Current Grant Recipients

These projects have been selected by our independent Grant Review Panel as those that will have the greatest impact in serving uninsured or underinsured women in our service area. Please note that Susan G. Komen for the Cure® is not a direct service provider.

List of Current Community Grant Recipients

• ABCCEDP Alabama Dept Health  -  $450,000
  The Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program provides qualified women with breast and cervical cancer screening at no cost. Women who are screened and diagnosed through this program and diagnosed with breast and/or cervical cancer may be eligible for treatment through Medicaid.
• UAB K-CHAs Deep South Network for Cancer Control   - $50,000
  Program for retention of community health advisor workforce, helps women who have been educated to disseminate knowledge in Hale, Perry, Greene, Sumter and Jefferson County
• UAB Sowing the Seeds of Health: Latina Lunches - $38,794
  This program proposes to continue promoting breast cancer health education and screening to Latina immigrants through and existing successful program that has already reached over 1,700 Latina immigrants in Jefferson, Shelby, Marshall, Limestone, Madison, Tuscaloosa, and Blount Counties.
• UAB–School of Nursing Reach Out Program - $20,000
  The overall goal of this program is to determine the needs of rural breast cancer survivors and Latina breast cancer survivors and deliver education and support services.
• ACS Patient financial and social support (Hope Lodge) - $40,000
  Grant for the continued implementation and expansion of patient support activities, providing residents with comprehensive support during treatment and after.
• WEBHERS (Score, Inc) Greene County - $1,919
  This grassroots organization will target African American women ages 40+ and educate them about the importance of early detection.
• Sisters Sharing and Caring, Woman to Woman, Inc. - $3,000
  This program will educate women in Greene County about early detection and create a support group for survivors.
• Russell Hill Cancer Education Program - $23,677
  Based in Huntsville, this program will focus on outreach to rural women for breast cancer education, run by genetic counselor, who will train community members to disseminate information about breast cancer risk factors and hold periodic seminars.

 
Total community grant funding:       $627,390.00