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These resources below are provided to assist you and not to endorse any particular entity or service. 

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Financial Assistance/Insurance

Maryland Health Connection

Enrollment in qualified health plans through Maryland Health Connection is available during open enrollment season. However,  you can enroll any time of year if you’re eligible for Medicaid or if you’ve recently had certain qualifying life events, like getting married or turning 26. 

There are three ways to enroll:

To qualify for Medicaid you must meet the following:

  • Be a resident of Maryland
  • Be a U.S. citizen or meet immigration requirements
  • Meet income limits
  • Meet asset requirements (for those applying for long-term care)
  • Meet medical requirements (for those applying for long-term care and other special programs)

Information needed to enroll in Medicaid:

Holy Cross Health Financial Assistance Program

Holy Cross Health's financial assistance program offers free or discounted services to patients who qualify. Applications and information are available online or through the financial counselors, cashiers and inpatient registration areas at Holy Cross Hospital and Holy Cross Germantown Hospital. Learn more about Holy Cross Health's Financial Assistance Program online or by calling our financial counselors at 301-754-7195 for Holy Cross Hospital in Silver Spring or 301-557-6195 for Holy Cross Germantown Hospital.

Maryland Breast and Cervical Cancer Program

Maryland’s Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Program (BCCP) provides breast and cervical cancer screening, diagnosis, and patient navigation services to women across the state.

To apply you will need the following:

  • Proof of Maryland residency
  • Present proof of eligible medical condition
  • Insurance information if applicable
  • Proof of income

For questions or more information visit the Maryland Breast and Cervical Cancer Program online or call  410-767-6787 or 1-800-477-9774.

Cancer Insurance Checklist

The Cancer Insurance Checklist is designed to help you when shopping for insurance on your state's health insurance marketplace if you have cancer, a history of cancer or at risk for cancer. Visit CancerInsuranceChecklist.org to download the checklist and to learn more.

Additional Financial Assistance Resources for Cancer Patients:

  • Cancer Care: Find assistance from organizations providing financial or practical help. 
  • Patient Advocate Foundation: Search the National Financial Resource Directory.
  • Cancer Financial Assistance Coalition:  Find Assistance from organizations providing financial or practical help by tumor site.
  • American Cancer Society: Patients can apply for grants by contacting the American Cancer Society's 24-hour help-line, 1-800-227-2345. The help-line provides information on coping with cancer and locating resources, including financial assistance programs. 

Transportation Resources

Connect-A-Ride

Connect-A-Ride is a free information and referral service that helps adults over 50 and adults with disabilities find transportation for medical services, errands, social activities and more.  For more information, call 301-738-3252 (Montgomery County residents).

Call-N-Ride

Call-n-Ride is a subsidized taxi service program for low-income seniors (65 and older) and low-income persons with disabilities (aged 18-64) for Montgomery County residents. To apply, call 301-984-5409.

MetroAccess

MetroAccess is a shared-ride public transportation service for individuals in the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area who are unable to use fixed-route public transit due to disability. For more information, call 202-962-2700.

Medicaid Cab

Medicaid Cab offers rides for Medicaid patients only. For more information, call 240-777-5899.

Mental Health/Emotional Support

  • Grupo De Apoyo Para Latinas Con Cancer — to learn more and register, call 202-223-9100.
  • Hope Connections for Cancer Support — offers free educational workshops, support groups, mind/body classes. For more information, call 301-634-7500.
  • Montgomery County Crisis Center— The Crisis Center provides crisis services 24 hours a day/365 days a year over the telephone (240-777-4000) or in-person at 1301 Piccard Drive in Rockville (no appointment needed). 
  • EveryMind — provides individual and family counseling to increase self-esteem, improve relationships with family and friends, and develop positive coping skills. For more information, call 301-424-0656, ext. 520. 
  • The Affiliated Santé Group — provides services for individuals at risk for emotional distress. For more information call 301-572-6585. (Referrals can be submitted online.)
  • Camp Kesem — operates free summer camps for children who have been impacted by a parent's cancer. Several chapters are in the Washington, D.C. area.  

Prescription Assistance

  • Maryland Prescription Assistance Program — provides a free discount prescription drug card coupon that can save Maryland residents up to 75 percent on prescription medication at more than 68,000 pharmacies across the country.
  • RXAssist - Patient Assistance Program — offers a comprehensive database of patient assistance programs, as well as practical tools, news, and articles for health care professionals and patients.
  • NeedyMeds — is an information resource dedicated to helping people locate assistance programs to help them afford their medications and other healthcare costs.
  • GoodRx  —  is a medication price comparison website.
  • RXResource - MedBank of Maryland — offers access to free prescription drugs for low-income, chronically ill Marylanders, from pharmaceutical manufacturers.

Safety Net/Public Assistance Programs

 

Employment-Related Resources

  • Cancer and Careers empowers and educates people with cancer to thrive in their workplace, by providing expert advice, interactive tools, and educational events.
  • Cancer Legal Resource Center provides information through its national telephone assistance line, outreach programs, and community activities to educate and to support cancer patients, their families, healthcare professionals, and advocates on matters like maintaining employment through treatment, accessing healthcare and government benefits, taking medical leave and estate planning.
  • Patient Advocate Foundation provides direct services to patients with chronic, life-threatening, and debilitating diseases to help access care and treatment recommended by their doctor.

Cancer Foundations

  • Leukemia and Lymphoma Society — invest in research to find a cure for blood cancers.
  • Lung Cancer Alliance — empowers the community by helping people navigate the paths of early detection, diagnosis, and treatment.
  • American Cancer Society— funds and conducts research, shares expert information, support patients, and spreads the word about prevention.
  • The Red Devils — funds support services that improve the quality of life for breast cancer patients and their families. 

Wheel Chairs

  • Lutheran Church of Saint Andrews. Contact 301-384-4394 to learn more.

Genetic Testing

Wig resource

  • The local American Cancer Society has a wig bank in Greenbelt, Md.  Call 301-982-2161 to schedule an appointment for a fitting.

Primary Care for Uninsured/Underinsured

Holy Cross Health Centers

Holy Cross Health operates four health centers:

Holy Cross Health Center in Aspen Hill  (adults only) 

13975 Connecticut Avenue, Suite 250, Aspen Hill, MD 20906 
Located on the corner of Georgia Avenue and Connecticut Avenue

Holy Cross Health Center in Gaithersburg  (adults only) 

220 Perry Parkway, Unit 5, Gaithersburg, MD 20877 
Located across the street from the Montgomery County Fairgrounds

Holy Cross Health Center in Germantown  (adults and children)

12800 Middlebrook Road, Suite 206, Germantown, MD 20874 
Located next to Seneca Valley High School

Holy Cross Health Center in Silver Spring (adults only) 

7987 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20910 
Located in the Health Sciences Center on Montgomery College’s Takoma Park/Silver Spring campus

Catholic Charities Legal Aid Clinics

924 G St., NW  (Downtown), Washington DC 

Walk-ins: Tuesdays, 9:30 – 11:30 a.m., Phone: 202-772-4352 (Teléfono) 
Consultation fee: $80. Walk-in clients are seen on a first-come, first-serve basis. Space is limited.

1618 Monroe St., NW:  (Columbia Heights), Washington, DC

Walk-ins: Wednesdays, 8:30 a.m. 
Phone: 202-939-2420 
Consultation fee: $80.  Walk-in clients are seen on a first-come, first-serve basis. Space is limited.

12247 Georgia Ave., Silver Spring, MD

Walk-ins: Thursday, 8 a.m. 
Phone: 301-942-1790 
Please note intake is closed on the last Thursday of every month. 
Consultation fee: $80.  Walk-in clients are seen on a first-come, first-serve basis. Space is limited.

201 E. Diamond Ave., 3rd Floor, Gaithersburg, MD 

Charla / General information session: Wednesdays at noon, third floor. 
Phone: 301-740-2523 
Information Session Fee: $40 
Consultations are also available.  Walk-in clients are seen on a first-come, first-served basis. Space is limited.

5859 Allentown Way, Temple Hills, MD 

Phone: 202-772-4352 to schedule an appointment. 
Consultation fee: $80 by appointment only.

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