Family Reach

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🎙️ Our new SDOH in #CancerCare podcast episode covers the importance of community & orgs meant to address patients' social needs as they navigate their cancer journey & the financial burden following a cancer dx. Listen now: brnw.ch/21wBKDi @familyreach #healthequity

🚨 We still have FOUR bibs for the #FalmouthRoadRace! This is your chance to run the iconic seven-mile race to support families facing cancer. ➡️ If you're interested in joining the team, contact Folami at fjenkins@familyreach.org today!

⭐ Study 3 found that financial distress among cancer patients remained high and was exacerbated by income loss as a result of the pandemic + highlighted need for structural and policy-focused interventions for cancer patients at all times bit.ly/43BC2zm (4/4)

⭐ Study 2 identified higher rates of houselessness, food insecurity, and utility disconnections among Black and Hispanic families facing cancer + highlighted need to expand partnerships that ensure patients’ basic needs are met bit.ly/45HZEEk #ASCO23 (3/4)

Our team was on the ground at #ASCO23, meeting our partners and sharing our latest research. Didn't make it? 🧵 Follow the thread for research highlights + sign up for our industry newsletter (bit.ly/3CaRIhu) for more details! (1/4)

✨🥂🥳 Last night, Cooking Live Boston raised $480,000 and counting for families facing cancer! Couldn't join @mingtsai at @davios? Make an impact: givebutter.com/cookinglivebos…

Thank you, chefs for showing up for Family Reach 💜💚 @mingtsai @jeremy_sewall @kenoringer @SteveDiFillippo

@SteveDiFillippo and @mingtsai working some culinary magic and raising money for families facing cancer 🥂🪄 @daviosboston

‘@familyreach cooking live event with @mingtsai!

🥂 Cooking Live has begun! @familyreachCEO @mingtsai

Today our CEO, Carla Tardif, is joining health equity champions from @GuardantHealth, @cityofhope, and @SU2C to discuss barriers to cancer care at @FortuneMagazine's Brainstorm Health Summit! Looking forward to a great discussion moderated by @CliftonLeaf. #FortuneHealth

👏 We love seeing research that validates the importance of financial interventions in #cancercare. @UKMarkey study in @JCO_ASCO shows that financial resource navigation decreases #financialtoxicity for patients & caregivers facing hematologic cancer: ascopubs.org/doi/full/10.12…

#Financialtoxicity can be especially harmful to #AYA who are just beginning to build financial stability. 📗 Our free financial guidebook provides advice, tips, and resources specifically for the AYA cancer community. ➡️issuu.com/familyreach/do… @StupidCancer #ayaware

"We still can't believe the support from Family Reach. Our situation was only getting tougher, and they were such a help." We helped with the non-medical side — groceries, gas, and childcare — so Zaneta's basic needs were covered during treatment. 💜 familyreach.org/donate

Did you know the financial burden of #cancer is more likely to impact younger patients? We're teaming up with @StupidCancer for #ayaware week to spread awareness and share resources: familyreach.org/gethelp

Family Reach Key Holders believe that families facing #cancer should be able to access treatment without forfeiting their homes or cars. Their monthly #donations make this true for hundreds of families each year. 🔑Join them today: familyreach.org/keyholder

Recent analysis by @TeenCancerUSA, published in @JCO_ASCO estimates a lifetime cost of $259,324 for adolescents and young adults with cancer. This number underscores the need for targeted financial resource navigation and financial education for this specific #cancercommunity.

Financial treatment is a critical part of #cancercare because, without basic needs like food and housing, survival may be out of reach for some families.