A plain-language walk through the tax deductions and credits that can put money back in your pocket while your child is in treatment, and where to get your return done for free.
Category: Government
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Utility Assistance
How to keep the lights, heat, phone, and internet on during treatment, including the shutoff protections a doctor’s letter triggers in New Jersey and New York.
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State Assistance Programs
The state safety-net programs (food, cash, child care, transportation) that a family can tap when a parent stops working to be at the hospital, and exactly where to apply in New Jersey and New York.
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Medicaid
How a child in cancer treatment gets Medicaid or CHIP in New Jersey and New York, even alongside a parent’s employer plan, and how to use it for rides, home care, and appeals.
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Social Security Benefits
When a child is diagnosed with leukemia, the Social Security program that can actually help is SSI, not SSDI, and this page walks you through applying for it fast and keeping it.
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Family and Medical Leave Insurance (FMLI)
If you live in a state with paid family leave, you can be paid while you are at the hospital with your child; this page explains how New Jersey, New York, and the other paid-leave states work in 2026 and how to file.
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Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
The Family and Medical Leave Act lets you keep your job and your health insurance while you are at the hospital with your child; here is how to use it, what your employer must do, and where to get paid while you are out.