PLEASE DO NOT CONTACT A CASE WORKER BEFORE YOU HAVE READ THIS WHOLE PAGE, INCLUDING OUR POLICIES AND THE DOCUMENTS YOU WILL NEED TO COMPLETE AN APPLICATION!
WE CANNOT PROCESS AN APPLICATION UNTIL ALL THESE DOCUMENTS ARE DOWNLOADED TO YOUR COMPUTER/TABLET/PHONE IN PDF FORMAT!
PLEASE DO NOT START THIS APPLICATION WITHOUT FIRST SPEAKING TO a case worker. DOING SO ONLY DELAYS THE APPLICATION PROCESS!!
FOR MEDICAL APPLICATIONS: if you’re based in BOS, CLE, EWR, FLL, IAD, LHR, ORD, MCO or TPA contact our Eastern Region Case Worker, Sally at 973-930-1443. Please leave a message if you get voicemail and Sally will return your call as soon as she is able to.
if you’re based in AUS, DEN, GUAM, HNL, IAH, LAS, LAX, PHX, SAN or SFO, contact Western Region Case Worker, Janice at 617-821-2022. Again, please leave a message and wait for a call back.
FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE APPLICATIONS: please contact a mental health/substance abuse Case Worker at MHSA by clicking this link.
If your application is related to mental health or substance abuse, you will need to fill out our General Release form and either “Bipolar and Mental Health Parameters” or “Substance Abuse Recovery Parameters”. All of these forms can be found by clicking on “Apply” and scrolling down to “Other Forms” on the dropdown menu.
EVERY PERSON WHO HAS SENT IN AN APPLICATION WITHOUT FIRST SPEAKING TO A CASE WORKER HAS BEEN DENIED AND HAS HAD TO REDO THE PROCESS!!
Below you will find the application for a CAUSE Foundation grant. These funds are intended to be a short-term bridge to help United Airlines Flight Attendants and their dependents in times of illness, injury, or disability. Our objective is to help with the basic necessities through an unexpected difficulty, or to provide breathing room while more permanent arrangements are made in a long-term situation. We can assist with excess medical bills but cannot pay credit card debt or other personal financial obligations.
We realize this may be a difficult process for you and want to make it as easy as possible. Before you begin this application, it is important that you call A CAUSE Case Worker.
Once all the information has been received, our policy requires that two CAUSE Case Workers review your application to determine the amount granted. The amounts are decided on a case-by-case basis according to need and the availability of funds. The number of applicants requesting assistance can impact that amount and ongoing assistance may vary monthly due to the volume of requests.
The funds received from the CAUSE Foundation are grants. They are not taxable, nor do we ask that they be paid back. This is money our flying partners have donated to help us help each other. We have an obligation to spend it as wisely and carefully as possible.
We want to assure you that this process is confidential. The Health Insurance Portability and Privacy Act requires your written permission for any information about your situation to be discussed outside the Foundation.
We are here to help, and we promise to assist you as quickly as possible. Please understand, though, that this process can take several weeks to complete. Every CAUSE Case Worker is a volunteer and they have other obligations. Please treat all our volunteers with respect. Our schedules may prohibit us from getting back to you as quickly as we would like. Feel free to contact us at any time, and we will return your call or email as soon as we can.
Please read the “stop sign” policy page below carefully, before continuing on to the documents.
You will need these 7 documents downloaded on your computer/tablet/phone in PDF to complete our application process.
Please do not contact us until these 7 documents are downloaded and ready to attach to our application, then contact a social worker.
- Most recent Medical note or Absence Certificate (must have a doctor’s signature)
- Copies of pay stubs from the last 2 months flown (1st and 16th) 4 pay stubs total
- If applicable, spouses pay stubs from the last 2 months
- All bank statements from the previous 2 months and up to current date of application. All pages, even if the last page is blank. If your statement is 6 pages, we need all 6 pages. Updated bank statements will be requested every 2 months.
- Latest 401K statement
- Tax returns (W2’s are NOT tax returns and will NOT be accepted!) from the previous 2 years…JUST THE FIRST 2 PAGES OF YOUR ACTUAL RETURN THAT SHOWS INCOME AND DEPENDANTS!
- Copy of your sick leave balance from your Pay Register in CCS.
You must work with a Case Worker on your application, no exceptions!