FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE | FRIENDS OF KAREN

Provides financial assistance for eligible families in various ways: Basic Living Expenses - Rent, mortgage payment and/or utilities, supermarket gift cards, when these bills have become unmanageable after a child's diagnosis and/or a parent must stop working to care for their sick child. Illness-related Expenses - medical co-pays, transportation for treatment, medical equipment, and childcare to keep siblings safe when parents must be with their hospitalized child. End of Life Expenses - will help with funeral arrangements and expenses, and provide bereavement support.

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211 Hudsson Valley / ADK

Physical Address

118 Titicus Road, North Salem, NY 10560

Hours

Agency requests client call for details

Voice

800-637-2774

Other - (Toll Free Family Only Line)

Voice

914-617-4057

Main

Voice

914-277-4547

Main

Fax

914-277-4967

Fax

Fax

914-277-4967

Fax

Application process

Call for information

Fee

None/Not Applicable

Eligibility

Families of a child, ages birth up to 21 years of age, diagnosed with a life threatening illness

Languages

Spanish

Service area

Orange County, NY Putnam County, NY Westchester County, NY Rockland County, NY Ulster County, NY Dutchess County, NY Sullivan County, NY

Agency info

FRIENDS OF KAREN

Friends of Karen provides support at no cost to families in the New York Tri-State region who are caring for a child with cancer or another life-threatening illness, helping to free them of everyday needs and concerns so they have more time to spend with family.