At the heart of CURE Childhood Cancer is the desire to address the critical and urgent needs of families affected by childhood cancer. CURE recognizes that childhood cancer is an extremely difficult, traumatic diagnosis, in which treatment and outcomes put strain and stress on the entire family. To offer additional support, help and encouragement for families of children diagnosed with cancer, we connected with licensed counseling centers across the state of Georgia and launched CURE’s Partners in Caring (PIC) program in 2013.
The PIC program was designed to provide families’ access to professional counselors who understand how childhood cancer, and its experiences, can affect the psychological and emotional well-being of the entire family. Since the launch of the PIC program we have continually strived to break down barriers associated with accessing counseling services. Our PIC network includes 24 centers and over 50 therapists across the state of Georgia!
Accessing the PIC benefit therapists is an easy process. To qualify, families must have a child who meets one of these qualifications:
- Diagnosed with a childhood cancer, LCH, HLH, or aplastic anemia
- Relapsed with a childhood cancer, LCH, HLH, or aplastic anemia
- Passed away due to childhood cancer, a cancer-related circumstance, LCH, HLH or aplastic anemia
The PIC program provides up to ten (10) counseling sessions at a minimal cost to families. Additional details:
- If you choose to utilize these counseling services, CURE will pay 100% of the first session.
- After the first session, families are responsible for $25.00 copay for each additional session (sessions 2-10).
- Counseling sessions may range from individual counseling for the patient, siblings and/or parent to marriage counseling, grief counseling, or any combination of these services.
- You also have the option to divide the 10 sessions between multiple family members based on your family’s needs.
To sign up or learn more, contact Karen McCarthy at [email protected].