Offers numerous resources, including printed materials, counseling for patients and their families, and information on lodging for people who may require treatment far from home. Contact your local chapter to find out about resources that maybe available in your community. Local ACS office may offer reimbursement for expenses related to cancer treatment including transportation, medicine, and medical supplies. Financial assistance is available in some areas.

Helps locate financial aid and/or emotional counseling services, as well as information on diagnostic procedures.

To provide financial assistance, housing, weekend retreats programs for the entire family living with a child with cancer or catastrophic illness, weekend retreats for bereaved families, holiday trips, insurance information as well as support to Jewish children who suffer from cancer and other life threatening illnesses.

Provides children diagnosed with Leukemia under the age of 18 gift baskets, Toys R Us Certificates, Hip Hats, Camp Sponsorships, Valentine Parties, Wish List and Entertainment. The Childhood Leukemia Foundation will also assist in the cost of home care, transportation costs for the travel to chemotherapy or radiation treatment, and with the cost of medications. The guidelines for are flexible and are assessed individually. If there are unusually large expenses, these expenses are taken into consideration. Grants are available up to $3000.00 per patient. Please call 1-800-253-4046 for an application.

An independent non-profit site, established to provide a directory of childhood cancer resources with links to information on cancer, treatment, financial support, and care tips.

Ehlers-Danlos National Foundation creates resources for those affected by the connective tissue disorder Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome. We do this by

• Creating and distributing accurate information
• Providing a network of support and communication
• Fostering and funding research

The Katie Beckett Waiver,also known as the Deeming Waiver or the 2176 Model Waiver, is a federal waiver that is intended for children from birth to eighteen years of age with a chronic disability. It entitles children to Medicaid that would not otherwise qualify due to their parent’s financial status.

Shared Vision: Concordance Among Fathers, Mothers, and Pediatricians About Unmet Needs of Children With Chronic Conditions This study emphasizes the need parents have for information about their child's condition and treatment and its implications for the family.

A nationwide directory of information referral services. When you need health counseling, legal aid, crisis intervention, home nursing care, substance abuse counseling and treatment, transportation or daycare for child or dependent adult.

To provide support programs, education and resources, free of charge, to benefit young adults, their families and friends, who are affected by cancer, and to promote awareness and prevention of cancer.

Wipe Out Kids' Cancer's mission is to eradicate pediatric cancer by funding innovative research, education and treatment, while providing hope to children affected with cancer.

WAC's mission is to help these individuals navigate their way through the emotional upheaval that accompanies a cancer diagnosis in order to become self-reliant individuals with independent, productive lives.