The Thomas P. and Sondra D. Sheehan Charitable Foundation
2024 Medical Assistance Grant Application
The Thomas P. and Sondra D. Sheehan Charitable Foundation is dedicated to providing medical assistance to families who are in financial need of support. The Sheehan Charitable Foundation encourages the development of children and seeks to remove financial barriers by providing assistance for durable medical equipment needs, occupational and physical therapeutic services, and short-term treatments which improve a child’s quality of life.
In order to submit an application for funding consideration, individuals/families are required to meet the medical assistance guidelines below. Furthermore, priority will be given to those individuals/families that are connected to a referring nonprofit organization and/or medical facility that will accept the funding on their behalf.
The Foundation will not consider requests that do not meet the guidelines below. Applications will be reviewed on a quarterly basis to determine suitability to the Foundation’s priorities and pertinence of the request.
For more information about the Sheehan Charitable Foundation, please visit: www.cicf.org/SheehanCharitableFoundation.
ELIGIBILITY GUIDELINES
Individuals or families seeking support are required to meet the medical assistance requirements of the referring healthcare provider. The Foundation will not consider requests that do not meet the guidelines.
- Applicant receiving device/services must be:
- A resident of Central Indiana, with priority given to Hamilton County residents.
- 18 years old or younger
- If the applicant is covered by a commercial, state or federal health benefit plan, documentation of coverage must apply.
- A lack of or limited resources are available to meet the healthcare need(s).
- Applications requesting assistance for long-term prescription, therapy and other ongoing treatments will be reviewed for funding consideration on an annual basis. Therefore, requests should not exceed 12 months of support.
Contact Jeena Siela (JeenaS@cicf.org) with questions.
