First Hand Foundation Funds

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First Hand Foundation Funds

International Funds » Child Assistance Funds

The Cerner Corporation, a global health leader, founded the First Hand Foundation.

A non-for-profit, 501(c)(3) organization, First Hand assists individual children with health-related needs when insurance and other financial resources have been exhausted.

First Hand strives to change children’s lives around the world, one child at a time.

They mission: To directly impact the health status of a young life.

The Foundation helps with clinical necessities (such as medication and surgeries), medical equipment and travel related to a child’s care.

Funding is distributed directly to the child’s immediate healthcare provider.

First Hand accepts applications from anywhere in the world.

Funding Criteria:

The child must be 18 years of age or younger (a person 19–21 may be considered if they are in a child-like mental state)

The child must be under the care of a pediatrician

The case must involve a child with a specific healthcare need

The request must be clinically relevant to the health of the child

There must be no existing insurance coverage for the requested expenses

One request per year, per child for a maximum of three times in a child’s lifetime.

Expenses Covered:

Treatment: Clinical procedures, medicine, therapy, prosthesis, etc.

Equipment: Wheelchairs, assistive technology equipment, care devices, hearing aids, etc.

Displacement: Lodging, food, gas, parking and transportation for families of seriously ill children who must travel during treatment

Vehicle modifications: Lifts, ramps and transfer boards

Expenses NOT Covered:

Home modification projects

Alternative or experimental drugs, treatment or therapy where there is controversy in the medical community

Wheelchair-accessible van purchases

Requests for research funding, mass population grants or other nonprofit organizational grants

Requests for debt reduction/past medical bills Copays or deductibles For More Information and Application, Please Visit;First Hand Foundation Funds Website

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