Financial Treatment Program: Reach & Impact 1 in 3 families are unable to meet their basic needs while going through cancer treatment.1 Family Reach’s Financial Treatment Program fills the gaps and reduces financial stress so families can focus on healing.
FAMILIES SUPPORTED
10,372
14,235
2020
2021
61,212 All time
Helping families afford and access care Many of the families we support struggle with everyday costs on top of medical expenses. Our Resource Navigators use a Financial Needs Assessment to deliver personalized services in an equitable manner.
COMMON NEEDS:
3 54% HOUSING
OUR RESPONSE:
$12.9 million
distributed to help families with rent and mortgage payments
3
3 54% FOOD
935 families
could keep food on the table through grants and free food delivery codes
84%
of families felt less financial distress after receiving Family Reach’s comprehensive Financial Treatment Program2
87%
of families said Family Reach support increased their knowledge of available financial resources2
61% TRANSPORTATION
6,602 families
received support with travel-related costs so they could get to treatment
“The help with my bills while I was in the hospital was amazing. I didn’t have to worry, ‘Do I have enough money to eat today?’” - Caregiver in Massachusetts
References 1. Bona K, London WB, Guo D, Frank DA, Wolfe J. Trajectory of Material Hardship and Income Poverty in Families of Children Undergoing Chemotherapy: A Prospective Cohort Study. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2016;63(1):105-111. doi:10.1002/pbc.25762 2. “Patient Impact Survey” Family Reach, November 2021
Financial Treatment Program: Families Supported PATIENT LOCATIONS
*Based on data for families supported in 2021
Puerto Rico
Hawaii
Alaska
PATIENT AGES
41% PEDIATRIC (0-17)
YOUNG ADULT (18-30)
13% 46%
ADULT (31+)
CANCER TYPE
38% of families we support are single-parent households
RACE/ETHNICITY
*Other includes American Indian or Alaska Native, another race, or unknown
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64% of families we support lose half or more of their income after treatment begins
HOUSEHOLD INCOME