Financial Assistance Program - Jessica June Child Cancer FoundationJessica June Child Cancer Foundation

Program Requirements:

Child is in treatment fighting cancer and comes from a low-income family currently experiencing financial hardship.
Child’s cancer diagnosis has affected the family’s finances / income. Family is temporarily struggling to maintain basic human needs.
Many cases involve a single parent household and the family qualifies for government assistance programs such as Medicaid and Supplemental Security Income.
Child must reside in the state of Florida but is not required to be a U.S. citizen.
JJCCF does not take gender, race or religion into consideration when determining a child’s eligibility.
Child must be under 18 years of age (0-17 years old).
Child / Family must be referred by their social worker and complete our (3) page Financial Assistance Application Form. Applications should be emailed to JJCCF staff by their social worker.
After JJCCF staff reviews the submitted application, the child’s caregiver will be contacted to confirm eligibility and explain the assistance process. Copies of outstanding bills representing basic human needs (i.e., medical, utilities, rent, mortgage, insurance, car payment) should be provided. Grocery or gas gift cards may be requested. JJCCF staff will request a headshot of the child for our Annual Collage of the faces behind our mission and mail our financial assistance package to the child’s home address.

*JJCCF financial assistance check(s) are made payable to vendors and provided to child’s caregiver
**Approved applicants for the Financial Assistance Program are assisted on a one-time basis, but may also qualify for JJCCF’s Advocacy Program

At present, JJCCF is serving patients of the following (18) partner hospitals and (2) partner clinics (to establish a partnership with JJCCF, hospital social workers please call us at 954.593.5603):

South Florida Partners: Salah Foundation Children’s Hospital at Broward Health, Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital at Memorial, Nicklaus Children’s Hospital, Holtz Children’s Hospital at Jackson, alex’s place at Sylvester, Miami Cancer Institute (Baptist Health), The Children’s Hospital at Palms West, Palm Beach Children’s Hospital at St. Mary’s.
Throughout Florida Partners: Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital (St. Petersburg), St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital (Tampa), Golisano Children’s Hospital (Fort Myers), Arnold Palmer Hospital (Orlando), AdventHealth (Orlando), Nemours Children’s Hospital (Orlando), Nemours Children’s Specialty Care (Jacksonville), Wolfson Children’s Hospital (Jacksonville), and UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital (Gainesville).
Outside Florida Partners: St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital (FL residents), MD Anderson Children’s Cancer Hospital (FL residents), Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (FL residents).

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