Wigs For Kids
Recipient Program · About this organization
What you get
One free made-to-order, hand-tied, full-cap human-hair replacement system for your child, with measurement and styling appointments, an initial care kit and care instruction.
How to start
Fill in the hairpiece application and gather the requested medical and financial information.
Good to know
- A B-ALL diagnosis alone is not enough; your child must have qualifying medical hair loss and need a full-cap hairpiece.
- You must coordinate two in-person appointments with a designated stylist, and stylist travel distance may be substantial in some locations.
The details, as published
Wigs For Kids provides an approved child one free made-to-order, hand-tied, full-cap human-hair replacement system, measurement and styling appointments, an initial care kit, and care instruction. A new application is required for each annual replacement.
What help you may get
Practical Items And Home Help
Recipient Program — practical items and home help
Wigs For Kids provides an approved child one free made-to-order, hand-tied, full-cap human-hair replacement system, measurement and styling appointments, an initial care kit, and care instruction. A new application is required for each annual replacement.
Noncash help · Once Per 12 Months
Can cover
- Custom full-cap human-hair system
- Initial care kit and instruction
- Initial hair-care products and maintenance accessories shipped with the hairpiece
- Measurement and fitting appointments
- Measurement packet and postage-paid return envelope
- Measurement, fitting, styling, and care instruction through a designated stylist
- One made-to-order, hand-tied, full-cap human-hair replacement system
Does not cover
- Partial hairpieces, toppers, highlights, lowlights, ombre colors, or fashion colors
- Replacement hair-care products after the complimentary initial supply
- Rush or expedited production
- The approved hair replacement system is free to the recipient family.
- A family may apply for one hairpiece per child per year while the medical need remains; each year requires a new application, current documentation, photographs, and approval.
Check the main eligibility rules
Diagnosis
B-ALL is in scope. Potentially applicable to a United States pediatric B-ALL patient or family when current program-specific criteria are met.
Age
Age 3 to age 18, measured at application.
- The current eligibility page requires the child to be age 3-18.
Treatment status
No specific treatment status is published.
- A provider must verify the patient or diagnosis.
- A medical professional must sign the Wigs For Kids Medical Information Form.
- The program provides approved hairpieces free of charge and does not publish an income test.
- Each application requires Wigs For Kids Board approval for funding or sponsorship, which is not guaranteed.
Where you live and where your child is treated
Where your family lives
No residence restriction is published.
- The child must be located in the United States or Canada.
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
- A legal guardian applies and completes intake.
- After the interview, submit the signed Medical Information Form, proof of age, a current photo showing hair loss, and a pre-hair-loss or preferred-style photo through the secure document portal or by mail.
- Complete measurement, manufacture, delivery, fitting, styling, and care steps.
- Confirm that the child meets the age, medical-hair-loss, full-cap, geography, and repeat-participation requirements.
- Have one legal guardian submit the online application and schedule the required intake interview.
- Submit current medical, age, and photo documents.
- Wait for Board funding or sponsorship approval and program acceptance.
- Work with the designated stylist to complete the measurement packet, return it within five days of the appointment, and later attend the fitting and styling appointment.
Ways to apply or ask
- Online Portal · Open form or page
- Online Portal · Open form or page
Documents to prepare
- Color photo from before hair loss or a color photo of the preferred hairstyle
- Copy of the child's birth certificate, passport, visa, driver's license, or state or provincial ID
- Current color photo showing the child's hair loss
- Wigs For Kids Medical Information Form signed by a medical professional
- After approval and measurement, Wigs For Kids orders the hairpiece and ships it to the guardian's physical address by UPS with adult signature required.
- The Board reviews the completed documentation for funding or sponsorship approval.
Availability and timing
| Program | Active |
|---|---|
| Applications | Call To Confirm |
| Funding or space | Not Published |
| Application window | Rolling |
| Last checked | Aug 24, 2026 |
- The recipient application was open on the verification date; each application is subject to documentation review and Board funding or sponsorship approval.
- After a completed measurement packet is accepted and the order is placed, overseas production can take up to 14-16 weeks.
- The overall process takes several months and cannot be expedited.
Limitations and things to confirm
- A B-ALL diagnosis alone is not enough; the child must have qualifying medical hair loss and need a full-cap hairpiece.
- Current sources conflict between 14–16 and 16–18 weeks for manufacture.
- Exact color, texture, style, or rush production is not guaranteed.
- Families should ask the oncology team before using wig tape, cleansers, or a full-cap hairpiece on skin affected by treatment, infection risk, wounds, or irritation.
- Funding or sponsorship approval is not guaranteed, and no rush process is available.
- The family must coordinate two in-person appointments with a designated stylist, and stylist travel distance may be substantial in some locations.
- The initial care products are free, but future refills must be purchased.
- The overall process takes several months; production after the order is placed can take up to 14-16 weeks.
- The program collects a signed medical form, proof of age, child photographs, guardian contact information, and shipping information; it says not to send medical records and prefers its secure document portal.
- UPS delivery requires an adult signature at a physical address and cannot be made to a P.O. box.
- Whole-head systems only; no toppers or partial pieces.
- Confirm current capacity, exact access requirements, and response time.
Official sources
Program details were last verified Aug 24, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.
- Recipient Program · checked Aug 24, 2026
- More Information - Wigs For Kids · checked Aug 24, 2026
- Phase 1: Application - Wigs For Kids · checked Aug 24, 2026
- Children's Wig Recipient Program FAQs - Wigs For Kids · checked Aug 24, 2026