Resources

Supports adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer patients (ages 13 – 39) and their loved ones. Facilitates arts, wellness, social recreation, caregiver, advocacy, and bereavement programming. Offers nationwide virtual connections and advocacy opportunities, along with in-person offerings in upstate New York.

Raises awareness and donations through charity gaming events, with the support of volunteer broadcasters, streamers, and gamers. Proceeds help offset cancer treatment costs for eligible adult patients, ages 18 and over.

Facilitates peer mentoring matches between trained volunteers and cancer patients and caregivers. Connections take place via telephone or email.

Provides financial aid for lower limb prostheses and related medical care, including associated travel and lodging costs. Works exclusively with select prosthetic and orthotic facilities. When funding cycles are open, nationwide youth and adult applicants are welcome.

Provides 24/7 telephone and chat access to mental health professionals and trained volunteers at nationwide crisis centers. Serves individuals having suicidal ideations or those experiencing emotional distress.

Provides no-cost recreational opportunities for families with pediatric life-threatening conditions through local chapters. Destinations include amusement parks, sports centers, arcades, college and professional athletic events, and holiday parties.

Facilitates nationwide respite retreats for caregivers of loved ones with disabilities, chronic medical diagnoses, military injuries, or trauma experiences. Prioritizes sleep, rest, and relaxation, with optional fellowship. Participants can also join a private Facebook support group.

Grants respite getaways for individuals in active treatment for life-threatening illnesses and their immediate family members or caregiving friends.

Organizes nationwide expo conferences for the disability community. Spotlights assistive products, technologies, equipment, organizations, adaptive activities, inclusive recreational opportunities, and informative workshops. Shares helpful products, resources, and educational information via website marketplace and community pages.

Manages disease-specific financial assistance programs to help offset prescriptions, medical costs, health insurance premiums, and medical travel. Hosts a library of educational resources and webinars. Provides patient advocacy opportunities.

Manufactures specially designed arm and hand gripping aids. Sells additional assistive equipment and products. Offers a Help Hope Live partner discount of 10% off – contact Help Hope Live for code.

Provides support to Delaware, New Jersey, or Pennsylvania residents with spinal cord or brain injuries. Applicants may apply for financial assistance with related uncovered costs (e.g., adaptive equipment, accessible transportation, medical needs, rehabilitative expenses).

Provides medical alert systems and monitoring services. Offers a Help Hope Live partner discount of $6 off with code: HHL6.

Refers applicants needing charitable air ambulance or medical travel services to potential nonprofit flight organizations.

Connects patients and caregivers with member organizations providing volunteer pilot medical travel.

Offers education, encouragement, and resources for childhood cancer families. Grants medical travel and lodging financial assistance for qualifying families. Facilitates a dedicated support program for siblings. Raises and distributes critical funding for pediatric cancer medical research.

Supports the alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (alpha-1) community with health information, resources, and affiliate support group referrals. Facilitates a peer mentoring program. Assists with travel costs to access specialized medical care or educational opportunities. Awards scholarships for patients and immediate family members. Champions research, advocacy, and awareness efforts.

Delivers educational information and comprehensive resources for the Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) community. Facilitates support groups and connections with local chapters nationwide. Provides an insurance and benefits resource line for navigational assistance. Offers dedicated information for military members diagnosed with ALS. Supports clinical research, advocacy, and policy initiatives.

Supports people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and their caregivers. Offers educational resources, assistive technology and equipment loan programs, and virtual support groups. Funds critical research and the MDA/ALS Center of Hope offering multidisciplinary patient care at Temple University Lewis Katz School of Medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Provides charitable support for nonprofit dental clinics to increase access for underserved children and teenagers. Offers dental health educational information and targeted resources for families of children with special healthcare needs, including physical, intellectual and developmental disabilities. Nonprofit clinic partners can apply for grant funding to treat selected youth with extensive oral health issues. Maintains listings of member dental clinics and Medicaid-accepting providers.

Provides dedicated liver disease patient education information. Supports research and scholar opportunities for medical professionals with the goal of preventing and curing liver disease.

Provides educational information and resources for all impacted by kidney disease. Promotes renal health advocacy and policy initiatives. Awards scholarships for cystinosis patients. Sponsors a dedicated veterans health initiative. Connects families to non-AAKP support groups.

Provides comprehensive educational information and resources for burn survivors and their loved ones. Raises public awareness on prevention measures and advocates for the burn community.

Provides professional expertise on all matters related to cancer, offering educational tools, resources, and advocacy. Patient and caregiver programs include rides to treatment, medical lodging, and online communities. ACS CARES is a navigational app facilitating customized information and support. Offers dedicated peer mentoring for people with breast cancer.

Offers educational information, wellness tools, and multi-media resources for individuals living with chronic physical and emotional pain. Facilitates support groups and patient conferences.

Provides the diabetes community with educational information, wellness tools, and community resources. Facilitates medically supervised summer camps. Raises awareness, promotes research, and serves in an advocacy role.

Offers educational information, caregiver support, healthy lifestyle resources, and wellness tools for all impacted by heart disease. Sponsors a support network including online communities. Champions clinical research and advocates for heart disease awareness, CPR education, and public policy priorities.

Offers kidney health information, wellness recommendations, community resources, and dedicated support for veterans. Issues financial aid with health insurance premiums, natural disaster emergency needs, and safety net grants (e.g., medical transportation, living expenses, co-payments, medical equipment, prescriptions, dental care). Provides living donor funds and scholarships in select states. Organizes advocacy and public policy efforts.

Shares liver disease educational materials, wellness tips, living donor information, and comprehensive resources for patients and caregivers. Facilitates virtual support groups, a peer mentoring program, and event opportunities. Involved in advocacy and public policy efforts.

Provides current and prospective living organ donors with support and resources, including advocacy, insurance benefit guidance, and legal services. Facilitates a Facebook support group, peer mentoring program, and free mental health services for living donors. Grants are available to help offset non-medical expenses related to living donation.

Provides support, education, and resources for the lung disease community. Facilitates a Patient & Caregiver Network offering access to support groups, online communities, cancer peer mentoring, disease management tools, and health education programming. Champions lung health, clean air, and tobacco-related advocacy, awareness, and public policy initiatives.

Offers guidance, referrals, and disaster relief services for those impacted by natural, environmental, humanitarian, or healthcare emergencies. Offers educational training, certification, and preparedness programs. Provides current or retired military families with targeted resources, access to emergency financial programs, and support.

Offers stroke prevention, recovery, rehabilitation, educational, and wellness information for patients and caregivers. Facilitates an online community network, support group referrals, and telephone access to trained specialists via a Stroke Family Warmline. Supports comprehensive advocacy and public policy efforts.

Offers educational information, support, resources, and advocacy initiatives to transplant and living donor communities. Colorado residents can participate in a virtual support group and apply for grants to help with living donor expenses, post-transplant medications, insurance premiums, and general living costs. Facilitates a nationwide peer mentoring program and potential living donor database.

Provides the limb loss and difference community with access to informational specialists, mental health and wellness resources, and educational programs. Offers peer mentoring, an online community, and support group listings. Facilitates youth engagement, summer camp, and scholarship opportunities. Supports advocacy and public policy efforts.

Serves as a nationwide wheelchair van retailer, offering financing expertise, accessible rentals, sale-by-owner advertisements, and adaptive driving equipment (e.g., lifts, portable ramps, transfer seats, platform carriers). Offers a Help Hope Live partner discount of $500 towards the purchase of a wheelchair-accessible vehicle or conversion installed from AMS Vans when purchased through an active Help Hope Live campaign.

Connects those impacted by cancer and select chronic illnesses (including multiple sclerosis and sarcoidosis) with virtual support groups, patient resources, wellness information, advocacy, and educational webinars. Offers peer-to-peer cancer navigation assistance for a nominal donation.

Provides free medical air transportation to children and adults from the Northeastern region of the United States. Passengers must be ambulatory, able to sit upright during the flight, medically stable, and qualified by a physician.

Provides 24/7 global air ambulance services affording access to needed medical care. Case managers ensure that clients understand and obtain all available insurance benefits. Offers medical repatriation to return travelers to their home countries after experiencing an injury or illness abroad.

Grants eligible families impacted by pediatric cancer with cost of living assistance (e.g., rent, mortgage, car payments, gas, groceries). Inspired by his own cancer battle, Major League Baseball player Anthony Rizzo also provides personalized letters of encouragement and fundraising auction items upon request.

Raises mental health awareness and supports those impacted by anxiety, depression, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and related conditions. Offers treatment resources, educational information, peer online communities, and a storytelling platform.

Provides support and encouragement for aortic disease patients and caregivers. Sends care packages, facilitates virtual support groups, and produces multi-media educational content.

Provides resources, educational information and materials, and access to information specialists for all impacted by bone marrow failure diseases (e.g., acute myeloid leukemia, aplastic anemia, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, myelodysplastic syndromes, paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria). Offers peer mentoring, support groups, conferences, and webinars for patients and caregivers.

Hosts an annual free clinic, ArMOM, to provide underserved Arkansans with free oral health care. Services include cleanings, fillings, and dental extractions. ArMOM is open to adults and children, with care provided on a first-come, first-served basis.

Brings together assistive technology manufacturers, providers, and sellers to ensure the availability and delivery of the best services, products, and equipment for the disability community.

Provides medical alert communication devices and monitoring services.

Offers new, used, and consigned conversion vehicles, including trucks and midsize, full-size, and large SUVs.

Offers support and medical lodging for families who travel to Los Angeles, California area hospitals for organ transplantation. Financial assistance helps eligible families offset out-of-pocket expenses (e.g., prescriptions, insurance premiums, gas cards).

Designs and manufactures wearable electrical stimulation medical devices and therapeutic products.

Provides access to educational information, promoting dental care preventative measures for underserved state residents. Sponsors Give Kids a Smile, Special Olympics Special Smiles, Mission of Mercy, and TeamSmile clinic events, providing no-cost oral healthcare, education, and treatment services.

Issues financial assistance for Arkansas families experiencing a pediatric medical crisis. Eligible expenses include medical care, emergency needs, general living costs, assistive and adaptive equipment, prescriptions, medical travel, medical lodging, and vehicle modifications.

Connects spinal cord injury and disorder patients and families through virtual support meetups, peer mentoring, and storytelling opportunities. Facilitates a one-year Leaders Program to hone selected participants’ leadership skills (e.g., advocacy, public speaking, event planning, social media management).

Offers resources and support for all families impacted by pediatric neuroblastoma cancer. Sponsors advocacy and medical research fundraising efforts.

Provides rehabilitative funding to attend The Perfect Step, a California exercise-based therapy program for those with spinal cord injuries and disorders, or neurological disorders resulting in paralysis. Financial aid is granted for related needs (e.g., wheelchairs, home or vehicle modifications, durable medical equipment, therapies).

Provides pediatric medical lodging for families receiving care at the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center (Baltimore, MD), including priority housing for military families. A beach and mountain home respite program welcomes families of critically ill children from nationwide hospitals. A Facebook support group is available to all participating families.

Provides a no-cost app-based platform supporting all impacted by cancer. Offers social networking, wellness resources, and an educational blog.

Provides a no-cost app-based social networking platform for crohn’s and colitis patients, caregivers, and medical professionals.

Provides a no-cost app-based platform supporting all impacted by multiple sclerosis (MS). Offers social networking, wellness resources, and an educational blog.

Champions advocacy and inclusion for those living with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). Facilitates school, community, and online friendship programs between individuals with and without IDD. Offers integrated employment and leadership development programs, family support peer mentoring, and inclusive living opportunities in select states.