05/13/2026
May is Mental Health Awareness Month
A cancer diagnosis doesn't just happen to the child, it happens to an entire family. And in Oregon, the mental health crisis makes an already impossible situation even harder.
According to Mental Health America, Oregon ranks among the bottom in the nation for mental health care, with a high prevalence of mental health challenges and low access to care for both youth and adults. At the same time, far too many Oregonians are unable to find in-network providers or affordable care, and cost remains a leading barrier to treatment.
For families navigating childhood cancer, that gap is unacceptable. Families facing the unimaginable need support now, and they need it without having to jump through dozens of hoops.
That's why Ukandu's new resource center for families battling childhood cancer, The Loft, will feature an onsite behavioral health clinic offering free individual and group therapy, along with processing and affinity groups designed to meet families exactly where they are - all 100% free of charge.
Families need more than medicine to heal from a childhood cancer diagnosis because healing looks like more than scans and treatment plans. It looks like a place to grieve, process, connect, and breathe.
