Okizu encourages you to obtain more information about any resource prior to selecting a provider.
Andre Sobel River of Life Foundation
The André Sobel River of Life Foundation is seeking essay submissions for their annual André Sobel Award for young survivors of catastrophic illness. The award recipient will receive a $5000 cash prize to use as he or she chooses.
Cancer for College
Cancer for College offers scholarships for cancer survivors.
CoachArt
CoachArt improves the lives of chronically ill children and their siblings by providing them with free lessons in the arts and athletics. Lessons can take place in the child’s home or out in the community. CoachArt’s programs serve youth in the Bay Area between the ages of six and eighteen.
Children’s Council of San Francisco
Children’s Council of San Francisco works to improve the well-being of children, parents, families, and child care providers. They strive to make affordable, high-quality child care a reality for all working families.
Education Resources – IEP and 504 Plans
Link to Stanford’s HEAL program IEP and 504 video.
First Descents
First Descents strives to become the leader in innovative camps supporting young adults with cancer. Using kayaking, extreme sports and professional athletes, First Descents offers young adults with cancer outdoor experiences that will forever change their lives.
Genentech’s Everyday Needs Assistance Program
In 2009, the Genentech Foundation established the Everyday Needs Assistance Program to provide financial assistance to organizations that support families with children facing cancer. For more information on these organizations, visit the Genentech Foundation’s website.
George Mark Children’s House
George Mark Children’s House is the first freestanding children’s respite and end of life care facility in the United States. The House, located in San Leandro, California, offers respite support (round-the-clock), transitional care, and end of life care for children with life limiting or life threatening illnesses.
The Complete IEP Guide
How to Advocate for Your Special Ed Child
800.728.3555
Jessie Rees Foundation: Never Ever Give Up!
Jessie Rees Foundation provides Joy, Hope and the encouragement to Never Ever Give Up to courageous kids fighting cancer all over the world. As members of the Courageous Kids Connection, kids fighting cancer and their families receive boosts of Joy throughout the year from the Jessie Rees Foundation.
JRF has a list of over 1,000 resources for families dealing with pediatric cancer. Jessie wanted every child fighting cancer to know that they are not alone.
Junior Giants
Junior Giants, is a free, non-competitive and innovative baseball program for boys and girls ages 5-18 years old.They work closely with members of the community to teach more than baseball, to focus on the four bases of character development- Confidence, Integrity, Leadership and Teamwork- and offers programs in Education, Health and Violence Prevention!
Kara
Kara provides compassionate support to people of all ages on their journey through grief so that they can move toward renewed hope and meaning. Kara is a nonprofit organization serving the San Francisco Bay Area since 1976. Services are provided primarily by volunteers who have experience in healing from personal loss.
Kids & Art Foundation
Kids & Art Foundation teams up pediatric cancer families with amazing artists when they need it most. We heal through the arts in hospital waiting rooms, pair up kids/teens/AYA on 1:1 basis and group art experiences at creative destinations, and we help create a lasting memory with a family in hospice or in bereavement.
National Alliance for Grieving Children
The National Alliance for Grieving Children (NAGC) provides a network for nationwide communication between hundreds of professionals and volunteers who want to share ideas, information, and resources with each other to better support the grieving children and families they serve in their own communities. Through this network, the NAGC offers online education, hosts an annual symposium on children’s grief, maintains a national database of children’s bereavement support programs, and promotes national awareness to enhance public sensitivity to the issues impacting grieving children and teens.
National Brain Tumor Foundation
NBTF is a national non-profit health organization dedicated to providing information and support for brain tumor patients, family members, and healthcare professionals while supporting innovative research into better treatment options and a cure for brain tumors.
National Center for Learning Disabilities
The National Center for Learning Disabilities team envisions a society in which every individual possesses the academic, social and emotional skills needed to succeed in school, at work, and in life.
Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation
The Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation is the world’s largest nonprofit funder of childhood brain tumor research. We serve the more than 28,000 children in the United States who are living with the diagnosis of a brain tumor. Our programs include free educational information about brain tumors, college scholarships, Ride for Kids motorcycle charity events and Starry Night walk/runs.
PG&E Discounts and Programs
The Family Electric Rate Assistance Program: discounts on electric bills for income-qualified households (of three or more people). The California Alternate Rates for Energy Program: discounts on energy bills for income-qualified households (any number of people). Energy Savings Assistance Program: provides income-qualified renters and homeowners with easy, free solutions to help manage their energy use and save money on their monthly energy bills. Medical Baseline: Get additional quantities of energy at the lowest (baseline) price for residential customers. To qualify for Medical Baseline, a California-licensed physician must certify that a full-time resident in your home has one of these medical conditions: Dependent on life-support equipment while at home, a paraplegic, hemiplegic, quadriplegic, or multiple sclerosis patients with special heating and/or cooling needs, a scleroderma patient with special heating needs, a life-threatening illness or compromised immune system with special heating and/or cooling requirements to sustain the patient’s life or prevent deterioration of the patient’s medical condition. Relief for Energy Assistance through Community Health Program: REACH is a one-time energy-assistance program sponsored by PG&E and administered through the Salvation Army from 170 offices in Northern and Central California. Those who have experienced an uncontrollable or unforeseen hardship may receive an energy credit up to $200, credit amount based on the past due amount of the bill. REACH assistance may be available once within an 18 month period, but exceptions can be made for seniors, the physically challenged, and the terminally ill. Third-Party Notification: If you care for a friend or relative who could overlook paying his or her PG&E bill because of illness, financial hardship or other issues, PG&E’s Third-Party Notification can help. Under this program, PG&E will notify a designated third party when the person you’re concerned about ever receives a late notice due to an unpaid PG&E bill. The designated person is not responsible for paying the bill but might want to contact PG&E to help resolve the issue.
Planet Cancer
Planet Cancer is a community of young adults with cancer in their 20s and 30s. A place to share insights, explore our fears, laugh, or even give the finger to cancer with others who just plain get it.
Project Grace
Project Grace brings together grieving mothers, fathers, and families, with the purpose of traveling together, sharing memories of loved ones, gaining insight and perspective from cross-cultural sharing, and finding renewed meaning through service to others.
Starbright World
Web-based social network developed for teens living with a chronic or serious illness (and their siblings) to help them connect with other teens in similar situations.
SuperSibs
Reaching out to the brothers and sisters of over 12,600 children in the U.S. and Canada who are diagnosed with cancer each year. Through our work, these siblings will feel valued, validated, heard, supported and delighted as recipients of SuperSibs! services and as participants in SuperSibs! activities.
Ulman Cancer Fund for Young Adults
The Ulman Cancer Fund for Young Adults is committed to helping young adults continue their education after being affected by cancer through their own diagnosis or the diagnosis of a loved one.
Wellness Within
A nonprofit Mind-Body Wellness Center for patients, survivors, and families coping with the stress of cancer.