NEW DAY FOUNDATION FOR FAMILIES

New Day works in partnership with Michigan hospitals/cancer centers to help families alleviate financial toxicity, a harmful side effect that creates significant barriers to treatment and healing. Regardless of socio-economic status, financial toxicity can lead to crippling debt, bankruptcy and disruption to medical treatment, resulting in poor quality of life and reduced chance of overall survival. New Day's goal is to improve treatment outcomes and quality of life for cancer patients and their families by improving access to vital cancer support services. To reach every family in Michigan who is facing cancer and in need of a safety net, New Day is collaborating with the cancer support community to leverage relationships and new technology to eliminate the burden of financial toxicity. Our goals are to secure the financial future of the organization; increase awareness of our mission in underserved communities; to determine optimal processes and operations model to delivery maximum support; and to have the depth of staff to meet the need across the state and establish succession planning at every level.

In order to secure the financial future of the organization New Day is expanding its board to improve oversight and advancement. By forming committees, the organization will have a structured approach to budgeting so that reserves can be established. To reach financial goals, New Day will diversify revenue, reduce reliance on event funding, and focus on planned giving and endowment.

New Day will use owned, earned and shared resources to increase awareness among cancer patients and hospitals, and will endeavor to drive action from donors, partners, thought leaders and volunteers. At the same time, the organization must also determine the optimal model to deliver maximum support to cancer patients and families. This means managing increased demand and growing at a steady pace to achieve long term success.

Refining HR processes for quality and consistency, offering competitive compensation and benefits for retention, recruiting, and diversity, and developing a succession plan will also be critical to achieving organizational goals.

New Day is uniquely positioned to advance solutions for Michigan families that will prevent financial toxicity from becoming a reality while facing a cancer diagnosis. For 15 years, New Day as partnered with hospitals across the state to serve, educate, and support both health care workers, and cancer patients and families to manage financial toxicity before they reach critical breaking points.

New Day is a trusted, reliable, and collaborative organization driven by and for people, who have and are facing cancer. The staff is established and has supported consistent year to year growth since it started. Further, New Day has a growing Board of Directors made up of stakeholders from multiple sectors, and is establishing a Junior Advisory Board of young professionals to establish the next generation. The future of the organization relies upon clear priorities (people first), integrity in all practices, and innovative solutions in partnership with thought leaders and solution seekers in the community.

New Day focuses on meeting the immediate needs of patients and families by addressing critical financial and emotional burdens that directly impact the success of treatment. The organization has impacted more than 2,300 families, or 7,600 moms, dads, kids and caregivers since 2007 (more than 700 of those families or 2,100 people, in the first 10 months of 2022 alone). New Day has demonstrated sustainability through consistent and rapid growth every year since inception. New Day is recognized and valued by hospital social workers, patients, and administrators as a partner in cancer care.