Written by a parent, not a doctor. Nothing here is medical advice.
Support organization
The Maryland Department of Health administers several distinct statewide supports that may help a family during childhood cancer. Children’s Medical Services can fund preauthorized specialty care for eligible uninsured or underinsured residents ages 0-21, while the Maryland Cancer Fund uses approved local organizations to help low-income residents with diagnosis or treatment costs. MCHP provides comprehensive Medicaid coverage to eligible uninsured children, and screened Medicaid transportation can help with medically necessary travel. Model Waiver, Community First Choice, and Community Personal Assistance Services have separate high-acuity or functional gates for home-based nursing, personal assistance, equipment, meals, and accessibility support. Maryland WIC separately supports nutritionally eligible children under five, and the department publishes bilingual care notebooks, emergency-planning guides, cancer-resource recordings, and palliative-care information.
Protects and advances Marylanders' health through public coverage, specialty programs, home and community services, nutrition, cancer support, and family information.
Maryland specialty-care funding, cancer grants, child health coverage, medical transportation, home-care programs, nutrition help, and family guides.
Help with approved noncovered services, cancer diagnosis and treatment expenses, coinsurance, copays and deductibles.
Helps with: Medical And Insurance Costs
Where: MD
Care team must start: Yes
Help with dental and vision care, laboratory testing, mental-health services, physician and hospital care, prescriptions and transportation to medical care.
Helps with: Medical And Insurance Costs, Travel And Transportation
Where: MD
Care team must start: No
Help with hospitalizations, laboratory work, medical equipment and supplies, medications, specialist visits, surgeries, therapies and x-rays.
Helps with: Medical And Insurance Costs
Where: MD
Care team must start: No
The Model Waiver helps chronically ill or severely impaired children receive Medicaid and intensive services at home instead of a nursing facility or chronic hospital.
Helps with: Medical And Insurance Costs, Navigation Guides And Advocacy, Practical Items And Home Help
Where: MD
Care team must start: No
Help with accessibility adaptations, assistive technology, emergency-response systems, home-delivered meals, nurse monitoring, personal assistance, supports planning and transition services.
Helps with: Meals And Food, Medical And Insurance Costs, Navigation Guides And Advocacy, Practical Items And Home Help
Where: MD
Care team must start: No
Help with health referrals, healthy supplemental foods, nutrition education and wic app and portal tools.
Helps with: Meals And Food, Navigation Guides And Advocacy
Where: MD
Care team must start: No
Help with nurse monitoring, personal assistance and supports planning.
Helps with: Navigation Guides And Advocacy, Practical Items And Home Help
Where: MD
Care team must start: No
Non-emergency rides to covered medical care when you have no other transportation.
Helps with: Travel And Transportation
Where: MD
Care team must start: No
Guide · Worksheet
A free four-page family guide revised June 2026 covers emergency plans, care-team coordination, support networks, medicines, medical supplies, backup power, transportation, evacuation, and disaster kits. Current English and Spanish accessible PDFs are published.
Topics: backup power, disaster kits, emergency planning, evacuation, medical supplies, medicines, transportation
Guide · Worksheet
A free 50-page fillable and printable organizer for parents and caregivers of children with specific health needs, covering medical summaries, diagnoses, medicines, hospitalizations, providers, family contacts, daily-living needs, communication, coping, school, and care information. Separate English and Spanish PDFs are published.
Topics: care organization, coping, emergency contacts, medical history, medications, providers, school
Guide · Resource Directory
A free printable guide explains that palliative care can be appropriate for people of all ages and at any stage of serious illness and provides education and provider-directory leads. Outside organizations in the guide remain external referrals rather than Maryland Department of Health offerings.
Topics: palliative care, provider finding, serious illness, symptom support
Educational Toolkit · Video
A public series of 2025 recordings covers cancer treatment and financial resources, patient and caregiver resources, post-treatment resources, and end-of-life navigation. The recordings are broadly cancer-facing; pediatric applicability is useful but not expressly stated for every episode.
Topics: end-of-life navigation, financial resources, patient and caregiver support, post-treatment resources
Organization details were last verified Aug 24, 2026. Program availability can change.
