Written by a parent, not a doctor. Nothing here is medical advice.
Support organization
Eligible U.S. families may apply in English or Spanish for treatment transportation and limited emergency help, subject to assets, citizenship/residency, documentation, and available funds. NCCS also provides case management, mentoring, survivorship education, scholarships, hospital-hosted conferences, and extensive free tools and guides.
Supports children with cancer, families, and survivors from diagnosis through survivorship.
National nonprofit supporting children with cancer and survivors through financial assistance, case management, mentoring, survivorship education, scholarships, conferences, and public family resources.
A scholarship for education after childhood cancer. The next award amount is not published. Ask.
Helps with: Scholarships And Survivorship, School And Learning
Where: No published residence restriction
Care team must start: No
Guidance on emotions, follow-up care, healthy living, relationships, school, work, and insurance after childhood cancer, plus help finding resources and planning next steps.
Helps with: Navigation Guides And Advocacy, Scholarships And Survivorship
Where: No published residence restriction
Care team must start: No
Advocacy education and referrals, case management, hope Connection newsletter and practical and emotional support.
Helps with: Navigation Guides And Advocacy, Peer And Emotional Support
Where: No published residence restriction
Care team must start: No
One-to-one survivor mentoring.
Helps with: Navigation Guides And Advocacy
Where: No published residence restriction
Care team must start: No
Hospital-hosted family conference, self-advocacy resources and survivorship education.
Helps with: Navigation Guides And Advocacy, Scholarships And Survivorship, Wishes And Family Experiences
Where: No published residence restriction
Care team must start: No
Up to $300 per year for car costs, parking, childcare, health-insurance premiums, meals away from home, rent or mortgage, prescriptions, and utilities.
Helps with: Childcare, Household Bills And Cash Assistance, Meals And Food, Medical And Insurance Costs, Travel And Transportation
Where: No published residence restriction
Care team must start: Yes
Mileage, airfare, and lodging near treatment when nonprofit lodging is unavailable. The amount is not published.
Helps with: Lodging Near Treatment, Travel And Transportation
Where: No published residence restriction
Care team must start: No
Educational Toolkit · Patient Support Material
Free downloadable and limited-order guides for parents, children, siblings, teen friends, survivors, and students transitioning to college; includes one Spanish K–3 coloring book.
Topics: college transition, siblings, survivorship, treatment education
Patient Support Material
Private NCCS-hosted Facebook group for childhood-cancer survivors and parents or guardians to exchange encouragement, tips, and resources. Admission, moderation, privacy, and response timing are not public.
Topics: parents, peer support, survivorship
Educational Toolkit · Guide
NCCS-authored articles and whitepapers on hospital visits, coping, siblings, economic effects, education, insurance, healthy living, communication, late effects, and survivorship.
Topics: childhood cancer education, coping, insurance, late effects
Resource Directory
Curated referral directory spanning advocacy, camps, trials, disability and education, emotional and financial support, grief, insurance, medical care, scholarships, survivorship, transplant, transportation, and wishes.
Topics: camps, family support discovery, financial aid, grief, transportation
Educational Toolkit
Free secure tool taking under 10 minutes that uses diagnosis and treatment history to generate personalized potential late effects, follow-up recommendations, symptom guidance, and prevention tips that can be saved, updated, and shared with clinicians.
Topics: late effects, medical follow-up, survivorship care planning
Resource Directory
State-by-state U.S. list of external survivorship clinics; NCCS curates the referrals but does not operate the clinics.
Topics: long-term follow-up, survivorship clinics
Resource Directory
State and territory directory of special-education agencies, addresses, phones, emails, and websites.
Topics: government agencies, school support, special education
Organization details were last verified Aug 24, 2026. Program availability can change.
