TABLE 3.

Financial interventions for AYAs with cancer

	Financial Intervention Approaches	Examples of Financial Resources, Services, and Programs
Education	• Provider-patient communication about cancer treatment costs	Triage Cancer & The SamFund’s Cancer Finances: A Toolkit for Navigating Finances After Cancer
	• Patient financial health literacy tools	(https://cancerfinances.org)
Supportive care	• Health insurance counseling	Consults/Referrals
	• Financial assistance programs to address medical	• Oncology social worker
	expenses and practical needs (transportation, child care, housing)	• Patient navigator
	• Educational and/or vocational counseling or support services	• Financial counselor
		Financial assistance programs
		• Governmental/public assistance programs or
		disability benefits (Medicaid, Supplemental Security
		Income, Social Security Disability Insurance)
		• Nonprofit or philanthropic organizations (The
		SamFund grants, www.thesamfund.org)
		Educational and vocational programs
		• Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, a federal-state
		program that provides job training, career
		counseling, employment services, and/or college
		assistance for individuals with disabilities, including
		cancer
		• College or university disability programs for
		educational support and accommodations
		• Cancer and Careers (www.cancerandcareers.org),
		online employment information and resources
Coping and	• Financial self-efficacy or self-management strategies	Consults/Referrals
adaptation	• Cognitive-behavioral strategies to manage financial	• Financial counselor
	distress	• Psychosocial provider
	• Peer or social support	Strategies
		• Meditation, mindfulness, and other stress management strategies
		Online support programs
		• Stupid Cancer (stupidcancer.org)
		• CancerCare (www.cancercare.org)
		• Imerman Angels (https://imermanangels.org)
		• LIVESTRONG (https://livestrong.org)