Find cancer resources for patients, caregivers, and families, including financial assistance, transportation, lodging, and emotional support.
The organizations below may provide assistance with financial challenges, transportation, lodging, emotional support, nutrition, caregiver resources, and more.
American Cancer Society
Call 1-800-227-2345 for 24/7 cancer information and help finding local services, transportation, lodging, caregiver resources and other support. Programs and availability vary by location.
Service area: Nationwide
CancerCare
Provides free counseling, support groups, education and resource navigation from oncology social workers, plus a searchable Helping Hand database. Limited financial assistance is available only for qualifying diagnoses, locations and open funds.
Service area: Nationwide
National Cancer Institute Cancer Information Service
Cancer information specialists answer questions about diagnosis, treatment and research and can perform a tailored cancer clinical-trials search to discuss with your doctor. Phone, chat and email services are free in English and Spanish.
Service area: Nationwide
Patient Advocate Foundation
Provides free national case management for eligible people with serious or life-threatening conditions who are facing access, insurance or affordability barriers. Financial programs have separate diagnoses, income and fund-availability rules.
Service area: Nationwide
Cancer Support Community Cancer Support Helpline
Offers free phone, chat and online navigation, emotional support and connections to local or virtual programs for people affected by cancer.
Service area: Nationwide
211
Call 211 or search online for confidential help locating food, housing, utility, transportation, health-care and other community resources near you.
Service area: Nationwide network
Family Reach
Provides financial navigation and, when eligible programs are open, help with everyday costs such as rent, groceries, utilities and transportation during cancer treatment.
Service area: Nationwide
HealthWell Foundation
Provides grants for eligible insured patients that may help with premiums, copays, deductibles and selected treatment-related costs.
Service area: Nationwide
Good Days
Provides assistance for eligible people with covered chronic diseases to help with treatment-related out-of-pocket costs.
Service area: Nationwide
NeedyMeds
Offers a free information directory for medication, copay, diagnosis-based, transportation and other health-cost assistance programs.
Service area: Nationwide
Triage Cancer
Provides free education on health insurance, employment, finances, disability benefits, estate planning and legal rights after a cancer diagnosis.
Service area: Nationwide
Cancer and Careers
Offers free workplace information, coaching, publications and events for people working during or after cancer and for caregivers and employers.
Service area: Nationwide
Social Security Compassionate Allowances
Explains the Social Security fast-track process for disability claims involving certain severe conditions, including many advanced, recurrent or inoperable cancers.
Service area: United States
HRSA Find a Health Center
Find community health centers that provide primary, dental, mental-health and other care regardless of insurance status, with fees adjusted by income and family size.
Service area: All states and U.S. territories
CancerCare Helping Hand
Searches financial and practical assistance programs for people affected by cancer, including help related to transportation, housing, medication and other needs.
Service area: Nationwide directory
Mercy Medical Angels
Provides free medical-travel assistance that may include commercial transportation, ground travel, gas help or regional volunteer flights.
Service area: Nationwide for selected modes
American Cancer Society Hope Lodge
Provides free lodging in selected cities for eligible patients who must travel for outpatient cancer treatment, usually with one caregiver.
Service area: Selected U.S. cities and Puerto Rico
Joe’s House
Searches lodging options near treatment centers for patients and families traveling for medical care. Listings may be free, discounted or standard-rate, and each property sets its own rules.
Service area: Nationwide directory
Air Charity Network
Connects eligible patients with regional volunteer-pilot organizations that arrange free non-emergency flights for medical care.
Service area: All 50 states through regional member organizations
NeedyMeds Transportation Assistance
Searches transportation programs that may help patients travel to medical appointments and treatment.
Service area: Nationwide information directory
Imerman Angels
Provides free one-to-one peer matching for people with cancer, survivors, previvors and caregivers, including Spanish-language support.
Service area: Nationwide and international
CanCare
Matches patients and caregivers nationwide with trained survivor or caregiver volunteers for free peer support and offers online caregiver and Stage 4 cancer groups.
Service area: Nationwide; some in-person services in Houston
CaringBridge
Provides free personal pages for sharing health updates and coordinating support with family and friends.
Service area: Online; broadly available
Cancer Companions
Offers Christian, faith-based cancer support through participating churches and online resources.
Service area: Availability varies by location
Cancer Hope Network
Matches patients and caregivers with trained survivor volunteers for free one-to-one peer support.
Service area: United States, Washington, D.C., and Canada
myCancerConnection — MD Anderson
Offers free one-to-one phone support from trained cancer survivors and caregivers, regardless of where the person receives treatment.
Service area: Nationwide phone support
Caregiver Action Network
Offers free education, practical tools, peer/community support and a national help desk for family caregivers.
Service area: Nationwide
Wonders & Worries
Provides free professional support for children and teens ages 2–18 coping with a parent’s serious or chronic illness or injury, with nationwide virtual options and Texas-based in-person services.
Service area: Nationwide virtual; selected in-person locations
What’s Your Grief
Provides practical grief education, articles, podcasts and self-help tools for people coping with loss.
Service area: Online; broadly available
National Alliance for Children’s Grief
Provides education and a directory for locating childhood-bereavement programs and support near you.
Service area: Nationwide directory/network
CaringInfo
Provides free, provider-neutral information about palliative care, hospice, caregiving, grief, advance care planning and state-specific advance-directive forms in English and Spanish.
Service area: Nationwide
GriefShare
Offers church-hosted and online Christian grief-support groups for people grieving a death.
Service area: United States and online
CancerCare Caregiver Support
Provides caregiver-focused counseling, support groups, education and practical information from CancerCare.
Service area: Nationwide
Compassus Grief Support
Provides grief education and information about bereavement support available through Compassus locations and programs.
Service area: Compassus service areas
The Dinner Party
Provides tools and guidance that young adults can use to create their own peer-based grief-support gatherings.
Service area: Online resources
Ever Loved
Offers online tools for memorial websites, obituaries, funeral planning and memorial fundraising.
Service area: Broadly available online
Cleaning for a Reason
Matches eligible people in cancer treatment, hospice care or recovery with participating cleaning companies for limited free home cleaning.
Service area: United States and Canada
Meals on Wheels
Finds local meal-delivery and senior-nutrition programs for people who have difficulty shopping, cooking or leaving home.
Service area: Nationwide locator
Look Good Feel Better
Offers free virtual and in-person workshops on skin and nail care, cosmetics, wigs, head coverings and styling for people managing appearance changes from cancer treatment.
Service area: Nationwide
EBeauty Community
Provides free wigs to women experiencing hair loss from cancer or other medical treatment through direct requests and participating cancer centers.
Service area: United States
Livestrong Fertility
Helps eligible newly diagnosed people preserve fertility before cancer treatment through discounted services and medication support.
Service area: United States partner network
Wigs & Wishes
Provides free wigs to women experiencing cancer-related hair loss through participating salons and grants wishes to children with cancer.
Service area: United States through participating salons and programs
Verma Foundation CapWigs
Provides cap wigs through an application process for people experiencing hair loss related to cancer treatment.
Service area: United States
American Cancer Society Wig and Hair-Loss Resources
Explains cancer-related hair loss and options such as wigs, hairpieces, head coverings and local support resources.
Service area: Nationwide information and referral support
Susan G. Komen Patient Care Center
Provides free breast-cancer navigation, education, emotional support, clinical-trial information and help applying for eligible financial-assistance programs. Call 1-877-465-6636; Spanish support is available.
Service area: Nationwide
The Pink Fund
Provides eligible people in active breast-cancer treatment with limited help paying nonmedical household bills during treatment.
Service area: United States
Karen Wellington Foundation
Creates fun experiences for nominated women living with breast cancer.
Service area: United States
Dream Foundation
Fulfills final dreams for adults with a life-limiting illness, a life expectancy of 12 months or less and limited financial resources.
Service area: United States and Puerto Rico
Blood Cancer United
Provides blood-cancer information specialists, education, peer and caregiver support and financial-assistance programs.
Service area: Nationwide
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Patient Services
Provides free pancreatic-cancer information, clinical-trial searches, treatment information and caregiver support through Patient Central.
Service area: Nationwide
AIM at Melanoma Foundation
Provides melanoma information, expert support, clinical-trial information and resources for patients and caregivers.
Service area: Nationwide and online
Colorectal Cancer Alliance
Provides colorectal-cancer navigation, peer/community support, education and financial-resource guidance.
Service area: Nationwide
National Breast Cancer Foundation
Provides breast-health education, patient navigation, screening connections and support resources for patients and families.
Service area: United States
Cancer Support Community Greater St. Louis
Offers free professionally led support groups, education, stress-management and healthy-lifestyle programs, social connection and resource referrals for people affected by cancer.
Service area: Greater St. Louis and virtual
Gateway to Hope
Provides one-to-one breast-health navigation and financial assistance to help eligible Missouri residents access and continue breast care.
Service area: Missouri
Food Outreach
Provides medically tailored meals, groceries and nutrition counseling for eligible people in active cancer treatment or living with HIV.
Service area: Selected Missouri and Illinois ZIP codes
Operation Food Search Resource Hub
Finds food pantries, community meals and other assistance in the St. Louis region and links to 211 for broader needs.
Service area: Greater St. Louis region
HavenHouse St. Louis
Provides affordable lodging, meals and limited medical transportation for patients and caregivers traveling to St. Louis for care.
Service area: Travelers living 50+ miles from a referring St. Louis medical facility
Wings of Hope Medical Relief & Air Transport
Provides free medical air transportation to specialized care that is not available locally, including service for some fragile or non-ambulatory patients.
Service area: 26 states within about 800 miles of St. Louis
Angel Flight Central
Arranges free non-emergency medical flights through volunteer pilots for people who must travel for care.
Service area: MO, IL, KS, IA, NE, ND, SD, WI, MN and IN
Karen Weidinger Foundation
Supports St. Charles-area women affected by breast cancer through local provider partners and selected comfort, education and wellness resources.
Service area: St. Charles County and surrounding communities
Clinton County Thrive Tribe
Community-based connection and gatherings for people and families affected by cancer in the Metro East.
Service area: Clinton County/Metro East, Illinois
Siteman Cancer Center Patient & Family Services
Connects Siteman patients and families with social work, psychology, financial counseling, support and other services during care.
Service area: Siteman locations in the St. Louis region
St. Louis Area Foodbank
Helps individuals and families locate food pantries and other hunger-relief resources through partner agencies.
Service area: Missouri and Illinois service territory
Susan G. Komen Missouri
Connects Missouri residents affected by breast cancer with Komen information, navigation and the Patient Care Center.
Service area: Missouri; direct patient support is available nationally
BJC HealthCare Cancer Services
Provides information about cancer care and patient-support services available through BJC facilities in the St. Louis region.
Service area: BJC locations in Missouri and Illinois
SSM Health Cancer Care
Provides cancer-care information and connects SSM patients with navigation and support services available at participating locations.
Service area: SSM Health locations, including Missouri and Illinois
Texas Cancer Information
Searches cancer services across Texas, including treatment centers, support groups, transportation, lodging and financial help. County-level guidance for uninsured or low-income Texans is available in English and Spanish.
Service area: Texas statewide
Texas Department of Insurance
Explains how to appeal a denied treatment or prescription, request an external review and file a health-insurance complaint in Texas, with guidance in English and Spanish.
Service area: Texas
Texas Oncology Foundation Patient Assistance
Offers eligible Texas Oncology patients help with personal living expenses, transportation or temporary treatment lodging.
Service area: Texas Oncology patients in Texas
Houston Ground Angels
Provides complimentary volunteer-driver rides to critical medical treatment from homes, Houston-area airports, clinics and Texas Medical Center lodging.
Service area: Greater Houston only
Friday Harbour
Provides free temporary lodging for cancer patients and caregivers traveling to Houston for treatment near the Texas Medical Center.
Service area: Houston/Texas Medical Center
Halo House Foundation
Provides affordable, furnished temporary apartments near the Texas Medical Center for eligible blood-cancer patients and a required live-in caregiver.
Service area: Houston/Texas Medical Center
CareBOX Program
Provides free essential care supplies delivered to adults and children receiving cancer treatment in the greater Austin area; English and Spanish forms are available.
Service area: Travis, Hays, Bastrop, Caldwell, Burnet and Williamson counties
Cancer Support Community North Texas
Offers free support groups, short-term counseling, wellness and education programs and resource navigation for patients, caregivers and people grieving a cancer loss; selected programs are available in Spanish.
Service area: North Texas clubhouses and virtual programs
Cancer Care Services
Provides free emotional, practical, caregiver, family and resource support for people affected by cancer in Tarrant County, with limited financial help for eligible residents.
Service area: Tarrant County/Fort Worth area
UT MD Anderson Patient Support
Connects MD Anderson patients and caregivers with social work, support groups, patient education and other services. Separate travel guidance lists lodging and transportation discounts for people coming to Houston.
Service area: MD Anderson patients/caregivers; Houston travel
Best Day Ever Foundation
Creates nomination-based kindness experiences for selected individuals and families.
Service area: Service area not clearly published
Susan G. Komen Greater Houston
Connects people affected by breast cancer in Greater Houston with Komen education, navigation, community information and the Patient Care Center.
Service area: Greater Houston; direct patient support is available nationally
Every cancer journey is different, and the right resource is not always easy to find. We speak with patients, survivors, caregivers, and legacy families regularly, and we're happy to help point people toward organizations that may be able to support them.
We are continually expanding this directory. If you know of an organization that has helped you, your family, or someone you care about, we'd love to learn more about it.
