- Mortgage, gift cards, rent, car, electric, water, phone, food, and other household expense payments are made to assist a families. Many times a parent must miss work to be with a child who is hospitalized or requires home care. The decreased income combined with the medical expenses creates a tremendous financial burden. The Jay Fund attempts to alleviate some of this burden so a family can focus on the health of their child.
 Payments for Umbilical Cord Blood Transplants are provided a minimum of two times yearly. This procedure is often a last effort to save an ill child and is not covered by most insurance carriers. Each payment is $22,000 - $35,000, which is an expense that most families simply cannot undertake. We provide the hope and ability to try all that they can to save their child.
- The Tom Coughlin Jay Fund Foundation co-hosts and co-sponsors Annual Parties and Events in both the Jacksonville and NY metro areas, such as a Fall Festival, Holiday Party, Valentine's Day party, and NY Giants Tour and Ice Cream Social. Arts and crafts, food and drinks, and wonderful entertainment are provided at these fun and festive events. More importantly, though, they provide families time to create special memories together outside the clinical environment, and to form bonds and create social networks, which are imperative during their difficult journey. Also sponsored each year is the Remembrance Weekend. This healing event is for families who have, sadly, lost a child to pediatric cancer. Counselors, social workers, psychologists, physicians and clergy members all volunteer to conduct the supportive sessions. Each evening is wrapped up with fun activities. While the weekend is difficult, it is equally rewarding.
- An annual college scholarship is rewarded as an inspiration to a survivor in order that they may achieve their full potential in life. Residents of the Jacksonville, Florida area and New York Metropolitan area including Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Passiac and Union Counties in New Jersey who have had a diagnosis of leukemia or cancer prior to the age of 21 are eligible. Academic record, leadership ability, moral character and need are some of the attributes considered in selecting the winner each spring. The recipient must be enrolled or planning to enroll full time in an accredited college or university and will receive $1500 yearly for up to fours years.
If you or someone you know is interested in applying, please call the Jay Fund for an application 904-543-2599. The annual scholarship application deadline for the Jacksonville area is April 20th and for the NY/NJ area is May 20th.
 The expansion of the Art with a Heart for Children program to the Nemours Children’s Clinic’s hematology/oncology department has been sponsored by the Jay Fund. This program provides an opportunity for ill children to express themselves creatively in a supportive environment. It enables children to regain sense of control taken away from them by their illness, improving their quality of life.
- Child Psychology Funding has been provided by the Tom Coughlin Jay Fund Foundation to Nemours Children’s Clinic. Support and education are provided to pediatric oncology patients and their families as needed to address behavioral and emotional issues related to the stresses of cancer, pain management, treatment of anxiety, special educational needs, and family adjustments due to illness
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