2026 Special Needs Fair
A family fair with more than 60 agencies and children's activities focused on disability and special needs.
Where: Local rules apply
Care team must start: No
Written by a parent, not a doctor. Nothing here is medical advice.
Support organization
Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital delivers hospital-based family support while Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital Foundation, Inc. funds several programs. Current services include capacity-limited Conine Clubhouse lodging, emergency and cancer-family funds with unpublished intake, medical-bill assistance, KidCierge, Child Life, cancer psychosocial support, image enhancement, survivorship, annual prom, international navigation, and onsite amenities. The hospital organization remains the bundle identity because the foundation does not publish a separate general family application.
Provides the family assistance described in the organization's verified program pages.
Hospital and foundation-funded lodging, emergency aid, bill discounts, navigation, psychosocial care, survivorship, recreation, and family amenities.
A family fair with more than 60 agencies and children's activities focused on disability and special needs.
Where: Local rules apply
Care team must start: No
Free help coping with cancer, including counseling, Child Life, sibling groups, school return, and bereavement care.
Helps with: Peer And Emotional Support
Where: Local rules apply
Care team must start: No
Play, art, procedure preparation, therapy dogs, and school-return help for your child during illness, trauma, or loss, at no extra charge.
Helps with: Peer And Emotional Support
Where: Local rules apply
Care team must start: No
Emergency financial help, emotional support, family activities, and milestone celebrations during childhood cancer. The amount isn't published. Ask.
Helps with: Peer And Emotional Support
Where: Local rules apply
Care team must start: No
Free hospital-campus lodging with a private room and bathroom, larger suites when available, laundry, a living room, playroom, and chapel.
Helps with: Lodging Near Treatment, Practical Items And Home Help
Where: Local rules apply
Care team must start: Yes
Emergency help with mortgage, utilities, groceries, gas, bereavement, and other critical needs. The amount isn't published. Ask.
Helps with: Household Bills And Cash Assistance
Where: Local rules apply
Care team must start: No
Free valet parking, a 50% cafeteria discount for parents with hospital armbands, a family lounge, playrooms, and space for prayer and food preparation.
Helps with: Practical Items And Home Help
Where: Local rules apply
Care team must start: No
Help with appearance changes during cancer care, including wigs, scarves, skin and scalp care, styling, and self-care guidance.
Helps with: Practical Items And Home Help
Where: Local rules apply
Care team must start: No
Help arranging medical care, interpreters, records, hotels, transport, and visa steps when traveling from abroad. This does not promise payment for those costs.
Helps with: Navigation Guides And Advocacy
Where: Local rules apply
Care team must start: No
Help booking multiple specialist visits, arranging records and escorts, finding lodging, and using MyChart.
Helps with: Navigation Guides And Advocacy
Where: Local rules apply
Care team must start: No
Free or discounted emergency and medically necessary hospital care, based on income, assets, or hardship.
Helps with: Medical And Insurance Costs
Where: Local rules apply
Care team must start: No
A treatment summary, follow-up planning, and checks for learning, emotional, and physical effects after childhood cancer treatment.
Helps with: Scholarships And Survivorship
Where: Local rules apply
Care team must start: No
A patient prom with free dress or tuxedo rental and professional hair and makeup.
Helps with: Wishes And Family Experiences
Where: Local rules apply
Care team must start: No
Guide
Public administrative form and guidance for a parent who cannot attend a child’s appointment and needs to designate another adult to make healthcare decisions for the minor.
Topics: consent, minor appointments, surrogate
Guide
Current hospital wellness, safety, condition, and parenting article hub for families; content should be treated as informational support rather than individualized medical advice or a separate clinical service.
Topics: health information, parenting, safety, wellness
Guide
Official guide to cancer appointment hours, scheduling, insurance, referrals, records, guardian attendance, emergencies, medication and result contacts, and lodging questions for families preparing for JDCH cancer care.
Topics: cancer care, emergencies, first visit, lodging, records
Guide
Public family guide covering insurance and financial assistance, lodging, Child Life preparation, Teddy Bear Tours, packing, documents, MyChart, and explaining hospitalization to children.
Topics: child life, hospital preparation, lodging, packing
Organization details were last verified Aug 24, 2026. Program availability can change.