Resources for OM Patients
Eye on Grace, along with a host of other organizations, is dedicated to ensuring that ocular melanoma patients know they aren’t walking this path alone. While we are focused on supporting travel-related expenses, other organizations aid in different ways. We’re sharing this list to ensure you know about the resources available to you - and if you know of others, please share them with us!
Offers financial assistance for patients dealing with ocular melanoma or metastatic disease; covers medical bills, groceries, gas, etc. Helps with some travel-related costs (gas cards, gift cards).
Their Travel Assistance Grant (TAG) helps with treatment-related travel expenses (airfare, gas, lodging when needed) for patients and caregivers. Aid is need-based; income thresholds apply; application via online process.
Christine Fox Frauenheim Foundation
Provides financial assistance, including for those with ocular melanoma. Offers help related to illness-related expenses. Not all travel is covered; check eligibility and specific guidelines.
Offers commercial airline tickets and/or flights with volunteer pilots for non-emergency medical treatments. Also provides gas cards, bus/train tickets.
Southwest Airlines – Medical Transportation Grant Program
Gives round-trip tickets (through partnerships with nonprofit hospitals and organizations) to help cover the cost of travel for life-saving or specialized medical care.
Volunteer pilots donate flights for people to travel to medical care. Also arranges ground transport (Earth Angels) from the airport to the facility when needed. Covers many Western U.S. locations.
Helps pediatric patients (17 & under) get free flights for medical treatment. They coordinate both departure and return flights. Adult services are limited.
Provides free travel on business aircraft (corporate flights) for cancer patients, stem cell/bone marrow donors and recipients. If you are ambulatory and can fly without medical care en route, CAN can help reduce the cost and stress of travel.
PALS (Patient Airlift Services)
Offers flights (both via volunteer pilots and commercial) to help patients and families overcome transportation barriers for medical treatment.