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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Physical Address
118 Titicus Road, North Salem, NY 10560
Hours
Agency requests client call for details
Fax
914-277-4967
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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.