What’s Eligible
These situations meet the Hope Fund guidelines
- Applicant or spouse/domestic partner has missed more than 1 week of unpaid time due to illness (for self or dependent family member)
- Applicant or dependent family member requires treatment with non-routine medical expenses (e.g., required out-of-network treatment, long distance travel to receive medically necessary treatment)
- Cost of medical treatment is preventing an applicant or dependent family member from receiving care
- Applicant has incurred extreme medical costs and household income is 200% below poverty level.
- Disaster such as fire, flood, tornado or hurricane
- Domestic Violence
- Death in the immediate family causing financial hardship. Immediate family includes the employee’s legal dependents, parent or legal guardian, and step-parent
- Death or terminal illness in immediate family requiring long distance travel. Funding will only be provided once, for either travel to help care for terminally ill family member OR travel for funeral. Immediate family includes the employee’s parent or legal guardian, stepparent, brother, sister, current spouse/domestic partner, children, stepchildren, grandparents, grandchildren, current mother-in-law and current father-in-law.
- Death of employee
If your situation falls within this criteria, click here to download the application.
