The Cancer Foundation
Financial Assistance Program

Information for Families in Need

The Cancer Foundation serves families with a cancer patient in the home within six months of active treatment or on hospice care. Eligible patients receive up to $1,000 in assistance paid toward their area of greatest need and may choose support for their housing, utilities, or transportation expenses, as well as other financial needs unique to their cancer journey.

This program relies on private donations from individuals, businesses, and foundations.

Eligibility Criteria

To qualify, Applicants must meet the following requirements: 

  1. The patient must be in treatment or on hospice care for cancer with a referral from a healthcare provider.

  2. The patient must live within TCF’s 25-county service area.

  3. The family (patient plus household members) must meet our financial income limits.

#1: The patient must be in treatment or on hospice care for cancer with a referral from a healthcare provider.

TCF Currently accepts applications from most cancer treatment centers and doctors’ offices in our service area. A social worker or financial navigator at your cancer treatment facility, other healthcare provider, or area non-profit will work with you to submit your application to our program.

#2: The patient must Live within TCF’s 25-county service area.

  • Banks

  • Barrow

  • Clarke

  • Elbert

  • Franklin

  • Greene

  • Habersham

  • Hart

  • Jackson

  • Jasper

  • Lumpkin

  • Madison

  • Morgan

  • Newton

  • Oconee

  • Oglethorpe

  • Putnam

  • Rabun

  • Stephens

  • Taliaferro

  • Towns

  • Union

  • Walton

  • White

  • Wilkes

#3: The family (patient plus household members) must meet our financial income limits.

  • Income considered is gross (pretax) income for every working adult family member in the household.

  • Must be no more than 250% of the Federal Poverty Guidelines.

These income limits are listed in detail in our application. Your social worker will help determine your income using your proof of income documents for every member of your household.

  • TCF uses the most recent 8 weeks of income to assess your financial need.

  • TCF does NOT collect social security numbers.

  • Our patient confidentiality policy may be found in the application.

  • If there are two or more patients in the home, the family may receive a financial benefit for each patient.

**From US Department of Health and Human Services. Numbers shown are 250% of the 2024 Federal Poverty Levels.

**Household is defined as any persons residing together related by blood, marriage, commitment, or legal adoption that are dependent on the combined income.

IMPORTANT PROGRAM NOTES

  • Only complete applications will be reviewed after all required documents have been received.

  • Even if you do not qualify today, you may qualify in the future if you are out of work due to treatment.

  • Our application details a menu of options that patients may choose from to help alleviate their immediate financial crisis.

  • Applicant(s) must present a current bill(s) to be paid with a date, account number, and balance due clearly visible.

  • Payments will be made directed to the patient’s creditor.

  • Applications are typically processed within 24-48 business hours after TCF receives the request.

  • The program year runs from January to December.

  • Patients may reapply the next calendar year with a new application including updated documents.

Please see the current TCF application for more detailed program policies.

Please reach out to us for TCF's Financial Assistance Program Spanish application. 

Applications MUST be submitted through the social worker or patient navigator at your doctor’s office!