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Compassus Living Foundation Grant Application Process

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  1. Request Evaluation 
    1. After the hospice or palliative care patient discusses their situation with their social worker, the social worker evaluates the need.  
  2. Community Resources 
    1. The patient’s social worker researches community resources available.  
  3. Once local resources have been exhausted, the social worker shares the CLF Grant Application with patient/family.  
  4. Social worker works with patient/family to complete application.  
    1. The application must include the entire household’s financials. The foundation cannot process an individual’s application without this information.  
  5. Social worker sends grant application and any additional documentation to livingfoundation@compassus.com.  
    1. Shelter Me and Wish with Me applications must be submitted while patient is on service. Comfort Me applications can be submitted up to seven days after patient has passed.

Compassus Living Foundation (CLF) FAQs

What kinds of requests are eligible for CLF assistance?

Requests for assistance should be based on what is deemed necessary for the patient.  Examples are provided below, but the request does not have to fall strictly within these categories. Eligible assistance could include support for:

  • Shelter Me: Utilities, rent, minor home repairs, extermination.
  • Wish with Me: A visit to a meaningful place one more time, a celebration of a special milestone, achievement of a personal dream, a reunion with loved ones.
  • Comfort Me: Partial costs of final arrangements, such as cremation or burial.

The application must include the entire household’s financials because the foundation is committed to aiding individuals who have emergent or exigent needs that they otherwise could not reasonably afford. 

Yes, patients outside of Compassus and its affiliates can apply for assistance through the Compassus Living Foundation. The patient’s social worker should assist with filling out the grant application. 

CLF does not cover:  

  • Medical or caregiving expenses (including home health, palliative or hospice services) 
  • Room and board charges for patients in facilities (considered medical)
  • Mortgage payments (we do cover rent payments)
  • Furniture or durable goods (e.g., lift chairs)
  • Gift cards/certificates of any kind
  • Taxes
  • Insurance deductibles or copays
  • Applications which are lacking adequate financial documentation
  • Applications made post patient’s death (excluding Comfort Me)

Note: CLF reserves the right to determine which grants we will cover.

Number of Grants: One grant per patient up to $500 (regardless of program).

        Wish with Me: Per patient limit of $500.

        Comfort Me: Per patient limit of $500.

        Shelter Me: Per patient limit of $500 (a second application can be made after 90 days for up to an additional $500).

CLF can assist with rent and utilities under the “Shelter Me” program when tied to maintaining patient shelter. 

Shelter Me and Wish with Me applications must be submitted while patient is on service. Comfort Me applications can be submitted up to seven days after patient has passed.

If you have questions, please reach out to the Compassus Living Foundation at livingfoundation@compassus.com  

10 Cadillac Drive, Suite 400
Brentwood, TN 37027

1 (989) 891-2231