Written by a parent, not a doctor. Nothing here is medical advice.
Support organization
The H.U.G.S Patient Assistance Program provides temporary help to Marion County residents who are experiencing financial hardship while actively receiving cancer treatment in Florida. The program may address rent, mortgage, utilities, auto repairs, treatment-related gas, homeowners or car insurance, and car payments; bills are paid to the vendor and food or gas support is issued by gift card. Applicants download the form and provide treatment-center verification or a copy of the requested bill with its due date, and the organization says applications are processed every two to three weeks and approved monthly.
Provides the family assistance described in the organization's verified program pages.
Fund-dependent household, transportation, food, vehicle, and insurance assistance for Marion County residents in active Florida cancer treatment.
Payments toward rent, mortgage, utilities, home or car insurance, car payments and repairs, plus food gift cards and gas for treatment trips. The amount isn't published. Ask.
Helps with: Household Bills And Cash Assistance, Meals And Food, Travel And Transportation
Where: FL
Care team must start: No
Resource Directory
Organization-linked Marion County cancer-resource directory that may help families locate local services, retained as a review item because the current resource destination showed signs of spam or site compromise and individual listings were not treated as verified HUGS benefits.
Topics: local cancer support, Marion County, resource navigation
Organization details were last verified Aug 24, 2026. Program availability can change.
