Resources
Financial Assistance
Programs that help Texans with bleeding disorders cover the cost of factor, medication and insurance premiums — and our own scholarship for students.
Living with a bleeding disorder is expensive, and no single program covers everything. Most families end up using more than one. If you're not sure where to begin, start with the social worker at your treatment center — that's the fastest way to find out what you qualify for.
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Helping Hands ProgramLone Star Bleeding Disorders FoundationOur program
Your social worker at your hemophilia treatment center can help you navigate resources for financial assistance. Contact your social worker for a Helping Hands referral application.
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Hemophilia Assistance ProgramTexas Health and Human ServicesState of Texas
Helps Texans with hemophilia with treatment expenses. Assistance covers either blood factor replacement products or health insurance premium reimbursement — not both in the same year.
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PAN FoundationPatient Access Network FoundationNational nonprofit
Founded in 2004, one of the nation's largest charitable organizations providing financial assistance that helps people afford their prescription medication.
Check eligibility panfoundation.org -
Patient Assistance ProgramsNational Bleeding Disorders FoundationNational nonprofit
NBDF maintains a directory of programs and resources that reduce the financial impact of a bleeding disorder, including manufacturer co-pay assistance and free-product programs.
Browse the directory hemophilia.org -
Hemlibra Financial SupportGenentechManufacturer program
Co-pay assistance and other support options for people prescribed Hemlibra, including help for those who are uninsured or underinsured.
See assistance options hemlibra.com
Programs, eligibility rules and funding levels change. Confirm current requirements with each organization before you apply. Links to outside organizations are provided as a resource and are not an endorsement.
Our own program
The Matthew Thomas Memorial Academic Scholarship
Lone Star awards up to six scholarships of $3,000 each to students in the South Texas bleeding disorders community, for the coming school year. You do not have to be starting your first year, and it does not have to be a four-year degree.
Who can apply
- Anyone with an inherited bleeding disorder, or the parent, guardian, sibling or child of someone who has one.
- Enrolled at, or heading to, an accredited university, college or junior college.
- First-year students and students already partway through, equally.
Worth knowing
- A person can receive this scholarship once.
- Applications are read by the scholarship committee, not by an algorithm.
- If something in the list below is hard to get hold of, write and say so rather than not applying.
Past recipients
Students this has helped
A few of the people who have received the Matthew Thomas scholarship, on their way to and through school.
The Matthew Thomas scholarship
How to apply
Applications open on February 1 and close on April 1 each year.
What you will need
- Your transcript — high school or college, whichever fits where you are.
- Proof that you are enrolled at, or accepted by, the school you named.
- A personal essay. Yours, in your own words.
- Two letters of recommendation from people who can speak to your work.
Would rather post it? Download the printable application, and send it with everything above to Lone Star Bleeding Disorders Foundation, ATTN: Scholarship Committee, 5600 Northwest Central Drive, Suite 140, Houston, TX 77092 — postmarked by the deadline. Or email it to contactus@lonestarbleedingdisorders.org.