2020 Community Grants “Thanks so much to the Prevent Cancer Foundation for its incredible support of the ScanVan as it returns to our most-vulnerable communities, overcoming the many barriers presented by this pandemic and providing comprehensive breast health care to those who need it most,” said Erika Hval, Senior Grants Manager for Project Renewal, Inc., located in New York City. Since 2007, the Prevent Cancer Foundation has awarded 91 grants to projects in a multitude of states and territories, as well as to organizations serving Indian Country. Here are the Foundation’s 2020 community grant recipients.
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American Indian Cancer Foundation (AICAF) Minneapolis, Minn. Increasing colorectal awareness and screening at three American Indian urban health clinics
North East Medical Services San Francisco, Calif. Providing comprehensive multidisciplinary care to women with chronic hepatitis B virus infection and their infants
Binaytara Foundation Issaquah, Wash. Providing cervical and breast cancer education, screening and navigation support to 300 Bhutanese refugee women
Project Renewal, Inc. New York, N.Y. Providing free comprehensive breast cancer screening and education on board the ScanVan mobile mammography facility and bilingual patient navigation for 1,100 underserved women
Kintegra Health Gastonia, N.C. Coordinating breast cancer screening, diagnostic testing and navigation for 250 uninsured/ underinsured women Korean Community Services of Metropolitan New York, Inc. Bayside, N.Y. Hepatitis B testing, education and care coordination for uninsured or underinsured community members
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center Buffalo, N.Y. Increasing knowledge and reducing barriers to lung cancer screening among underserved communities Tampa Family Health Centers, Inc. Tampa, Fla. Increasing colorectal cancer screening among an underserved patient population and establishing regular provider training and education about screening
The Research Foundation for SUNY on behalf of the University at Buffalo, The Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Department of Family Medicine and the Primary Care Research Institute. Buffalo, N.Y. Partnering patient ambassadors with primary care providers to increase colorectal cancer screening among predominately Black patients VAX 2 STOP CANCER Birmingham, Ala. Educating providers, parents and adolescents with evidence-based tools to increase HPV vaccination completion rates
