The “Neighbors Helping Neighbors” Cancer Assistance Fund has been established
to assist individuals or families that have currently been diagnosed with cancer
and currently in treatment. Once treatment is completed you are not eligible to
apply for assistance. Proof of treatment must be documented from your
healthcare provider. Our goal is to provide basic necessities that patients cannot
afford temporarily due to their illness.
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Eligibility
You may be eligible for assistance through the “Neighbors Helping Neighbors”
Cancer Assistance Fund if you meet the following criteria:
•Household income has decreased due to a cancer diagnosis in the family OR
household expenses have increased due to a cancer diagnosis in the family
•Applicant must reside within our 13 county region (Chattahoochee, Harris, Marion,
Meriwether, Muscogee, Schley, Stewart, Talbot, Taylor, Troup, and Webster Counties,
and Lee and Russell counties in Alabama.)
•Application is submitted with a healthcare provider’s letter – see application
process below
Covered Expenses/Types of Assistance include:
•Payments for household bills (i.e. utilities, rent/mortgage, property taxes,
transportation assistance (ride to treatment) and/or gas cards…)
Copies of all recent statements and bills to be paid and a letter from your healthcare provider
MUST accompany the application and must be turned in by the last Friday of every month in
order to be processed for that month.
•Gift cards for groceries or gas from Walmart (Based on funding availability)
•Prescription assistance
•Out of town lodging required for treatment
Under no circumstances will checks be issued directly to an individual applicant.
Payments will only be made directly to creditors, notarized letter from landlords,
utility companies, financial institutions, etc. For letters from landlord you must
have a lease agreement included.
Once approval is given, the applicant is responsible and required to contact their
creditors, landlords, etc. to provide status of their pending assistance through the
Neighbors Helping Neighbors Cancer Assistance Fund.
Limitations
Once a request is approved, the individual WILL NOT be eligible to submit
another request. Due to our limited funding, this is a one-time assistance, even if
there is a reoccurrence of a different cancer.
The NHN Cancer Assistance Fund does not cover the following expenses:
•hospital and doctor bills
•house phone or cell phone
•cable
•credit cards
•loan companies (outside of mortgage companies)
•and other bills as determined by the allocations committee
Limitations to the coverage are subject to change based on availability of funds.
Always use the most up-to-date application and check for any changes in
coverage area or coverage limitations.
Applications can be submitted by the following:
- FAX entire application including bills to 706-660-1829
- Online
- E-mail the entire scanned application to cancerassistancefund@wcgcc.org
- Mail to 3100 Gentian Blvd. Suite 007D Columbus, Ga 31907
- The NHN committee DOES NOT meet on a regular schedule; therefore, we encourage you to submit your request one month in advance. If you would like to apply for assistance from “Neighbors Helping Neighbors” Cancer Assistance Fund, please contact your healthcare provider. If you or your healthcare provider has any questions, please call 706-660-0317.