WOMEN

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CANCER + CAREER

https://www.cancerandcareers.org/en

website: English and Spanish

cancerandcareers@cew.org 

https://www.facebook.com/CancerandCareers

https://twitter.com/cancerandcareer

(646) 929-8032 

Information, Monday – Friday, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM, ET 

Cancer and Careers empowers and educates people with cancer to thrive in their workplace, by providing expert advice, interactive tools, and educational events for employees with cancer. Site includes information on insurance, resume writing, legal and financial, self-employed with cancer, networking and getting back to work after cancer. 

Ask a Career Coach 

https://www.cancerandcareers.org/career-coach

Submit questions to experts in their field about career change, career management, image and professionalism, workplace politics and more. 

Brochures, English and Spanish 

https://www.cancerandcareers.org/publication_orders/new

Information on living and working with cancer, medical, health insurance, legal, financial, support groups and services and more. The brochures can be download or sent by mail. 

Guide Your Conversations 

https://www.cancerandcareers.org/en/resource/charts-and-checklists

Questions to help you gather information and with your employer and healthcare team.

Webinars 

https://www.cancerandcareers.org/en/community/events/webinars  

A series of sixty-minute webinars on balancing work and cancer. Topics include job search; working through treatment; managing long-term stress and body confidence; self-confidence in the workplace and strategies for eating well on the job. 

Library 

https://www.cancerandcareers.org/en/community/videos

Videos on balancing work and cancer.

Services are free

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CANCERCARE 

https://www.cancercare.org/

website: English and Spanish

info@cancercare.org 

https://www.facebook.com/cancercare

https://twitter.com/cancercare

(800) 813-4673 

Helpline, English and Spanish, Monday – Thursday 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM, Friday 10:00 AM – 5 PM, ET – This number is for all services except chemotherapy copay assistance. 

(866) 552-6729 

Chemotherapy Copay Assistance Line, English and Spanish, Monday – Thursday, 9:00 AM – 7:00 PM, Friday 9:00 AM – 5 PM, ET – this number is for help only with chemotherapy assistance.

(877) 880-TNBC (877-880-8622) 

Triple Negative Breast Cancer Helpline, English and Spanish, Monday – Thursday 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM, Friday 10:00 AM – 5 PM, ET

(800) 813-4673 Pet Assistance & Wellness Program (PAW) Hopeline, Monday – Thursday, 10 AM – 6 PM, ET, Friday 10 AM – 5 PM, ET

CancerCare is a national organization providing professional support services with information to help people manage the emotional, practical, and financial challenges of cancer. CancerCare Oncology social workers are licensed professionals who provide individual counseling, locate services that help with practical needs such as home care or transportation, and guide people through the process of applying for Social Security disability or other forms of assistance. 

Educational Workshops

https://www.cancercare.org/connect_workshops

Phone, online or as podcasts. One-hour workshops with leading experts in oncology. Registration required. Extensive library of podcasts include: coping with cancer; children; clinical trials; doctor/patient communication; end-of-life care; immunotherapy; pain; diagnostic technologies; nutrition.

PAW Program – Assistance with cats and dogs

https://www.cancercare.org/paw

Assistance and support with cats and dogs for people living with cancer in active treatment and their loved ones during the emotional, physical and financial challenges of cancer treatment.

Young Adult Survivorship: Fertility, Sexuality and Intimacy 

https://www.cancercare.org/connect_workshops/359-young_adult_survivorship_fertility_sexuality_intimacy_2013-06-28 

Topics covered include but are not limited to fertility, sexuality and intimacy, desire, tips on vaginal dryness and premature menopause; sexual self-esteem; and pregnancy.  

Employment and Career Workshops

https://www.cancercare.org/tagged/workplace_issues

Available over the telephone, online or on podcasts. Understand your legal rights and legal protections; workplace transitions; living and working with cancer.  

Co-pay Assistance 

http://portal.cancercarecopay.org/Funds-Available/Diagnoses

Assistance for pharmaceutical products to insured individuals who are covered by private insurance, employer-sponsored health plan or have Medicare Part D or Medicare Advantage. Check the portal for funds currently available for each type of type of cancer. Check back regularly for the copay funding status if availability for specific fund is currently closed. 

Limited Financial Assistance 

http://portal.cancercarecopay.org/Enroll-Now 

Financial assistance for cancer-related costs such as co-pays for chemotherapy and cancer medications. Downloadable forms to enroll or reenroll in a program. 

Directory of Assistance from Organizations Providing Financial and Practical Help

https://www.cancercare.org/helpinghand

Services are free 

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PATIENT ADVOCATE FOUNDATION

https://www.patientadvocate.org/

website: English and Spanish

https://www.facebook.com/patientadvocatefoundation

(800) 532-5274 

Information, English and Spanish, Monday – Thursday, 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM, Friday, 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM, ET

(866) 512-3861 

Co-pay Relief assistance line. English and Spanish, Monday – Thursday, 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM, Friday, 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM, ET

(877) 236 – 6626 

DONNA Careline for individualized case management assistance for breast cancer patients. English and Spanish, Monday – Thursday, 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM, Friday, 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM, ET

Patient Advocate Foundation is a national non-profit organization that serves as an active liaison between the patient and their insurer, employer and/or creditors to resolve insurance, job retention and/or debt crisis matters relative to their diagnosis through case managers, doctors and attorneys. PAF patient services offers one-on-one assistance from a professional case manager to help patients, caregivers or providers resolve health-care access and financial issues. Case managers are available to assist patients who have a diagnosis of a chronic, debilitating and/or life-threatening disease. 

DONNA Careline Specialty Case Manage Program

https://donna.pafcareline.org/ 

Individualized case management assistance to patients who have been diagnosed with breast cancer and are seeking education, support and assistance in overcoming insurance coverage and financial burdens that impact their access to care. Case managers also assist patients who are experiencing financial challenges that are impacting their ability to pay for care and basic cost of living expenses like housing, utilities, food and transportation, by researching and linking them to available financial support programs that may meet some of these needs. 

National Financial Resource Directory 

http://www.patientadvocate.org/NURD/index2.php?application=financial

Resources for uninsured patients and underinsured patients for a broad range of needs including housing, utilities, food, transportation to medical treatment, home health care, medical devices, and pharmaceutical agents. Searchable by age, state, medical diagnosis and assistance needed.

Co-pay Relief Program 

https://www.patientadvocate.org/connect-with-services/copay-relief/

Financial assistance to qualified patients, assisting them with prescription drug co-payments. Co-pay relief call counselors work directly with the patient as well as with the provider of care to obtain necessary medical, insurance and income information. Upon approval, payments are made directly to the doctor, the pharmacy, or the patient. 

Services are free 

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