We have designed our application process to be as undemanding as possible – yet gain the information required to make an accurate and informed decision for families in difficult times.
We have designed our application process to be as undemanding as possible – yet gain the information required to make an accurate and informed decision for families in difficult times.
Financial assistance from Taraboom is intended for families in our community who are going through a difficult financial time.
These families need help to keep going forward without worrying about some of their monetary commitments when all attentions are on their child. There are hard times when parents actually have to leave their employment temporarily to tend to their ill child. It shouldn’t be a financial struggle to care for your child when they are sick.
Once our initial criteria has been met and approved, we will assign a family volunteer to the family and follow up with a full application for financial assistance to complete. Our experienced board members are available to their family to help complete and return requested info.
Taraboom’s mandate is to assist families living in our designated area of assistance that are facing financial difficulties due to a child’s life-threatening illness.
The following are the expenses that the Foundation can provide financial assistance for:
Travel expenses to and from hospitals or medical facilities to receive treatment.
Accommodation expenses while the child is receiving treatment at a facility that is outside the geographical area within 200 kilometres of the family’s primary residence.
Treatment not funded by the Ontario Health Insurance Plan or by private insurance held by the family.
Assistive devices or specialized equipment required as part of the treatment, and not funded by the Ontario Health Insurance Plan or by private insurance held by the family.
No financial assistance is given directly to a family that has qualified. Each family is unique in their delicate situation and assessed on their needs. Each family that qualifies for financial assistance from Taraboom works closely with their Taraboom contact to allocate the approved funds to best suit each family’s individual situation.
Assistance per family is once in a life-time only and the amount is on a per family need as determined.
So important ….please note: Although we want to help every family that comes our way, we do have an outlined assistance area that limits our reach at the present time.
Please be sure to check the area to see if you are within our boundaries. We so dislike having to write any letters of regret.
It is important that you understand we deal directly with the family in need.
A family’s privacy in this most difficult time is very important to Taraboom.
We understand and appreciate the caring aunts & uncles, loving grandparents, neighbours next door and everyone else with the heart’s desire to help a friend or family…. but we MUST be working with the family themselves.
In compliance with the by-laws and mandate of TBHCF*, the information, as you the parent/legal guardian, have chosen to share with us on our website, is for our initial contact only as it pertains to our ability to grant any financial assistance if available. Any information you share with TBHCF is done so at your own risk,
yet held in confidence by the board of TBHCF.
*Tara “Boom” Houston Children’s Foundation, St. Thomas, ON
Taraboom is “staffed” by some pretty amazing people that have been with the Foundation since its beginning in 2003.
It is their love of Tara, admiration of the Houston’s and their genuine desire to make a difference that has kept the Foundation strong and growing.
