Diagnosis-Based Assistance Programs for Pennsylvania
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Programs are listed in alphabetical order by program name.
127 Diagnosis-Based Assistance Programs for PA
| Program Name | Diagnosis/Condition | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| A Kid Again | Children with Serious/Life threatening Illnesses | A Kid Again hosts year-round events to support families with child with a life-threatening illness. |
| Abortion Liberation Fund of PA | Unwanted Pregnancy | Program provides counseling and emergency financial assistance to individuals experiencing poverty in Southeastern Pennsylvania. |
| Adam Taliaferro Foundation | Traumatic Brain Injury, Spinal Cord Injuries, Head Injuries, Traumatic Brain Injury | Provides financial assistance for student-athletes who suffer catastrophic head or spinal injuries. |
| After the Glow | Retinoblastoma | Provides financial assistance to families with a child receiving treatment for retinoblastoma at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. |
| Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation - Travel For Care Program | Childhood Cancer, Histiocytosis, Myelodysplastic Syndrome, Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS) | Provides assistance for housing and transportation to families with a child who has cancer. |
| Alleghenies Unlimited Care Providers | Disability - Intellectual, Disability - Developmental, Developmental Disability, Intellectual Disability | Provides several services to residents with qualifying disabilities. |
| Allegheny County Emergency Rental Assistance Program | Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), Coronavirus (COVID-19) | Program provides emergency rental assistance to eligible Allegheny County residents who have been impacted by COVID-19. |
| Alpha Bravo Canine | Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Military related, Traumatic Brain Injury, Military wounded | Provides service dogs to veterans suffering from PTSD, TBI and other combat related disabilities. |
| ALS Association Greater Philadelphia Chapter - Accessibility Program | Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis | Provides financial assistance for modifications to individuals who have ALS. |
| ALS Association Greater Philadelphia Chapter - Assistive Technology | ALS | Loans assistive technology devices to residents with ALS. |
| ALS Association Western Pennsylvania Chapter | Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Disability Requiring Assistive Technology | Provides several types of assistance to individuals who have ALS |
| American Cancer Society - Hope Lodge Program | Cancer - All | Provides a home away from home to individuals who have, or to families where an individual has cancer. |
| Andrew's Gift Individual Grant | Autism | Provides financial assistance to individuals and families who have autism. |
| Angel Flight East | Care Requiring Air Transportation | Provides air transport to individuals needing medical treatment. |
| Angel Flight Mid-Atlantic | Chronic, Serious or Life Threatening Illnesses, Chronic, Serious, or Life Threatening Illnesses in Children | Provides air transport to individuals needing treatment. |
| Angel Flight Northeast | Care Requiring Air Transportation | Provides air transport to individuals needing treatment that is not readily available either due to geographic location or financial constraints. |
| Associated Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired (ASB) - Philadelphia Lighthouse of the Blind | Blindness, Visual Impairment, Disability Requiring Assistive Technology | Provides financial assistance for assistive technology devices to individuals who have visual impairment. |
| Blue Butterfly Fund | Childhood Cancer, Childhood Cancer | Provides financial assistance for travel, non-covered medical fees, and general living expense to families with a child who has cancer. |
| Bob Perks Fund | Cancers | Provides financial assistance to individuals and their families battling cancer. |
| Breast & Cervical Cancer Prevention and Treatment Program (BCCPT) | Breast Cancer, Cervical Cancer, Cervical Cancer | Provides medical coverage to women who have breast cancer or cervical cancer or pre-cancerous conditions. |
| Breast Cancer Awareness Cumberland Valley - Free Programs | Breast Cancer | Provides free supportive programs to local breast cancer patients and their families. |
| Breast Cancer Awareness Cumberland Valley - Mammograms | Breast Cancer | Program provides free mammograms and ultrasounds. |
| Breathe Pennsylvania | Pulmonary Disease - Chronic, Lung Diseases, Respiratory Condition | Program provides patient assistance to individuals diagnosed with a respiratory condition. |
| Breathing Room Foundation | Cancer - All | Provides financial assistance for residents with cancer. |
| Bringing Hope Home | Cancer - All | Provides financial assistance for residents with cancer. |
| Brittany Miller Foundation - Pediatric Cancer Fund | Childhood Cancer, Childhood Cancer | Provides financial assistance to families with a child who has cancer. |
| Bucks County Emergency Rental Assistance Program (BERA) | Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), Coronavirus (COVID-19) | Program provides emergency rental assistance to eligible residents of Bucks County who have been impacted by COVID-19. |
| Chester County Emergency Rent & Utility Assistance Program | Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), Coronavirus (COVID-19) | Program provides emergency rental and utility assistance to eligible Chester County residents who have been impacted by COVID-19. |
| Committee to Benefit the Children | Childhood Cancer, Blood Disorders, Leukemia, Sickle Cell Disease, Anemia | Provide resources for treatment, care and family support for children with cancer, leukemia, sickle cell anemia and other serious blood disorders who are seeking treatment at Saint Christopher's Hospital in Philadelphia. |
| Compassionate Care Hospice Foundation | Terminal Illnesses | Provides financial assistance to hospice patients and their caregivers. |
| Connect Thru Cancer - Busy Bags | Child with a parent or sibling who has or had cancer | Provides backpacks filled with craft supplies and other items to children who have a parent or sibling with cancer. |
| Connect Thru Cancer - Cuddle My Kids | Childhood Cancer, Cancers | Provides families with cancer access to massage therapists, nutritionists, psychologists and other wellness programs available in their community. |
| Cousins For Carol | Cancers | Provides financial support to patients and families affected by cancer in the greater Philadelphia area. |
| Darren Daulton Foundation | Brain Cancer/Tumors | Provides financial assistance to individuals diagnosed with malignant primary brain tumors. |
| Delaware Assistive Technology Initiative (DATI) - AT Exchange | Blindness, Visual Impairment, Deafness, Hearing Loss, Speech Impairment | Easily-accessed system that connects people wanting to acquire AT to people wishing to give up AT they own but no longer need |
| Dollar Energy Fund | Individuals in need, Low-income household | Helps limited-income households maintain or restore basic gas, water and electric service. |
| Eagles Fly for Leukemia Family Support Fund | Childhood Cancer, Leukemia | Provides financial assistance to families with a child who has cancer. |
| Eastern Pennsylvania Bleeding Disorders Foundation | Hemophilia, Von Willebrand Disease, Hemophilia | Provides a variety of services to individuals and families living with hemophilia or von Willebrand Disease. |
| Ellie's Hats | Childhood Cancer | Provides hats to children battling cancer. |
| Fighting Back Scholarship Program | Chronic, Serious or Life Threatening Illnesses, Injury, Physical Disability, Paraplegia, Paralysis due to Spinal Cord and/or Brain Injury, Paralysis, Stroke | Provides financial assistance for rehabilitation to individuals who have a life changing illness or injury. |
| Four Diamonds | Childhood Cancer | Provides support to families by paying for care and treatment not covered by insurance. |
| Fred's Footsteps | Childhood Diseases - Chronic, Childhood Diseases - Terminal, Injury, Trauma | Provides financial assistance to families with children suffering from an illness or traumatic injury. |
| Friends of Shannon McDonough | Cancers | Provides financial assistance to young adults battling cancer. |
| Gift of Life Family House | Transplants | Provides a "home away from home" for families coming to the Philadelphia area to receive life-saving transplant treatments. |
| Goodwill Home Medical Equipment - New jersey and Greater Philadelphia Area | Disabilities - All, ALS, Amputation, Mobility Disability | Program provides individuals in need with critical home medical equipment. |
| Greater Reading Mental Health Alliance (MHA) | Mental Illnesses, Substance Use Disorder, Suicide Prevention, Addiction | Provides services for those with mental health issues in Greater Reading Pennsylvania. |
| HearUSA | Hearing Loss | Program offers free hearing screenings. |
| Helen's Angels | Breast Cancer | Provides financial assistance, cleaning assistance, wigs and counseling to women with breast cancer in the Greater Philadelphia area. |
| Hosts for Hospitals | Care Requiring Lodging Away From Home | Provides a home away from home at volunteer host-homes for patients and their families who come to the Greater Philadelphia area for specialized medical care. |
| Kelly Anne Dolan Memorial Fund | Childhood Diseases - Chronic, Chronic/Serious/Life Threatening Illnesses-Children, Disability Requiring Assistive Technology | Provides financial and other types of assistance for uninsured families with a child who has terminal, critical or chronic illness. |
| Kelly Anne Dolan Memorial Fund - Financial Assistance | Liver Disease, Childhood Diseases - Chronic, Chronic, Serious, or Life Threatening Illnesses in Children, Kidney Disease | Provides financial assistance for needs not covered by insurance for families with a child who has terminal, critical or chronic illness, disabilities and injuries |
| Kevin Kitchnefsky Foundation for Spinal Cord Research - Individual K Grant | Spinal Cord Injuries, Spinal Cord Injuries | Provides financial assistance for residents with a spinal cord injury. |
| Keystone Deaf & Hard of Hearing Services | Hearing Loss | Organization serving the deaf, hard of hearing and hearing individuals within Berks and surrounding counties |
| Kirtland Cancer Foundation | Cancers | Program provides financial assistance to cancer patients and their families who are residents of the Venango County area. |
| Kisses for Kyle Foundation | Childhood Cancer, Childhood Cancer | Provides financial assistance to families with a child who has cancer. |
| Kisses for Kyle Foundation - COVID-19 Help | Childhood Cancer, Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), Coronavirus (COVID-19) | Program provides gift cards, lodging costs, food pantry and medical supplies to families with a child diagnosed with cancer. |
| Lane Family Foundation - Grant Program | Chronic, Serious or Life Threatening Illnesses, Disability Requiring Assistive Technology | Program provides financial assistance for help with medical supplies and equipment expenses. |
| Lane Family Foundation - Loaner Program | Chronic, Serious or Life Threatening Illnesses, Disability Requiring Assistive Technology | Program loans medical equipment to individuals with severe disabilities and illnesses. |
| Lawrence County Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP) | Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), Coronavirus (COVID-19) | Program provides rental and utility assistance to residents of Lawrence County who have been impacted by COVID-19. |
| Light of Hope Family Grant Program | Cancers | Provides a one-time grant to individuals diagnosed with cancer and currently in active treatment, and their families. |
| Linked by Pink | Breast Cancer | Provides medical, transportation and living expense grants and gift bags for those with breast cancer in Erie Pennsylvania. |
| Lisa's Army | Cancers | Providing comfort to cancer patients through Comfort Care Packages. |
| Lost and Found Pharmacy, Inc. - Soda Fountain Services | Conditions requiring over-the-counter medications, Conditions requiring medical supplies | Program provides affordable over the counter medications, medical supplies, common daily necessities, and additional products and services to individuals in need. |
| Lost and Found Pharmacy, Inc. - Pharmacy Services | Conditions Requiring Medical Equipment, All Diseases Requiring Medications | Program provides prescription medications, medical devices/equipment, and additional pharmaceutical services to individuals in need. |
| Lycoming County - Emergency Rental Assistance Progam (ERAP) | Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), Coronavirus (COVID-19) | Program provides rental assistance to residents of Lycoming County who have been impacted by COVID-19. |
| MANNA | Cancers, HIV/AIDS, Chronic, Serious or Life Threatening Illnesses, Diabetes, End Stage Renal Disease, Hepatitis C, Liver Disease | Provides temporary, medically tailored meals for individuals with a serious illness and an acute nutritional risk. |
| Marty Lyons Foundation | Children with Serious/Life threatening Illnesses | Marty Lyons Foundation grants wishes to children, ages 3-17, diagnosed with a terminal or life-threatening illness. |
| Medical Assistance Transportation Program (MATP) | Care Requiring Medical Transportation, Disability - Mobility | Provides transportation to medical appointments for Medical Assistance recipients who do not have transportation available to them. Also provides mileage reimbursement. |
| Mental Health America of Lancaster County (MHA) | Mental Illnesses, Suicide Prevention, Depression | Provides services for those with mental health issues in Lancaster County. |
| Mental Health America of Southwestern PA (MHA) | Mental Illnesses, Suicide Prevention, Depression | Provides services for those with mental health issues in Southwestern Pennsylvania. |
| Mental Health Partnerships - Mental Health America Affiliate (MHA) | Mental Illnesses, Suicide Prevention, Depression, Substance Use Disorder | Provides and facilitates services for individuals with mental health issues in Pennsylvania. |
| Michael's Way | Childhood Cancer | Improves the lives of children with cancer and to provide financial assistance to their families. |
| Military Warriors - Transportation4Heroes | Military wounded | Provides payment-free vehicles to combat wounded veterans and Gold Star spouses whose have loved ones that were Killed-In-Action. |
| Mitzvah Circle | Individuals in need, Families in need, Children with Serious/Life threatening Illnesses, Children/Families In Need | Provides basic necessities to people struggling with poverty, serious illness, homelessness, or other crises. |
| National Kidney Foundation Serving Eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey - Transportation Program | Kidney Disease | Programs provides assistance with transportation costs associated with traveling to and from dialysis treatment up to 3 times a week. |
| National Kidney Foundation Serving Philadelphia/Delaware Valley - Kidney Early Evaluation Program (KEEP) | Hypertension, Kidney Disease, Diabetes | Provides health screenings for individuals who are at risk for kidney disease. |
| National Kidney Foundation Serving the Alleghenies | Kidney Disease | Program reimburses eligible Pennsylvania residents for a portion of the transportation costs associated with traveling to and from dialysis treatment three times a week. |
| Nicholas E. Colleluori Financial Aid Fund | Blood Cancer, Lymphoma, Leukemia, Multiple Myeloma, Myelodysplastic Syndrome, Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS), Myeloproliferative neoplasms | Provides financial assistance to help offset living expenses, travel-related expenses and/or medical expenses. |
| Nick's House | Blood Cancer, Lymphoma, Leukemia, Multiple Myeloma, Myelodysplastic Syndrome, Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS), Myeloproliferative neoplasms | Provides complimentary nights for out-of town cancer patients and their families traveling to the Philadelphia metropolitan area. |
| Nix Cancer Foundation | Rhabdomyosarcoma | Provides financial assistance to families affected by Rhabdomyosarcoma. |
| PA Breast Cancer Coalition (PBCC) - FREE Friends Like Me Care Packages | Breast Cancer | Provides care packages to residents who have been diagnosed with breast cancer within the past 6 months. |
| Paternostro Family Foundation - Financial Assistance | Cancer - All in a loved one, Cancers | Provides financial assistance to families affected by expenses associated with cancer treatment. |
| Patient AirLift Services (PALS) | Care Requiring Air Transportation | Provides air transport to individuals needing treatment. |
| Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation - The Butterfly Fund | Brain Cancer/Tumors, Brain Cancer/Tumors | Provides financial assistance for treatment at specific hospitals to children who have a brain tumor. |
| Pennsylvania Assistive Technology Foundation (PATF) - Mini-Loan | Provides low-cost financial loans for assistive technology devices and/or services for residents with a disability. | |
| Pennsylvania Assistive Technology Foundation (PATF) - Low-interest Loan | Disability, Disability Requiring Assistive Technology | Provides financial loans $7000 and up for assistive technology devices and/or services for residents with a disability. |
| Pennsylvania Breast & Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (PA-BCCEDP) | Breast Cancer, Cervical Cancer, Cervical Cancer | Provides breast and cervical cancer screenings and follow-up treatment for women. |
| Pennsylvania Cystic Fibrosis, Inc. (PACFI) | Cystic Fibrosis, Cystic Fibrosis | Provides several types of assistance to residents with cystic fibrosis. |
| Pennsylvania Department of Health - Acquired Brain Injury Program | Brain Injury | Provides rehabilitation services to individuals 18-22 years old with a non-traumatic acquired brain injury. |
| Pennsylvania Department of Health - Chronic Renal Disease Program (CRDP) | End Stage Renal Disease | Provides financial assistance for life saving care and treatment to adults diagnosed with end-stage renal disease. |
| Pennsylvania Department of Health - Determined To Quit | Addiction | Provides free nicotine patches for cigarette smokers. |
| Pennsylvania Department of Health - Head Injury Program | Head Injuries | Provides financial assistance for head injury rehabilitation services for people who qualify. |
| Pennsylvania Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP) | Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), Coronavirus (COVID-19) | Program provides emergency rental assistance to eligible residents of Pennsylvania who have been impacted by COVID-19. |
| Pennsylvania Telecommunication Device Distribution Program - TDDP | Deafness, Hearing Loss, Speech Impairment | Provides telecommunications equipment and accessories for people with disabilities (deaf, hearing impaired, speech-impaired, etc.), ages 6 or older, to enable them to access and effectively use telecommunication devices. |
| Pennsylvania Victims Compensation Assistance Program | Domestic Violence, Sexual Violence, Violent Crimes | Provides financial assistance to victims of violent crime. |
| Pennsylvania Vision Foundation - VBA Vision | Visual Impairment, Eye conditions, Blindness | Program provides essential eye care to Pennsylvania residents in need. |
| Pennsylvania Well Integrated Screening and Evaluation (PA-WISE) | Diabetes, Cardiac/Heart/Circulatory - All, Stroke | Provides blood pressure, cholesterol, and diabetes screenings/testing for women. |
| Persons with Disabilities (PWD) Program | Disabilities - All, Care Requiring Medical Transportation | Provides shared-ride transportation at a discounted rate to individuals with a disability. |
| Pike County Emergency Rental Assistance Program | Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), Coronavirus (COVID-19) | Program provides emergency rental assistance to residents of Pike County who have been affected b COVID-19. |
| Pink Hands of Hope - Adopt a Patient Program | Breast Cancer | Provides financial assistance for women in Central Pennsylvania with breast cancer to help pay for medical bills. |
| Pink Hands of Hope - Free Products Program | Breast Cancer | Provides a full line of products to women in Central Pennsylvania with breast cancer at no cost. |
| Pink Hands of Hope - Gifts of Hope Program | Breast Cancer | Offers help to purchase gifts for children and grand children on women diagnosed with breast cancer. |
| Pink Hands of Hope - Makeover Program | Breast Cancer | Provides women in Central Pennsylvania diagnosed with breast cancer a makeover day at no cost. |
| Pink Out Inc. | Breast Cancer | Provides non-medical financial assistance to women with breast cancer as well as wigs, prostheses and special garments. |
| Pittsburgh Psychoanalytical Center - Clinic Without Walls | Mental Illnesses | Reduced fee psychotherapy to adults, adolescents and children in the Greater Pittsburgh community. |
| Planned Parenthood Keystone - Fund for Choice (FFC) | Abortion | Provides financial assistance to women who are seeking to terminate a pregnancy and who are patients of Planned Parenthood. |
| Prevention Point Pittsburgh - East Liberty | Hepatitis C, HIV/AIDS, HIV Treatment/Prevention, Sexually Transmitted Diseases | Program aimed to assist individuals with or at high risk HIV/AIDS. |
| Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia | Mental Illnesses | Provides psychoanalytic treatment for adults, adolescents and children at a sliding scale fee. |
| Rachel's Gift - Keepsakes Box Program | Deceased Loved One | Provides keepsake boxes to families experiencing the loss of a baby. |
| Rachel's Helping Hands Cancer Foundation | Cancers | Provides financial assistance and financial aid for medical bills. |
| REACH Kidney Care | Kidney Disease, Chronic, Serious or Life Threatening Illnesses, End Stage Renal Disease | Provides one-on-one, individualized care management, both in-person and virtually to members with kidney disease, advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) and end-stage renal disease (ESRD). |
| Reprotech - Financial Assistance for Fertility Preservation | Cancers, Infertility | Helps provide fertility preservation solutions for cancer survivors. |
| Service Dog Project, Inc. | Disability - Mobility, Mobility Disability, Assistance Dog | Provides trained Great Dane service dogs for individuals with severe balance and mobility limitations. |
| Special Pharmaceutical Benefits Program (SPBP) - HIV/AIDS | HIV/AIDS, AIDS | Provides financial assistance and other services to individuals who have HIV/AIDS. |
| Special Pharmaceutical Benefits Program (SPBP) - Mental Health | Schizophrenia | Provides financial assistance for atypical antipsychotic medications to individuals who have schizophrenia. |
| Susan Lang Pay-It-Forward Patient Travel Assistance Program - Cambria & Somerset County PA Travel Fund | Leukemia, Lymphoma - Various Types, Blood Cancer | Provides financial assistance for travel expenses to blood cancer patients who reside in the counties of Cambria and Somerset in PA. |
| Susan Lang Pay-It-Forward Patient Travel Assistance Program - Juniata & Perry County Pennsylvania Travel Fund | Leukemia, Lymphoma - Various Types, Blood Cancer | Provides financial assistance for travel expenses to blood cancer patients who reside in the counties of Juniata & Perry in PA. |
| Susan Lang Pay-It-Forward Patient Travel Assistance Program - NJ & Lehigh Valley PA Pediatric Travel Fund | Blood Cancer, Leukemia, Lymphoma - Various Types, Childhood Cancer | Provides financial assistance for travel expenses to blood cancer patients, between 0-19 years of age, who reside in NJ & Lehigh Valley PA. |
| TEARS Foundation - Infant Funeral Assistance | Deceased Loved One | Program provides financial assistance for end-of-life expenses to families who have lost a child from 20 weeks gestation to 1 year old. |
| TechOWL Free Special Phone Program | Deafness, Hearing Loss, Blindness, Visual Impairment, Disability Requiring Assistive Technology | Provides telecommunications equipment to residents with a disability. |
| United Disabilities Services (UDS) - Ada Harr Grant | Disabilities - All | Helps individuals with minimal or no funding to receive in-home personal care services. |
| United Disabilities Services (UDS) - Home Modifications | Disability - Physical | Program provides home modifications for disabled adults and children. |
| UPMC Adult Sickle Cell Disease Program | Blood Disorders, Sickle Cell Disease, Thalassemia | Program provides medical care to individuals over the age of 21 who have sickle cell disease or thalassemia. |
| Urology of Central PA, Inc. (UCPA) | Prostate Cancer | Offers free prostate cancer screenings. |
| Vickie's Angel Foundation | Cancer - All | Provides financial assistance to individuals who have, or to families where an individual has cancer. |
| Westmoreland County Emergency Rental Assistance Program | Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), Coronavirus (COVID-19), Individuals in need, Families in need | Program provides emergency rental assistance to eligible residents of Westmoreland County who have been impacted by COVID-19. |
| Wyoming County Emergency Rental Assistance Program | Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), Coronavirus (COVID-19) | Program provides emergency rental assistance to eligible residents of Wyoming County who have been impacted by COVID-19. |
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