Cancer Support Services Inc

Emergency Relief Services - Cancer Support Services provides funding to stop utility disconnects, stop evictions, and pay for prescription costs and medical supplies for CSRA counties' men, women and children currently receiving cancer treatment and to hospice patients. Payments are made directly to vendors and provides hope to patients and families overwhelmed by the cancer diagnosis. This fund includes transportation coordination and costs for men and women who do not have a way to get to cancer treatment. Cancer Support Services provided men, women, and children 4,878 transport trips to cancer treatment in 2024.

Outreach Services - Depression, anxieties and isolation can be as challenging as the cancer diagnosis. Cancer Support Services provides emotional support to cancer fighters nationwide who are isolated, lonely, depressed and anxious during cancer treatments. Cancer fighters receive ongoing correspondence, phone calls, local hospital visits, and encouragement every month for at least one year. Cancer Support Services provided 20,496 notes, emails, and phone calls in 2024.