- 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
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Awards spotlight
Meet five cancer researchers furthering tools, therapies and leadership in the fight against deadly cancers.
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We are curing kids of cancer
Read how our pediatric oncology program and oncologists are bringing leading-edge therapies to our young patients.
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Equalizing health
Read how our cancer experts are taking action on multiple fronts to reduce health disparities among vulnerable groups.