Without the generous grant from UBCF, thermography wouldn’t have been an affordable option for me. Title: Trainer Workshop: Con Amor Aprendemos (CAA), With Love We Learn Our family can breathe a bit easier knowing things are coming together. Full applications for the Young Investigator Grant are due on or before July 24, 2020. The community grant will support mammogram screenings for an additional 80 women (2,786 mammograms provided in 2014) in geographically isolated areas throughout Nevada. Thank you to everyone at United Breast Cancer Foundation for the review of my application. Location: Chicago, IL The grant that United Breast Cancer Foundation approved is a God send. The United Breast Cancer Foundation Mission UBCF’s mission is to make a positive impact for breast cancer patients. I wanted to take a moment to express my gratitude to the UBC Foundation for the grant I received.

Location: Roanoke, VA UBCF eliminated that stress for me…and a lot quicker than I thought it would take! Project Director: Norma Gomez The project aims to provide lung cancer education and screening and smoking cessation services to the surrounding Korean American community. To increase knowledge about skin cancer prevention and early detection, the Skin Cancer Foundation created a youth education program: Sun Smart U. Grant Amount: $25,000.

I am honored to receive assistance from UBCF for dental expenses.

Progress: Grant Amount: $25,000. Also, thermograms are much less invasive than mammograms. This is a two-year grant for a total of $125,000, with half the grant award being paid out each year. The goal of the program is to develop a culturally competent, evidence-based comprehensive support model to help reduce late-stage breast and cervical cancer diagnosis and mortality for underserved Latinas in the Baltimore metro area. I’m not upset I told the doctor because I still feel like I can go outside and chop down an entire tree, plus I know many breast cancer survivors even one who is 95 years old and she had problems 44 years ago. Location: San Francisco, Calif. Organization Philadelphia FIGHT I want to Thank UBCF from the bottom of my heart! Final reports for 2020 grants will be due May 1, 2021. Organization: Peak Vista Community Health Centers Nueva Vida will provide culturally relevant education on cancer prevention and screening and provide timely access to quality cancer screening care through patient navigation from screening to diagnostic resolution. Named Grant: Awesome Games Done Quick

I am so grateful I learned about UCBF from a naturopathic doctor. In April, I’m hoping I can get a breast.

The project will link those who test positive for the virus with hepatitis B care coordinators who will ensure they get necessary medical care and treatment to prevent liver cancer. I cannot say or express my thanks for receiving an Individual Grant from UBCF at this time of going thru this whole ordeal much less the financial burdens that have been added.

Mt. Grant Amount: $25,000. The program will have three major components: education, provision of sunscreen, and evaluation. Thanks to UBCF, I now have a choice again! The template for these reports should be downloaded below, and both emailed and mailed to the Breast Cancer Alliance office. CFHC has five clinics throughout Chicago and serves mostly uninsured or underinsured Hispanic and African-American patients. To have this bill paid by the grant will take away some of the stress. Funding is determined on an annual basis, per each grant cycle. It felt like winning the lottery to be able to get my breast thermography covered. Location: Somerset, KY Organization Penrose-St. Francis Health Foundation Organization: The Center for Rural Health Development, Inc. The outreach will occur in 30 different villages in non-traditional settings including church halls, private homes, private businesses and exercise groups. With community partners, the project seeks to enhance their knowledge of breast cancer and to navigate them to breast cancer screening appointments. Organization: The CHOW Project Researchers should coordinate with their institutions, as the BCA will accept a maximum of 2 LOIs per institution.

Thank you for enabling me to take the first step towards a sound accurate assessment of my health. Pick a race, grab a friend, and join participants across the nation as we go the distance for HER.

The Patient Voices Fight Colorectal Cancer program will partner with primary care providers to increase colorectal cancer screening among predominately Black patients from Buffalo. Thank you so much, UBCF, for supporting me. The goals of the project are to reach and maintain a 50% colorectal cancer screening rate for the underserved patient population and to establish regular provider training and education about the importance of increasing screening rates. The project also plans to reach nearly 200,000 households through a #cancerhatesthat television media campaign focused on colorectal cancer. I have never had any indication of breast cancer in the past, yet I do have fibrous breasts. gas bills, transportation, rent, overhead, grocery gift certificates, fringe benefits, etc.) Staff will conduct 12 community workshops in Asian languages (Cambodian, Vietnamese, Mandarin and Indonesian) reaching 120 community members. I have had donations helping me pay for my treatments. Project Director: Johnny Payne Organization: Kokua Kalihi Valley Comprehensive Family Services Title: Action and Intervention for Men (A.I.M.) It’s one of the hardest things I had to go through, besides losing both my brothers. I will forever smile. Organization: Northwest Michigan Health Services, Inc. Those who screen positive for chronic hepatitis B will receive liver cancer screening, as well as support through phone consultations and educational sessions. Location: Carson City, NV Project Director: Glenda Pecor I am so very Thankful. Grant Amount: $25,000. Grant Amount: $10,000. After 3 months, they figured out the chemo drugs poisoned my gallbladder (it was functioning at 15%); they removed [the] gallbladder on July 20. Martin Luther King Health Center will measure success by providing risk reduction and prevention education to at least 10,000 individuals and screening services and needed follow-up care for at least 350 medically disenfranchised residents in northwest Louisiana. The project aims to reduce rates of liver cancer in African immigrant and refugee communities in Philadelphia, by offering 150 free hepatitis B and C screenings.

The new system has resulted in decreasing the time from referral to screening by over 100 days. Location: Reading, PA Want to learn more about our programs? By law, all facilities must be certified. ph | 1-877-822-4287 Progress: To download the 2021application click here, For questions about the application process email: [email protected] or click here for FAQ's. We love hearing from the people and families we’ve had the opportunity to support. Chicago Family Health Center (CFHC) plans to increase early detection of colorectal cancer through increased access to fecal occult blood tests (FOBT) or FIT tests by enhancing their provider reminder system.

Amount: $50,000 for one year. Medicare paid their part of my medical bills but I was still left with co­ pays for three doctors, my part of the radiation, $360.00 to the hospital when I had surgery. P.O. In addition, the film Someone You Love: The HPV Epidemic will be shown in various central Ohio locations to raise awareness of the link between HPV and cancer. After some research, it was clear this was friendlier for my type of breasts and might be a way to check on my health. *PLEASE NOTE: BECAUSE MANY INSTITUTIONS REMAIN CLOSED OR AT REDUCED CAPACITY DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS,  FOR THIS GRANT CYCLE WE WILL ACCEPT ANY LETTERS THAT ARE REQUIRED FOR THE APPLICATION (REFERENCE LETTERS, LETTERS OF SUPPORT, ETC.) Life without Mom can be pretty grim. Join our Breast Cancer Allies: Our Grant Process The Carey Foundation provides financial support in the form of grants to 501 (c)3 community-based breast cancer non-profit organizations to conduct outreach, provide financial assistance with incidental expenses not covered by medical insurance. Through a train-the-trainer course, this program is creating a network of promotoras(health educators) that help educate about cancer prevention in their own communities in Georgia.

I was very self conscience about my appearance in public, and especially with my husband. A Cancer Prevention Musical Revue. You offer much needed, and appreciated, assistance to those in need.

In these extraordinary times, Breast Cancer Alliance aims to be realistic regarding our 2021 grant capacity. The cancer prevention materials will be distributed throughout the state to reach these primary audiences: 1) the parents of American Indian children ages 11-18 years and 2) the adolescents themselves. Location: Tucson, Arizona Grant Amount: $25,000. Regular breast screenings are the best way to detect breast cancer early, when it is easiest to treat. It is stressful enough to know that something unhealthy is going on with your body besides not having the money to check it out.

To encourage a commitment to breast cancer research, Breast Cancer Alliance invites clinical doctors and research  scientists whose primary focus is breast cancer and who are in the early stages of their careers, to apply for funding for the Young Investigator Grant. Puerto Rican Unity for Progress, Inc., will provide breast health education and assistance with breast services to at least 500 Latina women in Camden County, New Jersey.

I am writing to thank the UBCF for the grant that will pay my mortgage. Location: Fort Collins, CO Want to learn more about our programs? I am writing to say thank you with all my heart for the Grant approval that you, as the UBCF, will provide to me. Organization: Asian Health Coalition Box 2421

The United Breast Cancer Foundation aims to help those affected by breast cancer by making a positive impact on their lives. Location: St. Paul, MN The United Breast Cancer Foundation recognizes that and brings forth its Holistic Care Grant Program to unite us who believe in the whole-body approach. It has been a difficult journey so far but I feel I am going to be cancer free soon. Organization Milwaukee Consortium for Hmong Health Women aged 40 and over should get a breast screening and clinical breast exam every year. Applicants will be notified by mid-February 2021 of the decision regarding their proposals. This will increase provider capacity to identify women with cervical cancer dysplasia and triage and treat them according to national guidelines, as well as build provider skills to find and treat dysplasia in underserved populations. My sister, thank God, has recovered and is free of cancer now. Sadly, all of the tests from my 20’s have been destroyed by the facility without notifying me of their policy to only keep records for 6 years. Grant Amount: $25,000. Grant Amount: $10,000. Those who test positive will be offered navigation services to link them to necessary medical care and treatment.

Location: Shreveport, LA Participants will receive comprehensive navigation services for any necessary follow-up care and treatment. AICAF will partner with three American Indian urban health clinics across the U.S. to increase colorectal cancer awareness and screening. Grant Amount: $25,000. Organization: The Orange County Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure

Culturally competent, language-appropriate education will be a key component in their effort to improve understanding of the link between hepatitis B and C and liver cancer. If you have a story you’d like to share about your experience with UBCF, please tell us by filling out our testimonials form! The United Breast Cancer Foundation (UBCF) stepped in to help when neither my insurance company nor my doctor supported an alternative methodology of getting screened.