Program areas at Cancer Support Services
Housing Services - Cancer Support Services provides housing services free of charge to men, women, and children who reside locally, statewide in Georgia, South Carolina and beyond and who need overnight stay in order to be near cancer treatment in the CSRA. Housing services include transportation to medical appointments, meals and Cancer Support Service's hospitality. Cancer Support Services provided 2,324 free lodging nights so men, women, and children could have access to cancer treatment in 2022.
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 16,030 notes, emails, and phone calls in 2022.
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 2,587 transport trips to cancer treatment in 2022.