What is the COVID-19 Emergency Fund?
The COVID-19 Emergency Fund is a financial program available to patients and families in Canada who are a young adult or have a child with cancer and who have been negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. For approved applicants, $250 is provided per family/patient as a one-time payment in the form of a Foundation cheque or a grocery card, depending on the applicant’s location.
Who is Eligible?
Canadian families who have a child with cancer who have been negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and feel that they need financial assistance are eligible to access this program.
For young adults with cancer, Childhood Cancer Canada has secured funding from the Emergency Community Support Fund for six different locations across Canada. We are able to provide grocery cards to young adult cancer patients who are 39 years old and under and who live in Nova Scotia, Toronto, Edmonton, Calgary or Vancouver.
To be eligible to receive funding, the child/patient must be:
- diagnosed with cancer
- receiving care at a Canadian hospital (active treatment or follow-up / after-care)
- 39 years of age and under
- If 18 years of age or older, live in Nova Scotia, Toronto, Edmonton, Calgary and area or Vancouver
How Do I Apply for Funding?
To apply for the COVID-19 Emergency Fund, please fill out the form below. You will be asked to provide information to help process your application along with a short description about how COVID-19 has impacted your family financially.
What Happens Next?
All applications will be evaluated on an individual basis by a committee established by Childhood Cancer Canada. All of your information will remain protected and will only be confidentially shared with this committee.
We will contact your Social Worker, Interlink Nurse, Nurse Practitioner or Oncologist that you have identified as the contact from your Care Team to confirm that you or your child meets the above criteria. The committee will review your application and will contact you as soon as a decision is made about your application.
How Long Will the Fund be Available?
At this time, we have a limited amount of funds to provide to patients and families; however, we are working to try and transform this fund into an ongoing resource for families. If you would like to
donate to the Foundation and the COVID-19 Emergency Fund, your help could not come at a better time.
Please use the below form to apply. Patients and families who wish to mail their application, can download a hard copy:
Application for children with cancer under 18 years old and Application for patients with cancer 18 -39 years old.