Diagnostic Testing Assistance
Payment to the provider for tests to find out whether cancer is present.
Helps with: Medical And Insurance Costs
Where: Local rules apply
Care team must start: No
Written by a parent, not a doctor. Nothing here is medical advice.
Support organization
Putnam First Cancer Fund assists Putnam County residents who have cancer and are uninsured, underinsured, medically needy, and/or financially needy. Emergency aid may cover sitting services, gas cards, food, rent or mortgage, utilities, phone, one vehicle payment or insurance, internet, and other approved living needs; payments go directly to the service provider. A referring agency completes the referral, and the patient brings the form, identification, county-residency proof, 30 days of income evidence, and household bills to Palatka Christian Service Center. The program publishes no pediatric age restriction, and its 2025 annual report confirms that it served people ranging from age 4 to 90.
Provides the family assistance described in the organization's verified program pages.
Putnam First Cancer Fund assists Putnam County residents who have cancer and are uninsured, underinsured, medically needy, and/or financially needy. Emergency aid may cover sitting services, gas cards, food, rent or mortgage, utilities,.
Payment to the provider for tests to find out whether cancer is present.
Helps with: Medical And Insurance Costs
Where: Local rules apply
Care team must start: No
$75/patient/week and $75/caregiver/week for food; plus sitting, gas, housing, utilities, internet, TV, one household phone, one car payment, car insurance and other approved bills, paid to providers.
Helps with: Childcare, Household Bills And Cash Assistance, Meals And Food, Practical Items And Home Help, Travel And Transportation
Where: FL
Care team must start: No
Resource Directory
The public Resources page lists outside organizations for meals, food distribution, emergency and basic needs, housing, cancer support, and community navigation; most entries are unlinked and require independent verification.
Topics: basic needs, cancer support, community navigation, food, housing
Patient Support Material
A one-page English and Spanish decision aid tells Putnam County residents who know or suspect they have cancer how to contact Putnam First Cancer Fund for possible diagnostic or financial assistance.
Topics: contact information, diagnostic testing, financial assistance, suspected cancer
Organization details were last verified Aug 24, 2026. Program availability can change.