after a child’s death. A parent or guardian downloads the request form and emails it with relevant bills to support@wesstrong.org.
Amount not published
Can cover
- Funeral expenses
- Medical-related bills
- Rent or mortgage
- Utilities
- Vehicle repairs or loans
- Grants total up to $500 as needed per family per calendar year and depend on quarterly allocated funds.
- Requests are considered as needed within the $500 per-family calendar-year ceiling.
Medical And Insurance Costs
Financial Assistance — medical and insurance costs
The Wes Strong Foundation offers up to $500 per family per calendar year for Virginia pediatric-cancer families, subject to quarterly allocated funds. Published covered expenses include medical-related bills, utilities, rent or mortgage, funeral costs, and vehicle repairs or loans, and the treatment-stage rule includes current treatment, up to three years after treatment, and up to three years after a child’s death. A parent or guardian downloads the request form and emails it with relevant bills to support@wesstrong.org.
Amount not published
Can cover
- Funeral expenses
- Medical-related bills
- Rent or mortgage
- Utilities
- Vehicle repairs or loans
- Grants total up to $500 as needed per family per calendar year and depend on quarterly allocated funds.
- Requests are considered as needed within the $500 per-family calendar-year ceiling.
Travel And Transportation
Financial Assistance — travel and transportation
The Wes Strong Foundation offers up to $500 per family per calendar year for Virginia pediatric-cancer families, subject to quarterly allocated funds. Published covered expenses include medical-related bills, utilities, rent or mortgage, funeral costs, and vehicle repairs or loans, and the treatment-stage rule includes current treatment, up to three years after treatment, and up to three years after a child’s death. A parent or guardian downloads the request form and emails it with relevant bills to support@wesstrong.org.
Amount not published
Can cover
- Funeral expenses
- Medical-related bills
- Rent or mortgage
- Utilities
- Vehicle repairs or loans
- Grants total up to $500 as needed per family per calendar year and depend on quarterly allocated funds.
- Requests are considered as needed within the $500 per-family calendar-year ceiling.
- The published monetary limit is shared across the listed benefit components.
Why this may help
Bereavement And Memorial Support: Funeral expenses are included alongside bills during treatment.
Medical And Insurance Costs: Medical-related bills can be included with housing and utility costs.
Travel And Transportation: Vehicle repairs and loans can be covered, helping you keep your car available.
Check the main eligibility rules
Diagnosis
B-ALL is in scope. The program is expressly for pediatric cancer families, and pediatric B-ALL is within that diagnosis scope.
Age
The program does not publish an age limit.
- The official page says “pediatric cancer family” but gives no numerical patient-age rule.
Treatment status
Active Treatment
Financial need is required.
- The reviewed official pages do not publish a numerical household-income ceiling.
Where you live and where your child is treated
Where your family lives
You must live in: VA.
- The family must reside in Virginia or the child must be treated in Virginia.
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: Parent Or Guardian
- Attach copies of the bills for which help is requested, when applicable.
- Download and complete the Request for Financial Assistance.
- Email the form and attachments to support@wesstrong.org.
- Wait for the foundation to process the request and contact the family if selected for a grant.
Ways to apply or ask
- Online Portal · Open form or page
Documents to prepare
- Completed Request for Financial Assistance
- Copy of the relevant bill, if applicable
- The foundation reviews applications and contacts selected families; the public materials do not state the payment method.
Availability and timing
| Program | Active |
|---|---|
| Applications | Not Published |
| Funding or space | Fund Dependent |
| Application window | Rolling |
| Last checked | Aug 23, 2026 |
- The current page accepts requests and states that quarterly allocated funds control assistance.
- Requests are accepted as needed, but assistance depends on quarterly allocated funds.
- No processing lead time is published.
Limitations and things to confirm
- Awards depend on quarterly allocated funds.
- The yearly maximum is $500 per family.
- Virginia residence or treatment is required.
- Does the foundation use an unpublished numerical patient-age limit?
- How much of the quarterly allocation remains available now?
- Which payment method is used for each covered expense?
Official sources
Program details were last verified Aug 23, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.
- Financial Assistance — The Wes Strong Foundation · checked Aug 23, 2026
- Request for Financial Assistance · checked Aug 23, 2026