To be eligible you must be impacted by cancer or a serious health challenge, and face a financial barrier to participation. Specifically, you qualify if you are:

• A cancer survivor— completed active treatment (chemo, radiation, surgery, or immunotherapy) within the past 10 years, currently in survivorship, or managing cancer as a chronic condition

• Currently in cancer treatment

• A caregiver for someone with cancer or a serious health condition, including bereaved caregivers experiencing caregiver burnout or vicarious trauma

• Living with a chronic illness or serious health challenge that impacts quality of life

• Experiencing post-traumatic stress following medical trauma

Applicants must be at least 18 years old at the time of program participation. There is no maximum age limit.

No documentation is required for initial eligibility determination. Your self-reported health status and financial situation in the application are sufficient to begin the review.

Optional documentation — such as tax returns, pay stubs, medical billing statements, or a letter from a healthcare provider — may strengthen your application or may be requested by our team for high-value scholarships. You will never be disqualified simply for not having paperwork on hand.

Financial documentation is NOT required for initial eligibility — only optionally for final review of high-value awards.

Our primary income benchmarks are household income at or below 250% of the Federal Poverty Level (approximately $37,650 for a single person in 2026), or up to 400% FPL with documented financial hardship from medical expenses.

However, income alone doesn't determine eligibility. Financial toxicity from cancer treatment — medical debt, lost income due to disability or caregiving, high out-of-pocket costs, or housing instability — may qualify you regardless of your income bracket. We look at the full picture, as you describe it.

You'll receive a formal scholarship approval letter specifying the program, coverage level (full, partial, or sliding scale), and next steps. Here's what follows:

1 Referral to Kairos Resilience Collective, LLC — our program delivery partner is notified of your award within 10 days of approval

2 LLC contacts you within 7–14 days to schedule your program date

3 Complete enrollment forms with the LLC — liability waiver, health questionnaire, and emergency contact

4 Receive pre-program information — what to bring, venue or platform access details, orientation materials

Scholarship approval does not guarantee immediate program placement — availability depends on program schedules and capacity. Your scholarship award letter will clarify timing.

A denial is almost always a matter of funding availability rather than a judgment of your need or worthiness. If you are not approved, we will contact you to discuss alternatives — a partial scholarship, a sliding scale, waitlist placement, or a payment plan through Kairos Resilience Collective.

You may also formally appeal a denial:

• Submit a written appeal within 14 days of receiving your decision notification

• Your appeal is reviewed by a separate Appeals Sub-Committee — a different reviewer than the person who made the initial decision

• You will receive a final determination within 30 days of submitting your appeal

• All appeal decisions are final

For the 2026 program year, available offerings include:

Inner Spiral Trilogy (Guided) Digital — Live 4 weeks $333

Coming Fall 2026:

Inner Spiral Trilogy (Self-Paced) Digital — Evergreen 4 weeks $TBD

Resilient by Design Digital — Live 12 weeks $999

Scholarships this year are directed primarily to digital offerings.

A full scholarship covers 100% of the program fee — all programming, sessions, materials, platform access, and for in-person programs when available: accommodations and meals. You'll have identical access to every aspect of the program as any other participant.

Partial scholarships cover 50–75% of the program fee; your contribution is 25–50% on a sliding scale based on your ability to pay. Sliding scale access provides a variable discount (25–75%) determined case by case.

Scholarships do not cover:

• Transportation to or from an in-person program location

• Personal expenses or childcare

• Hardware, personal internet service, or devices needed to access digital programs

• Lost wages or time off work

Your application is reviewed only by authorized Kairos Therapeutic Retreat staff. It is never shared with other participants, program facilitators, or third parties — with one documented exception: if your scholarship is approved, we will share only your name, contact information, and scholarship level with Kairos Resilience Collective, LLC for the sole purpose of enrolling you in a program. This requires your explicit consent, which you provide in the application.

Other participants will never know you received a scholarship. There are no visible distinctions within the program — no markers, groupings, or references to financial arrangements. You belong here fully and completely.

Aggregate, de-identified data (e.g., total number served, general demographics) may be shared with funders for grant reporting. Your personally identifiable information is never included.

Kairos Therapeutic Retreat is the nonprofit organization that administers the scholarship fund. This structure means donations to the fund are tax-deductible for donors and are governed under nonprofit standards — ensuring funds must be used for their stated purpose: expanding access to healing for people facing financial barriers.

Kairos Resilience Collective, LLC is our program delivery partner — the entity that runs the retreats, online courses, and direct programming. Once your scholarship is approved by the nonprofit, you're referred to the LLC to complete enrollment. The two organizations work in close, documented partnership.

Your relationship with each entity is kept separate. Your financial application stays with the nonprofit; your healing experience happens through the LLC.