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Urgent Need Program

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Urgent Need Program

Eligible patients will receive a grant of $500, once within a 12 month period. At the end of the 12 month period, healthcare professionals can reapply on behalf of patients.

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Program information

Blood Cancer United is committed to helping patients access their treatment in a timely manner and created the Urgent Need Program, in partnership with Moppie’s Love, in 2018.

Thanks to our partnerships with Subaru of America and its retailers, Charlie’s Fund, and the Moore Family Charitable Foundation, the Urgent Need Program continues to provide eligible patients with assistance for non-medical expenses including rent, mortgage, lodging, utilities, childcare, elder care, food, transportation, car repair, car insurance, phone service, and acute dental work related to treatment. Eligible patients will receive a grant of $500, once within a 12 month period. At the end of the 12 month period, healthcare professionals can reapply on behalf of patients.

 

Available funding

If a fund is listed as Open, please visit the How to apply section to apply.

If a fund is listed as Closed, it is at maximum capacity, serving those enrolled, and is no longer accepting applications.

Please note: Changes to funds are reflected on this webpage as quickly as possible. For up-to-the-minute fund status, please call (877) 557-2672. If you started an application prior to a fund becoming fully subscribed, please continue with the application.

Funds

Pediatric, Adolescent and Young Adult Fund

Open

In partnership with Subaru of America and its retailers, serves pediatric, adolescent and young adult blood cancer patients (birth to 39 years of age) who are in acute financial need

Adult Fund

Closed

In partnership with Charlie’s Fund and the Moore Family Charitable Foundation, serves adult blood cancer patients (40+ years of age) who are in acute financial need.

**As a non-profit organization, we rely on the generosity of our sponsors. Program continuation is dependent on the availability of funds and the program could be modified or discontinued at any time if funding is limited or no longer available.**

 

Eligibility requirements

To be eligible for either of the Urgent Need Program funds, the patient must:

  • Be a pediatric or young adult (birth to 39 years of age) patient OR be an adult (40+ years of age) patient.
     
  • Have a household income that is at or below 600 percent of the U.S. federal poverty guidelines (PDF) as adjusted by the Cost of Living Index (COLI). You will be asked for the patient’s zip code to determine their COLI.
     
  • Be a United States citizen or permanent resident of the U.S. or U.S. territory.
     
  • Demonstrated acute financial need, as defined by the program covered expenses.
     
  • Patients may be insured or uninsured.
  • Have a blood cancer diagnosis confirmed by a doctor. Patient must be:
    • In active treatment, scheduled to begin treatment, or in active surveillance (watchful waiting). IF NOT, you may be eligible for assistance with insurance navigation. Click here for help
    • For members of the U.S. military, diplomats, etc. who may be serving overseas, the healthcare provider attesting to the diagnosis must have a National Provider Identification (NPI) number and use it on the application.

 

Apply

Please note that applications are only accepted by members of the patient’s healthcare team. If you are a patient in need of assistance, please have a member of your healthcare team apply on your behalf.

List of Eligible Healthcare Team Members

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Blood Cancer United offers patients, caregivers, pharmacies, and healthcare providers two easy ways to apply on behalf of a patient:

What you need to apply (PDF)

By phone: (877) 557-2672 (Hablamos español)
Speak with an Intake Specialist, Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., who can walk you through the application process

Online portal
24/7, available in English only
If this is your first time visiting the Blood Cancer United Financial Assistance Online Portal, you will need to register before you can apply.

Online Portal Registration Guide (PDF)

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Need help?
For portal technical support, please call us at (877) 557-2672 or
e-mail [email protected].

HEALTHCARE TEAM MEMBER MUST HAVE THE FOLLOWING TO APPLY:
-    DIRECT ACCESS TO THE PATIENT’S MEDICAL RECORDS TO ATTEST TO THEIR DIAGNOSIS 
-    A VALID NPI NUMBER WHETHER APPLYING ON THE PORTAL OR BY PHONE

Healthcare team members may include:

  • Case Manager
  • Child Life Specialist
  • Counselor
  • Dentist
  • Dental Hygienist
  • Financial Counselor
  • Medical Assistant
  • Medical Doctor
  • Nurse
  • Nurse Assistant
  • Nurse Navigator
  • Oncologist
  • Office Manager
  • Patient Care Coordinator
  • Pharmacist
  • Psychiatrist
  • Psychologist
  • Physician Assistant
  • Secretary
  • Social Worker
  • Therapist

 

Online Portal registration

If this is your first time visiting the Urgent Need Portal, you will need to register before you can start the online application.

To Register: To register you’ll need the following provider information:

  • Healthcare provider’s email address
  • Healthcare provider/Facility’s tax ID*
  • Healthcare provider/Facility’s National Provider Identifier (NPI)*

Once you submit your registration, you'll receive an email (typically within five minutes) directing you to a website to create your password. You can then begin entering your application information.

*Healthcare providers without a tax ID or NPI should use that of the primary facility/provider.

To Apply: You'll need the following patient information:

  • Patient’s Social Security Number and date of birth
    • If patient is a minor (under the age of 18), patient AND guardian’s Social Security Numbers and date of birth are required.
  • Patient's name, address, phone number
  • Patient's diagnosis
  • Patient's  household financial income

This information will not be shared and is for verification purposes only.

For portal technical support: Please call us at (877) 557-2672 or e-mail [email protected].


Frequently asked questions

Program support

Blood Cancer United is a nonprofit organization that relies on the generosity of individual, foundation and corporate contributions to advance its mission. The Urgent Need Program is supported by:

  • Ashley & Brent Irwin
  • Charlie's Fund
  • Gary and Pennie Abramson Charitable Foundation
  • Gerald Kafka and Rita Cavanagh
  • The JBSTRONG Foundation
  • Jeff and Mindy Binder
  • Lara L. And Matthew G. Hjortsberg
  • Louis Suttle
  • Mary Cushing Doherty
  • Moppie's Love
  • Ralph and Janice Shrader Fund at The Chicago Community Foundation
  • The W. O'Neil Foundation
  • Wrobel Family Foundation
  • Vital Life Foundation
  • Subaru of America and its retailers

The following Subaru retailers have committed to supporting Blood Cancer United’s Pediatric Urgent Needs Program in 2026. We are grateful for their generosity and partnership. Retailers marked with an asterisk (*) represent those contributing at the program’s highest level of $10,000.

Alaska

  • Continental Subaru

Alabama

  • Landers McLarty Subaru
  • Tameron Subaru

Arkansas

  • Adventure Subaru
  • Subaru of Little Rock

Arizona

  • AutoNation Subaru Scottsdale
  • Camelback Subaru
  • Findlay Subaru Prescott
  • Tucson Subaru*

California

  • Albany Subaru
  • Capitol Subaru
  • Cypress Coast Subaru
  • Dalton Subaru National City
  • DCH Subaru of Riverside
  • DCH Subaru of Thousand Oaks*
  • Diablo Subaru of Walnut Creek
  • Elk Grove Subaru
  • Hanlees Subaru
  • Hello Subaru of Temecula
  • Kirby Subaru of Ventura
  • Palm Springs Subaru
  • Putnam Subaru
  • Sangera Subaru
  • Stevens Creek Subaru*
  • Subaru of San Luis Obispo
  • Subaru Pacific
  • Timmons Subaru

Colorado

  • AutoNation Subaru Arapahoe
  • Groove Subaru
  • Heuberger Subaru
  • Mike Shaw Subaru Greeley
  • Subaru of Pueblo

Connecticut

  • Holmgren Subaru
  • Mitchell Subaru

Delaware

  • Ourisman Tri-State Subaru
  • Winner Subaru

Florida

  • Fitzgerald Countryside Subaru
  • Sport Subaru
  • Sport Subaru South
  • Step One Subaru Fort Walton Beach
  • Subaru Lakeland
  • Subaru North Orlando
  • Subaru of Gainesville
  • Subaru of North Miami
  • Subaru of Pembroke Pines
  • Subaru of Port Richey
  • Subaru of Wesley Chapel*
  • Villages Subaru

Georgia

  • Chatham Subaru
  • Classic Subaru - Atlanta
  • Subaru of Gwinnett
  • Subaru of Macon

Iowa

  • Ramsey Subaru of Des Moines

Idaho

  • Parker Subaru
  • Treasure Valley Subaru
  • Wackerli Subaru

Illinois

  • Berman Subaru of Chicago
  • Gerald Subaru
  • Grand Subaru
  • Hawk Subaru
  • Liberty Subaru
  • McLaughlin Subaru
  • Muller Subaru
  • Napleton's Schaumburg Subaru
  • The Autobarn Subaru of Countryside

Indiana

  • Gurley Leep Subaru
  • Speedway Subaru
  • Tom Wood Subaru
  • Zeigler Subaru of Fort Wayne
  • Zeigler Subaru of Lafayette

Kentucky

  • Bachman Subaru

Kansas

  • Briggs Subaru of Topeka
  • McCarthy Subaru of Lawrence
  • Subaru of Olathe
  • Subaru of Wichita

Louisiana

  • Bryan Subaru
  • Giles Subaru

Massachusetts

  • Ira Subaru
  • Quirk Works Subaru
  • Subaru of Wakefield

Maryland

  • Annapolis Subaru
  • AutoNation Subaru Hunt Valley*
  • Bel Air Subaru
  • Fitzgerald Subaru of Gaithersburg
  • Fitzgerald Subaru*
  • Gateway Subaru
  • Herb Gordon Subaru
  • Heritage Subaru
  • Heritage Subaru Catonsville
  • Ourisman Subaru Waldorf
  • Sheehy Subaru of Hagerstown

Maine

  • Bath Subaru
  • Charlie's Subaru
  • Evergreen Subaru
  • Pape Subaru

Michigan

  • Fox Marquette Subaru
  • Fox Subaru
  • Maple Hill Subaru
  • My Lakeshore Subaru
  • Subaru of Ann Arbor
  • Suburban Subaru of Troy

Minnesota

  • Bloomington Subaru*
  • Corwin Subaru
  • Luther St. Cloud Subaru
  • Morrie's Brooklyn Park Subaru
  • Walser Subaru
  • Walser Subaru St. Paul

Missouri

  • Dean Team Subaru
  • Lou Fusz Subaru - St Louis
  • Lou Fusz Subaru O'Fallon
  • Subaru of Columbia
  • Sunset Hills Subaru*
  • Van Subaru

Montana

  • Great Falls Subaru
  • Placer Subaru
  • Rimrock Subaru

North Carolina

  • Cross Creek Subaru
  • Flow Subaru
  • Fred Anderson Subaru
  • Hunter Subaru
  • Riverside Subaru
  • Scenic Subaru
  • Southern States Subaru
  • Sport Durst Subaru of Jacksonville
  • Vann York Subaru
  • Williams Subaru

Nebraska

  • Baxter Subaru La Vista
  • Baxter Subaru Omaha
  • Morrie's Bellevue Subaru

New Hampshire

  • Granite Subaru

New Jersey

  • Circle Subaru
  • Freehold Subaru
  • Haldeman Subaru
  • Liberty Subaru
  • Miller Subaru
  • Prestige Subaru
  • Subaru of Englewood

New Mexico

  • Subaru of Santa Fe

Nevada

  • Lithia Reno Subaru
  • Subaru of Las Vegas*

New York

  • Capitaland Subaru
  • Empire Subaru of Huntington
  • Goldstein Subaru
  • Gregoris Subaru
  • Hassett Subaru
  • Koeppel Subaru
  • North Country Subaru
  • Northtown Subaru
  • Northtown Subaru Transit
  • Riverhead Bay Subaru
  • Simmons Rockwell Subaru
  • Subaru of Troy
  • Subaru of Utica
  • Subaru White Plains*
  • West Herr Subaru
  • West Herr Subaru of Lockport
  • West Herr Subaru of Rochester
  • Zappone Subaru Norwich

Ohio

  • Boardman Subaru*
  • Busam Subaru
  • Byers Airport Subaru
  • Byers Dublin Subaru
  • Diehl Subaru of Massillon
  • Germain Subaru of Columbus
  • Huebner Subaru
  • Ken Ganley Subaru Bedford
  • Ken Ganley Subaru Wickliffe
  • Subaru of Kings Automall
  • Wagner Subaru

Oklahoma

  • Bob Moore Subaru
  • Cavender Subaru of Norman
  • Ferguson Subaru

Oregon

  • Armstrong Subaru
  • Gresham Subaru
  • Royal Moore Subaru
  • Subaru of Albany
  • Subaru of Bend
  • Subaru of Hermiston
  • Subaru of Portland*

Pennsylvania

  • #1 Cochran Subaru
  • #1 Cochran Subaru of Butler County
  • A Crivelli Subaru
  • Alexander Subaru
  • Blaise Alexander Subaru of Lewistown
  • Bowser Subaru
  • Ciocca Subaru of Philadelphia
  • Concordville Subaru
  • Delaney Subaru
  • Fairway Subaru
  • Faulkner Subaru Easton
  • Fred Beans Subaru
  • Glanzmann Subaru
  • Kenny Ross Subaru
  • Lancaster County Motors Subaru
  • Minooka Subaru
  • New Motors Subaru
  • Sendell Subaru
  • Stocker Subaru
  • W & L Subaru*

Rhode Island

  • Balise Subaru

South Carolina

  • Crews Subaru of Charleston
  • Subaru of Spartanburg

Tennessee

  • Crown Subaru
  • Grayson Subaru
  • Sutherlin Subaru
  • Wallace Subaru - Johnson City
  • Wallace Subaru of Bristol
  • Wyatt Johnson Subaru

Texas

  • Austin Subaru
  • Bert Ogden Subaru
  • Cavender Subaru of Midland Odessa
  • Cleo Bay Subaru
  • Ewing Subaru of Plano
  • Five Star Subaru
  • Gillman Subaru
  • Gillman Subaru - Houston Southwest
  • Group 1 Subaru El Paso
  • Hicks Family Subaru
  • Huffines Subaru Corinth
  • North Park Subaru
  • North Park Subaru Dominion
  • Sewell Subaru
  • Subaru of Georgetown
  • Superior Subaru of Houston
  • Team Gillman Subaru North

Utah

  • Doug Smith Subaru
  • Nate Wade Subaru
  • Young Subaru

Virginia

  • Beyer Subaru of Alexandria
  • Bob Wade Subaru
  • Casey Subaru
  • CMA's Subaru of Winchester
  • Dulles Subaru
  • Flow Subaru of Charlottesville
  • Moore Subaru
  • Safford Subaru Manassas
  • Sheehy Subaru
  • Sheehy Subaru of Fredericksburg
  • Southern Team Subaru
  • Stohlman Subaru
  • Subaru of Sterling

Washington

  • Dewey Griffin Subaru
  • Eastside Subaru
  • Kendall Subaru of Marysville
  • McCurley Subaru of Yakima
  • Michael's Subaru of Bellevue
  • Peninsula Subaru
  • Rairdon's Subaru of Auburn
  • Subaru of Puyallup
  • Tacoma Subaru
  • Walker's Renton Subaru

Wisconsin

  • Bergstrom Subaru
  • Don Miller Subaru East*
  • Don Miller Subaru West*
  • Gustman Subaru*
  • Janesville Subaru
  • Sommer's Subaru
  • Wilde Subaru
  • Zeigler Subaru of Kenosha

West Virginia

  • Cole Subaru
  • Dutch Miller Subaru
  • Friendship Subaru of Beckley
  • Subaru of Morgantown

Wyoming

  • Halladay Subaru

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