First Hand Foundation - Help for Health Related Expenses

The First Hand Foundation helps pay for children's health related expenses that are not covered by insurance.

To be considered for funding, applicants must meet the following criteria:

1.The child must be 18 years of age or younger (a child 18 – 21 can be considered if under the care of a pediatrician and in a child-like state).
2.The child must be under the care of a pediatrician.
3.The case must involve a child with a specific need.
4.The request must be clinically relevant to the health of the child.
5.There must be no existing insurance coverage for the requested expenses.
6.An application for expenses already incurred will not be considered for First Hand Foundation funding.

If the child meets the above criteria, please review the types of expenses First Hand covers.

Expenses Covered:

•Treatment: Expenses associated with clinical procedures, medicine, therapy, prosthesis, etc.
•Equipment: Expenses associated with wheelchairs, assistive technology equipment, care devices, hearing aids, etc.
•Displacement: Expenses associated with families of seriously ill children who must travel away from their home during treatment—lodging, food, gas, parking and transportation
•Vehicle modifications: Expenses associated with lifts, ramps and transfer boards

Expenses NOT Covered:

•Home modification projects
•Any alternative and experimental drugs, treatment or therapy where there is controversy in the medical community with respect to specific treatment
•Wheelchair-accessible van purchases
•Any requests for research funding, mass population grants or other nonprofit organizational grants
•Any request for debt reduction / past medical bills
•Copays and deductibles

For more info visit the First Hand Foundation website or call the foundation at (816) 201-1569.