1. Childhood Cancer Research
Less than FOUR percent of the federal budget is dedicated to childhood cancer research, though roughly 15,500 children are diagnosed with cancer each year. With your donations, we will will help fund the terribly underfunded efforts of childhood cancer experts to find a cure and better treatments.
2. Financial Assistance for Families
The financial burdens of families battling childhood cancer are enormous. From insurance co pays to travel expenses, many families find themselves making difficult choices about which essential bills need to be paid each month. With your donations, our hope is to ease the financial burden on these families.
3. Legislative Advocacy
The lack of state and federal funding for research and other efforts surrounding childhood cancer, means that there needs to be a greater level of legislative advocacy. Our foundation has already reached out to local, state, and federal legislators to bring awareness to needs we feel can be met by and through legislation directed toward childhood cancer.
The Jae Jackson Childhood Cancer Foundation was born out of needs detected by Jae's Parents during their years of watching up close how devastating a cancer diagnosis is and how financially depleting it can be for families seeking and receiving quality treatment for children who desperately need it. It is our hope, through this foundation and others like it, Childhood Cancer Rates will begin to decrease and Childhood Cancer Survival Rates will begin to Increase. Listed below are our three core areas of focus.