- Identify financial assistance, including gas cards and transportation programs to cover economic needs, especially for underserved members of the community.
- Navigate health insurance challenges.
- Recommend mental health resources for patients and family members to help balance the needs of the entire family and reduce stress.
- Provide checklists and personal guidance once home from the hospital to include house cleaning resources, childcare options and other practical needs.
- Work with schools to address educational loss, provide tutoring resources and ensure that siblings are also not impacted.
- Navigate social services to support families managing a child’s cancer care.
- Advise working parents going through employment challenges and assist in arranging family leave.
- Initiate scholarships for childhood cancer survivors.
other stories in this issue
Awards spotlight
Meet five cancer researchers furthering tools, therapies and leadership in the fight against deadly cancers.
We are curing kids of cancer
Read how our pediatric oncology program and oncologists are bringing leading-edge therapies to our young patients.
Equalizing health
Read how our cancer experts are taking action on multiple fronts to reduce health disparities among vulnerable groups.