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Nationwide Breast Cancer Resource Directory
Find Hope. Find Help. Find Support Near You.
No mother should have to face breast cancer alone. Whether you need help paying bills, getting to chemotherapy, purchasing groceries, or finding emotional support, Offering Otherz Hope wants to connect you with organizations that can help.
We'll organize the directory by state, city, and type of assistance.
Types of assistance: Rent and utilities, groceries, transportation, medical expenses, wigs and head coverings, counseling, and support groups.
National resources — available across the United States
Organization
Services
Contact
Susan G. Komen
Financial assistance and breast health support
American Cancer Society
Transportation, lodging resources, and cancer information
800-227-2345
CancerCare
Counseling, support groups, and limited financial assistance
800-813-4673
Living Beyond Breast Cancer
Education, peer support, and financial assistance programs
lbbc.org�
The Pink Fund
Financial assistance for eligible breast cancer patients
Programs have different eligibility requirements, and funding is not guaranteed.
Georgia
Atlanta — Atlanta Cancer Care Foundation
Provides financial assistance to eligible cancer patients in the Atlanta metropolitan area. Applicants generally need a referral from a healthcare professional.
Apply for assistance�. �
Atlanta Cancer Care Foundation
Atlanta — Metro Atlanta Breast Cancer Angel Fund
Helps eligible breast cancer patients with rent, utilities, groceries, transportation, prescriptions, and childcare. Applications are coordinated through hospital social workers.
View program information�. �
The Eric R. Beverly Family Foundation
Athens — The Cancer Foundation
Assists eligible patients in Northeast Georgia with housing, utilities, and transportation.
Phone: 706-353-4354.
Apply for assistance�. �
The Cancer Foundation
Tennessee
Nashville — Tennessee Breast Cancer Coalition
Its Emergency Access Fund helps eligible Tennessee residents undergoing breast cancer treatment with rent, mortgage payments, utilities, insurance, and medical necessities.
Phone: 615-377-8777.
Apply for assistance�. �
Tennessee Breast Cancer Coalition
Nashville — Tennessee Oncology
Provides financial counseling and helps patients explore assistance for medical costs, housing, food, transportation, and utilities.
Financial resources�. �
Tennessee Oncology
Maryville / East Tennessee — Joy of Dawn
Provides short-term financial assistance for household bills to eligible breast cancer patients missing work during treatment.
Apply for assistance�. �
Joy of Dawn
Mississippi
Jackson and surrounding areas — Forge Breast Cancer Survivor Center
Provides financial guidance, transportation assistance, grocery gift cards, and hardship assistance for eligible patients in Mississippi and Alabama.
Mississippi contact: 601-207-4586.
Financial assistance�. �
ForgeOn
Hattiesburg — The Pink Ribbon Fund
Assists eligible patients in its Southeast Mississippi service area with medical expenses, transportation, wigs, and other breast cancer-related needs.
Phone: 601-550-2503.
Apply for assistance�. �
The Pink Ribbon Fund
Statewide — Mississippi Breast and Cervical Cancer Program
Provides screening and diagnostic services for qualifying women.
Phone: 601-576-7466.
Program information�. �
State
City or region
Organization
Type of help
Texas
Houston, Dallas, Austin, Fort Worth
Compassionate Touch�
Food, housing, transportation, and basic living expenses through participating hospitals
Florida
Miami-Dade
Florida Breast Cancer Foundation Resource Directory�
Referrals to organizations offering food, utilities, housing, and financial assistance
North Carolina
Charlotte
Go Jen Go Foundation�
Housing, utilities, groceries, transportation, and necessities
North Carolina
Asheville / Western NC
Hope Chest for Women�
Treatment-related expenses and transportation
Illinois
Chicago / statewide
United Colors of Pink�
Financial assistance, breast screening support, and emotional support
Illinois
Chicago / statewide
Illinois Breast and Cervical Cancer Program�
Screening and possible treatment coverage for eligible women
California
Los Angeles, San Diego, Orange County, Inland Empire
Breast Cancer Angels�
Rent, utilities, groceries, transportation, and medical copays
California
Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino counties
Breast Cancer Solutions�
Financial assistance during active treatment
These programs have geographic and financial eligibility restrictions. Compassionate Touch, for example, works through participating hospitals, while Breast Cancer Solutions serves only three Southern California counties. �
Compassionate Touch +7
Two more resources worth adding
North Carolina — Pretty In Pink Foundation
Provides assistance with breast cancer treatment expenses for qualifying uninsured and underinsured patients.
Apply for assistance�. �
Pretty in Pink Foundation
Nationwide — National Breast Cancer Foundation
Its Patient Relief Program can help with groceries, transportation, childcare, prescriptions, and utilities through participating hospitals. Patients must ask their hospital or breast center about accessing funds rather than applying directly to the foundation.
Patient Relief Program�. �