Financial Assistance

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Abigail E. Keller Foundation

aekellerfoundation.org
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The Abigail E. Keller Foundation supports families of medically fragile or terminally ill children through direct financial-assistance grants, funeral support, care packages, and special family programs. Its grants are designed to ease practical household burdens so caregivers can devote more attention to the child’s comfort and care.

Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation – Travel for Care

alexslemonade.org
866-333-1213

Travel for Care helps eligible families reach childhood-cancer treatment by assisting with transportation, lodging, and meals. The program is especially valuable when a child needs a clinical trial, specialized consultation, or treatment far from home and the family cannot absorb repeated travel costs.

CancerCare Financial Assistance

cancercare.org
800-813-4673

CancerCare offers professional oncology social work and limited financial assistance for families affected by cancer. Depending on available funding, help may address transportation, home care, childcare, or treatment-related expenses, while its searchable Helping Hand database identifies additional national and local assistance programs.

Champions for Children

eastersealsnorthgeorgia.org
866-584-3742

Champions for Children is a Georgia program designed to help medically fragile and special-needs children whose families are not receiving support through the Katie Beckett pathway. Through Easterseals affiliates, the program may assist with medically necessary services, equipment, therapy, transportation, recreation, and other needs that help a child remain supported at home.

Compassion Can’t Wait

compassioncantwait.org
310-276-7111

Compassion Can’t Wait provides emergency financial help to single-parent families caring for a child with a life-threatening illness. Assistance is intended for urgent household expenses—such as rent, utilities, food, transportation, or medication—so the parent can remain at the child’s bedside during a medical crisis.

Danny Did Foundation

dannydid.org
800-278-6101

The Danny Did Foundation assists families affected by epilepsy with education and selected grants for seizure-detection or seizure-alert technology. Its resources help caregivers learn about available devices, discuss safety options with the child’s medical team, and pursue financial assistance when the cost of technology is a barrier.

FOCUS + Fragile Kids – Equipment Assistance

focus-ga.org
770-234-9111

FOCUS helps Georgia families obtain medically prescribed equipment that insurance or other funding sources will not cover. The organization has supported items such as specialized seating, bathing equipment, therapeutic strollers, ramps, and vehicle or home-accessibility needs while also connecting families with an equipment loan library and broader family programs.

Giving Angels Foundation

givingangelsfoundation.org
267-332-1320

Giving Angels supports children with physical disabilities whose families cannot afford important therapies, medical supplies, adaptive equipment, or other quality-of-life needs. The foundation pays approved vendors directly rather than providing unrestricted cash, and its application availability can change as funding cycles open and close.

Good Days

mygooddays.org
877-968-7233

Good Days provides financial assistance and navigation for people with serious chronic conditions. Open programs may help with medication copays, insurance premiums, diagnostic testing, or travel for treatment, and the organization also helps patients search for other funding when its own program cannot meet the need.

HealthWell Foundation Pediatric Assistance Fund

healthwellfoundation.org
800-675-8416

HealthWell’s pediatric fund helps eligible families meet cost-sharing obligations for a child’s treatment. Depending on current fund rules and availability, assistance may help with insurance copayments for procedures, counseling, medical devices, or other covered healthcare services across many pediatric diagnoses.

Help Hope Live

helphopelive.org
800-642-8399

Help Hope Live helps families organize medically related fundraising through a trusted nonprofit platform. Funds raised can be used for eligible uninsured expenses such as equipment, home or vehicle modifications, travel, temporary relocation, and other costs associated with a child’s medical condition while helping donors contribute in a tax-deductible manner.

Mercy Medical Angels

mercymedical.org
888-675-1405

Mercy Medical Angels helps patients travel to distant medical care through commercial-airline tickets, volunteer pilots, and ground-transportation assistance. The national program is useful for families whose child needs specialty treatment but transportation costs or travel distance create a barrier.

Miracle Flights

miracleflights.org
800-359-1711

Miracle Flights arranges free commercial air travel for children and adults who need distant specialized medical care. Families can request flights for treatment, second opinions, follow-up appointments, or service-dog training when the required care is not reasonably available near home.

Modest Needs Foundation

modestneeds.org
844-667-3776

Modest Needs offers small emergency grants to working households that are experiencing a temporary financial crisis but may not qualify for traditional public assistance. A grant may help stabilize essential household expenses after missed work, unexpected medical costs, or another short-term hardship connected with caring for an ill child.

National Organization for Rare Disorders – Patient Assistance Programs

rarediseases.org
800-999-6673

NORD administers disease-specific assistance programs for people living with rare conditions. Depending on the open program, help may include medication costs, insurance premiums, diagnostic testing, travel, emergency relief, or other expenses, along with information specialists who can direct families to additional rare-disease resources.

Oracle Health Foundation Pediatric Grants

oraclehealthfoundation.org
816-201-1569

Oracle Health Foundation provides pediatric grants for future healthcare expenses when families have exhausted other payment options. Funding can cover clinical care, equipment, vehicle modification, travel, and lodging related to a child’s medical needs, giving families one application pathway for several types of uncovered expenses.

Patient Advocate Foundation TotalAssist

panfoundation.org
866-512-3861

Following the combination of Patient Advocate Foundation and the PAN Foundation, TotalAssist connects patients with disease-specific financial-assistance funds and related support. When an appropriate fund is open, assistance may help with treatment copays, insurance premiums, transportation, or other qualifying costs that would otherwise delay care.

Ronald McDonald House Atlanta

ronaldmcdonaldhouseatl.org
404-315-1133

Ronald McDonald House Atlanta provides lodging, meals, laundry, transportation support, and a community of other caregivers while a child receives medical treatment in Atlanta. By reducing hotel and daily-living expenses, the program allows families traveling for care to remain close to their child and focus on treatment.

Small Steps in Speech

smallstepsinspeech.org
888-577-3256

Small Steps in Speech provides grants for children with speech and language disorders. Awards may help pay approved providers for speech therapy, communication devices, or related services when insurance is limited or unavailable, allowing children to continue working toward functional communication goals.

UnitedHealthcare Children’s Foundation

uhccf.org
855-698-4223

UHCCF awards medical grants for children whose commercial insurance does not fully cover needed care. Approved funds may be used for qualifying therapies, medical services, equipment, and other healthcare expenses, and families do not have to carry UnitedHealthcare insurance to apply.