FAQs
Applicant FAQs
How can I apply for a grant?
Grants may take the form of a one-time payment or may cover a period of up to three months of care.
Can someone help me fill out the application?
If you need assistance completing the application, you may call on the person who holds your legal power of attorney to fill it out for you. If you ask someone else to help with the application, we will need your call 816-759-5450 and a grant administrator can help you over the phone to get the application completed. In general we prefer you, or a person who holds your legal power of attorney, fill out the form. If you ask for someone else to help with the application, we will need documentation showing your authorization for the person to to represent you in the application process.
Who is eligible to receive a grant?
Individuals who reside in the United States, are actively working for healing in Christian Science, need Christian Science nursing care, and are unable to pay the full cost of this care.
What information will I need to provide in order to apply for a grant?
We will need your contact information, an understanding of your current reliance on Christian Science, and your financial information, including a copy of your most recent tax return. We will let you know if any further information is needed. All information we receive is kept strictly confidential.
Insurance and/or Medicare may pay for part of my care. Can I apply to the fund while I wait to hear back from the insurance company?
Yes. If you are approved for a grant, we can give you an up-to amount, and then wait to hear back how much insurance will pay. In general, NFCSN pays toward the balance of the costs after we know the amount insurance will cover.
Do I need to be receiving care from a Journal-listed Christian Science nurse to qualify for a grant?
Yes. The grant can help pay toward care provided by a Journal-listed Christian Science nurse or a Christian Science nursing organization that provides full oversight and supervision of any non-Journal-listed Christian Science nurses working on your case.
Will a grant cover the full cost of my care?
No. NFCSN grants cover only a portion of the total care costs.
Can I receive a grant for an invoice I've already paid?
No. Grants may be applied only toward unpaid Christian Science nursing invoices.
How long is a grant for?
Grants may take the form of a one-time payment or may cover a period of up to three months of care.
If I need another grant when this one expires, what can I do?
If you are continuing to work for and expect healing, and you need assistance with care costs that extend beyond the original grant period, you may request a renewal of your grant.
Are grants available outside the US?
NFCSN only provides grants to residents of the United States. However, the International Fund for Christian Science Nursing, provides financial support to individuals residing in other parts of the world who have chosen the care of a Christian Science nurse and need assistance to cover the cost of that care. Our grants are supplemental to European-based grants already paid. IFCSN is currently welcoming applications for financial assistance from residents of Canada and Europe (including Switzerland and the UK). Eventually it will open to other regions of the world.
Private-duty Christian Science Nurse FAQs
Can I fill out an application for a patient?
We require that the patient or an authorized representative fill out the application. In the event that this is not possible, please call us to discuss the situation at 816-759-5450 .
If a patient receives a grant from the fund, do I need to submit an invoice?
You should submit your invoice to the patient. The patient should then review the invoice, approve it, and forward it to us.
What items should be on the invoice?
Invoices submitted to NFCSN should include your contact information, the patient’s name and care location, an itemized list of all charges to the patient, dates and hours of care, your hourly or daily rate for care, any benevolence amounts you are granting, and the grand total owed by the patient for the month.. See our [Link to Provider letter, called:] “Payment of Invoices Letter to Providers” for more information.
Do I need to submit a W-9 to receive payment?
Yes. See our Provider letter, called: “Payment of Invoices Letter to Providers” for more information. Or you may fill out an online form that will allow you to securely submit your W-9 to NFCSN.
How can I receive payment?
We prefer to send your payments directly to your bank account by direct deposit. We can also mail you a check. See our Provider letter, called: “Payment of Invoices Letter to Providers” for more information. Or you may fill out an online form that will allow you to securely submit your payment preference to NFCSN.
Christian Science Practitioner FAQs
What Christian Science practitioner invoices can my patient receive a grant for?
NFCSN can pay toward practitioner invoices for patients who are currently NFCSN grant recipients. If a patient who does not have a grant from NFCSN needs help paying for Christian Science practitioner invoices, the patient may contact The Principle Foundation.
If a patient receives a grant from the fund, do I need to submit an invoice?
Yes. Patients with a grant from NFCSN will need you to provide them with a monthly invoice that they can then submit to NFCSN for payment.
What items should be on the invoice?
Invoices submitted to NFCSN should include your contact information, the patient’s name, an itemized list of all charges to the patient, dates of treatments given, your hourly and/or daily rates, any benevolence amounts you are granting, and the grand total owed by the patient for the month. See our Provider letter, called: “Payment of Invoices Letter to Providers” for more information.
Do I need to submit a W-9 to receive payment?
Yes. See our Provider letter, called: “Payment of Invoices Letter to Providers” for more information. Or you may fill out an online form that will allow you to securely submit your W-9 to NFCSN.
How can I receive payment?
We prefer to send your payments directly to your bank account by direct deposit. We can also mail you a check. See our Provider letter, called: “Payment of Invoices Letter to Providers” for more information. Or you may fill out an online form that will allow you to securely submit your payment preference to NFCSN.
GRATITUDE POSTS
The love and understanding expressed when it seemed we were in “a valley” will never be forgotten.
Thank you for this healing help from the loving heart of Christian Science.
We are so grateful not to feel alone in a wilderness of physical and financial fears.
Just wanted to let you know how blessed we feel with the “presence” that the Christian Science nurse brings to our home.
I’m thankful for the spiritual reinforcement this aid represents for those turning to God in prayer for healing.
The streams of Love are definitely pouring. I’m grateful to accept.
This grant is nothing less than the expression of infinite, divine Love, reflected in the giving of the many Christian Scientist who support this work.
I am grateful for the prayer that came along with the gift. That prayer, along with mine, and the prayer of those close to me, cast a light on an open path to the solution of this difficulty.
I’ve been able to “watch, work, and pray” in a spiritual atmosphere that supports my healing progress.
I have not been the recipient of a grant, but the warm, encouraging response I received when inquiring in the past has helped to facilitate a full healing without the need for funds.
The grant has freed me up to focus on my healing.
I am very moved by the loving care my dad is receiving.
Thank you for the grant that was gifted to our family for nursing care received during and after the birth of our daughter. Having the support of a Christian Science nurse was priceless.
This grant allowed me to have my complete focus on prayer, study, and healing.
