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Support organization

New Day Foundation for Families

New Day pays critical everyday living expenses for Michigan households that include a parent or guardian and at least one dependent when an immediate family member is in active cancer treatment. Payments may cover rent or mortgage, utilities, insurance, transportation, fuel, childcare, and grocery support and are made directly to creditors or through food and gas support. The household must show financial hardship or income loss caused by cancer, and the application must be submitted by an oncology social worker, financial navigator, or medical professional. The family starts by completing the Household Expense Worksheet and providing it and supporting documents to the referring professional.

About this organization

Provides the family assistance described in the organization's verified program pages.

Statewide Michigan cancer-family financial, grocery/gas, counseling, navigation, care-pack, holiday, book, and employee-access support.

Programs that may help

Practical Items And Home Help

Mental Health Therapy

Household Bills And Cash Assistance

B-ALL in scope Not Published

Employee Cancer Resource Program

Confidential help through your employer with finding resources, emotional support, and asking about financial or food assistance.

Helps with: Household Bills And Cash Assistance, Navigation Guides And Advocacy

Where: MI

Care team must start: No

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Childcare

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Financial Assistance

Help with housing, utilities, insurance, childcare, groceries, fuel, and transport, including bills paid to creditors. The amount isn’t published. Ask.

Helps with: Childcare, Household Bills And Cash Assistance, Meals And Food, Medical And Insurance Costs, Travel And Transportation

Where: MI

Care team must start: Yes

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Navigation Guides And Advocacy

Guides and family resources

Resource Directory

Cancer support resource directory

New Day's public directory links cancer, grief, food, pediatric/AYA, retreat, and social-service resources. Listings are external and New Day disclaims control or warranty, so each third-party program requires separate verification.

Topics: cancer resources, food, grief, pediatric and AYA support, retreats, social services

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Guide

Recommended books for families facing cancer

New Day curates books for adults, children, tweens and teens, parents, caregivers, grief, and faith-based needs, including childhood-cancer and parent-with-cancer titles. The public list is available to anyone; the separate up-to-three free-book benefit is limited to financial-support families.

Topics: caregiving, childhood cancer, coping, family communication, grief

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Video

Virtual workshop recording library

New Day's free 2021 workshop recordings cover money management, self-advocacy, burnout, anxiety, caregiving, grief, PTSD, and caregiver self-care. The undated 'Money Matters — Coming soon' text does not establish a current 2026 live event.

Topics: anxiety, burnout, caregiving, grief, money management, PTSD, self-advocacy, self-care

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Official sources

Organization details were last verified Aug 24, 2026. Program availability can change.