Mayo Clinic Jacksonville provides support group meetings for both transplant patients and their caregivers. For more information on individual meeting days and times, click here.
State-by-state listings of transplant support groups - If you're not a resident in the Jacksonville area, you may locate a support group in or near your hometown here.
Financial Assistance
TRIO of Northeast Florida offers financial assistance to qualified TRIO members for help in paying for transplant medications. You must be a member of TRIO of Northeast Florida and financially eligible for assistance. To apply for the Rick Pracher Medication Fund, download and print the application from our applications page.
TRIO also awards financially needy TRIO members seeking to further their education. Active TRIO members and their immediate family are eligible. For more information and complete eligibility requirements, go to our applications page and download and print a TRIO Scholarship Application.
Nielsen Organ Transplant Foundation also provides financial assistance to transplant patients. To qualify, you must be a resident in the Northeast Florida region. Assistance can be provided for medical costs as well as other expenses, such as health insurance premiums, rent, or utilities. For more information and an application, visit the NOTF website or call (904) 244-9823.
The National Transplant Assistance Fund assists transplant patients by providing information on how to raise funds through contributions in their community and by helping them in the process of applying for financial aid. Phone: 1-800-642-8399.
The American Kidney Fund provides funding in many areas for kidney patients, including dialysis patients and transplant recipients. Assistance is available for medications, transportation expenses to and from dialysis, kidney donor expenses and others. For details, click here or call 1-800-638-8299.