APPENDIX E
RESOURCES
Resource Hotline
First Call for Help
2-1-1 from home phone line
Cuyahoga: 216-436-2000
Geauga: 216-436-2000
Medina: 216-436-2000
Summit: 330-376-6600
Lake: 800-654-5465
Portage: 330-297-4636
Lorain: 800-275-6106
Ashtabula: 440-997-5936
Financial
Short-term/Long-term Disability
(check with your human resource department- also ask about insurance coverage during time of
disability)
Social Security Disability: 800-772-1213
Supplemental Security Income: 800-772-1213
Cash Assistance/Food Stamps/Prevention, Retention, and Contingency (PRC)
Department of Jobs and Family Services
(see below for phone numbers)
Utility Assistance/Taxes
PIPP:
HEAP: 866-504-7400
Ohio Winter Crisis Program:
Homestead Tax Reduction: county treasurer
Phone Bill Assistance:
Foundations/Community Programs (discuss with your social worker)
United Way Services: 440-285-2261 x227
Rise Above It: 440-476-1088
Salvation Army: 440-247-6030
Cancer Care: 800-813-4673
Care for Others (Geauga residents): 440-564-7568
Bainbridge Civic Club: 440-708-9829
Geauga County JFS Community Service Block Grant Program: 440-285-9141
Cancer Fund of America: 800-578-5284/www.cfoa.org
Falls Cancer Club (Cuyahoga Falls): 330-929-2796
Journey of Hope (Cuyahoga and Lorain): 216-262-0612/
www.johcleveland.org
Orange Area Service Committee (Hunting Valley, most of Moreland Hills, Orange
Village, Pepper Pike, Woodmere and some parts of Solon and Warrensville
Hts): 216-831-8600x3623
Tallmadge Cancer Relief Association: 330-633-6729
Mary Grace Foundation (Medina County):
www.marygracefoundation.com
The Silver Lining Fund: 330-744-5558/330-884-1000
Stephen A. Communale, Jr. Family Foundation (Akron): 330-706-3071/
www.stephencommunale.org
Mission4Maureen: www.mission4maureen.org
Save the Dream of Ohio:
Dawn Peterson Foundation:
Council for Economic Opportunity;
Educational Scholarships
See attached
Insurance
Medicaid (Department of Job and Family Services)
Cuyahoga: 216-987-7000
Lake: 440-205-8111
Ashtabula: 440-998-1110
Lorain: 440-244-4150
Summit: 330-643-7811
Geauga: 440-285-9141
Stark: 330-452-4661
Medicare
 65+ or disabled (receive two years from date of eligibility for social security disability)
Cobra
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Enrolled in employer’s group health care plan
Employed in an organization of 20 or more employees
Typically extends insurance plan for 18 months (some exceptions)
If laid off, may be eligible for Cobra Premium Reduction Program 866-444-3272
Additional info @ http://www.dol.gov/dol/topic/health-plans/cobra.htm
Ohio Insurance Commission: 800-686-1526
Prescription Assistance
Pharmaceutical Patient Assistance Programs
Needy Meds (www.needymeds.com)
Co-Pay Foundations
Healthwell Foundation: 800-675-8416
Partnership for Prescription Assistance: 888-477-2669
Patient Advocate Foundation: 866-512-3861
Chronic Disease Fund: 877-968-7233
Patient Access Network Foundation: 866-316-7263
Patient Services Incorporated: 800-366-7741
Cancer Care: 800-813-4673
Social Security Extra Help Program for Medicare Part D: 800-772-1213
Medicare Part B Covered Medications (see attached)
Transportation
Check with insurance for coverage
Talk with your social worker regarding options
Local Cancer Support Centers
The Gathering Place: 216-595-9546
Stewart’s Caring Place: 330-836-1772
National Associations
American Brain Tumor Association: 800-886-2282/www.abta.org
National Brain Tumor Society: 800-934-2873/www.tbts.org
American Cancer Society: 800-227-2345/www.cancer.org
National Cancer Institute: 800-422-6237/www.cancer.gov
National Institute of Health: 301-496-4000/www.nih.gov
Networking Websites
Care Pages: www.carepages.com
Caring Bridge: www.caringbridge.org
Clinical Trial Websites
List of Clinical Trials and Treatments for Brain Tumors: www.virtualtrials.com
National Institutes of Health Catalog of Clinical Trials: http://clinicaltrials.gov