In-Home Supportive
Counseling
We provide supportive counseling that embraces the entire family, including the child with cancer, parents or other caregivers, and siblings. This emotional support, delivered by licensed social workers with graduate level degrees, is integrated with our other services to address the full impact of pediatric cancer on the family system.
Food And Other Material Assistance
Our four Regional Centers serve as hubs of our direct services for families, collecting and distributing groceries, clothing, toys, household items, providing ECF kids and their siblings with birthday gifts and celebration supplies, and managing a wonderful holiday wishes program.
Emergency Financial Aid
Emergency funds are available to help families with urgent needs such as rent and other household bills, meals while in the hospital, gas and vehicle repair for their many trips to treatment centers, medical equipment or services not covered by insurance, and more.
quality of life programs
Uplifting experiences such as wellness webinars for parents; support groups for kids, siblings and caregivers; family gatherings; and fun activities for kids that improve quality of life and provide joyful moments during their challenging cancer ordeals.
Who We Help
We assist any eligible New Jersey family with a child who has cancer ages 0-18, regardless of race, creed, socioeconomic status, or any other demographic restriction. We continue helping the families for as long as they need us, whether it be one month or 10 years. To date, ECF has assisted over 2000 families.
ECF families come from all over the state, and kids range in age from birth to young adults. They are diagnosed with a variety of types of cancer, but the most prevalent are leukemia, brain tumors, and neuroblastoma. Referrals can be made by anyone, but many come from pediatric oncology units in hospitals in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Delaware.