2003 Major Grant Recipients

Alameda County Medical Center (ACMC) Pathfinders Project(Alameda)

Increasing Breast Cancer Screening and Follow-Up for Low-Income, Multilingual Women

To increase awareness for breast cancer, screening rates and follow-up and to provide culturally tailored breast health messages to women who do not have primary source of preventive health care and women who do not speak English

Alliance Medical Center (Sonoma)

Rural Latina Breast Cancer Education and Screening Project

To combine clinic-based and community based health education programs in order to address disparities in mammography and screening among rural Latinas in Northern Sonoma County

Alta Bates Summit Foundation for BHAWD (Alameda)

Increasing Community Breast Health Services for Women with Disabilities

To increase the availability of breast health services for women with disabilities, and the availability of culturally appropriate and competent healthcare providers and facilities

The Better Health Foundation (Multi-County)

Fourth Edition Printed and Online Bay Area Breast Cancer Resource Guide

To continue to provide a thorough and consistent inventory of breast health services throughout the nine Bay Area counties

Charlotte Maxwell Complementary Clinic (Alameda)

Complementary Alternative Medicine Terminology Training and Language Training in Spanish and Mandarin for Practitioners and Social Workers Serving Monolingual Low-Income Women with Breast Cancer

Community Health Partnership (CHP)(Santa Clara)

Breast Cancer Community Projects Reaching Diverse Women

To augment State and other funding to award five more mini-grants to targeted breast cancer education and outreach projects in order to reach a broad range of populations

Delta Memorial Hospital Foundation (Contra Costa)

To provide mammograms free of cost to women in East Contra Costa County who need mammograms, but are not able to afford them

The East Bay Cancer Support Group, Inc (Alameda)

Adult Breast Cancer Support Group

To provide individuals the opportunity to deal with the physical and emotional challenges that arise when coping with cancer in a supportive and confidential setting

Las Isabelas (Santa Clara)

Casa a Casa Outreach and Education

Home based education program reaching out to low-income Latina women in a culturally an linguistically friendly manner in order to reduce disparities in health care education in Santa Clara County Latino community

Latina Breast Cancer Agency (San Francisco)

Latina Advocacy/In-Home Support and Door to Door Breast Self-Exam Program

Hospital based programs providing support, translation, education and advocacy services for low-income, monolingual Latinas diagnosed with breast cancer and a Door-to-Door community outreach and education program for San Francisco’s Latino community

Marin YMCA (Marin)

Breast Cancer Wellness Project

A program to help women recovering for breast cancer through physical fitness and emotional support

Meals of Marin (Marin)

Food Project Too

Preparation and delivery of meals focused on the individual dietary needs of 65 homebound women who are battling breast cancer

Pittsburg Pre-School and Community Council, Inc. (Contra Costa)

Screening, Outreach and Support (SOS) for Victory over Breast Cancer

Early detection and multi-layered breast cancer support program for low-income women of color

St. Joseph Hospital (Humboldt)

The Breast Care Center

To initiate a breast cancer screening clinic for one-stop hospital visits for women in need of clinical breast exams and mammograms

St. Rose Hospital (Alameda)

St. Rose Breast Care Center

To upgrade mammography equipment to meet newly enacted FDA guidelines

Shanti (San Francisco)

LifeLines

Community-based program to assist low-income women and men with breast cancer by providing a safety net of practical and emotional support services

Sisters’ 3: A California Health Resource Network (Alameda, Contra Costa, Santa Cruz)

Sisters 3 Breast Cancer Education and Support Program

To provide early support interventions to young African American women diagnosed with breast cancer

Sutter Medical Center of Santa Rosa (Sonoma)

Breast Care Center

A coordinated, compassionate, team approach to assisting women and their families in diagnosing, treating and coping with breast cancer

West County Health Centers, Inc. (Sonoma)

Breast Cancer Awareness Program

To continue and expand a breast cancer outreach, awareness and screening program serving low-income women

Womens’ Cancer Network of SF (San Francisco)

A Town Hall meeting on Breast Cancer for the Oceanview/Merced Heights/Ingleside neighborhoods of San Francisco