What is the COVID-19 Emergency Fund?
The COVID-19 Emergency Fund is a financial program available to families across Canada who have a child in active treatment for cancer and who have been negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. For approved applicants, $250 is provided per family as a one-time payment.
Who is Eligible?
All Canadian families with a child in active treatment for cancer who have been
negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and feel that they need financial assistance are eligible to access this program.
To be eligible to receive funding, the child must be:
- diagnosed with cancer and be in active treatment for cancer
- in treatment at a Canadian hospital
- under 18 years of age
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 while your child is in active treatment for cancer.
What Happens Next?
All applications will be evaluated on an individual basis by a committee established by Childhood Cancer Canada/Coast to Coast Against Cancer Foundation. 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 your child is in active cancer treatment. 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 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. Families who wish to mail their application, can download a hard copy:
COVID-19 Emergency Fund application.