2-1-1 Canada

Population served: Certain sections of Canada (check the website for availability in your area)
Mission:

2-1-1 is the telephone number of a call center that offers information and provides referrals to health and human services for everyday needs and in times of crisis. Services vary from community to community.

Examples of service referrals include:

• Health services and support
• Financial and social assistance
• Housing and utility help
• Food assistance and meal programs
• Senior services and home care
• Government program assistance
• Parenting and family programs
• Disability support services
• Volunteer organizations
• Newcomer services
• Mental health support

Cancer View Canada

Contact: 877 360-1665
Population served: Canadians affected by cancer
Mission:

Cancer View Canada connects Canadians to online services, information and resources for cancer control.  It is an ever-evolving portal that brings together resources for cancer prevention, screening, treatment, and supportive, palliative and end-of-life care.

Through its collaborative tools, Cancer View Canada also links people in the Canadian cancer community to each other.

Fertile Future

Contact: 877-HOPE-066
Population served: Cancer patients and oncology professionals in Canada
Mission:

Fertile Future will accomplish its vision by promoting awareness and understanding of fertility preservation among patients, the medical community, and the Canadian public. We will work with oncology & fertility groups across Canada to ensure young Canadians receive timely information on fertility preservation options. We will raise funds to help subsidize the costs of fertility preservation for young men and women until full funding is available by provincial health plans. We will actively advocate for public funding on behalf of cancer patients who may otherwise be denied the opportunity of having a family due to the high costs of fertility preservation.

Hope for Two ...The Pregnant with Cancer Network

Contact: 800-743-4471
Population served: Women who are currently pregnant with cancer with other women who have experienced a similar cancer diagnosis.
Other language(s) : Website available in numerous languages
Mission:

Dedicated to providing women diagnosed with cancer while pregnant with information, support and hope.

• Connects women who are going through cancer while pregnant
• Provides support internationally.

LIVESTRONG Foundation

Contact: 855-220-7777
Population served: Cancer patients and survivors in the U.S.
Other language(s) : Spanish
Mission:

To inspire and empower people affected by cancer; to provide support to guide people through the cancer experience, bring them together to fight cancer—and work for a world in which their fight is no longer necessary.

• Provides information on topics that influence the “physical, emotional and practical” effects of cancer
• Provides free, confidential, one-on-one support to anyone affected by cancer, not just patients, through education, referrals and counseling services
• Planet Cancer connects young adults and helps them access support, advocacy and resources.
• LIVESTRONG Fertility - Dedicated to providing reproductive information, support and hope to cancer patients and survivors whose medical treatments present the risk of infertility.
• Maintains a list of LIVESTRONG Survivorship Centers of Excellence, which is comprised of National Cancer Institute(NCI) Comprehensive Cancer Centers
• Offers The LIVESTRONG Guidebook to help cancer patients and survivors as they navigate the health care system.

MotherToBaby

Contact: 866-626-6847
Population served: Women who are pregnant or breastfeeding
Other language(s) : Spanish
Mission:

A service of the non-profit Organization of Teratology Information Specialists (OTIS), MotherToBaby is dedicated to providing evidence-based information to mothers, health professionals, and the general public about medications and other exposures during pregnancy and while breastfeeding.

• Offers confidential telephone services that provide accurate and current information about the possible effects of a particular drug or substance on a pregnancy or while breastfeeding
• Supports and contributes to worldwide initiatives for teratology education and research.

Path2Parenthood

Contact: 888-917-3777
Population served: Men and women of reproductive age
Other language(s) : Spanish
Mission:

To help people create their families of choice by providing leading-edge outreach programs and timely educational information.

• Provides information about reproductive and sexual health, infertility prevention and treatment, and family-building options including adoption and third party solutions
• Offers educational outreach events, online library, daily blog, resource directory, telephone and in-person coaching, and a toll-free support line
• Provides online search tool for referrals to professionals.