Funded National Capital Region Grants

National Capital Region Grants

Susan G. Komen^®is pleased to announce the 2017 community grants to reach women who fall through the healthcare gaps in the National Capital Region. Funded programs aim to increase health equity by providing information and resources to low-income, socially or culturally isolated women including racial minorities, immigrants/refugees, women with disabilities, LGBTQ populations, as well as those that are uninsured and underinsured. The Komen-funded programs in the D.C. area strive to improve breast health access and services to women, representing a total in active grant funding of over $1.7 million.

2017 Grant Recipients

African Women’s Cancer Awareness Association

Navigating and Supporting African Immigrant Women Through Breast Cancer Treatment and Survivorship

Greenbelt, MD

Arlington Free Clinic

Arlington Free Clinic’s Continuum of Breast Care Program

Arlington, VA

Boat People SOS, Inc.

Health Awareness and Promotion Program-Breast Health

Falls Church, VA

Breast Care for Washington

Community Based Breast Care Navigation

Washington, DC

CASA de Maryland, Inc.

Latino Cancer Prevention and Control Program (LCPCP)

Hyattsville, MD

Ethiopian Community Development Council, Inc.

Project PATH – Patient Access to Health

Arlington, VA

Howard University

Navigating the Nation’s Capital

Washington, DC

Nueva Vida, Inc.

Culturally-Tailored Linkages to Improve Latino Women’s Breast Cancer Outcomes

Alexandria, VA

American Association on Health and Disabilities
Breast Cancer Awareness for Women with Disabilities
Rockville, MD

George Washington University
Multi-Stakeholder Education: Breast Cancer among Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Individuals
Washington, DC

Neighborhood Health
Educate, Screen & Navigate for Breast Health Success in Alexandria
Alexandria, VA

Mary’s Center for Maternal and Child Health
Mary’s Center Breast Health Program
Washington, DC

Smith Center for the Healing and Arts
Development and Presentation of a Professional Training in Culinary Translation in Breast Cancer Care
Washington, DC

Supporting Our Sister’s International
Sisters to Divas
Hyattsville, MD

Vietnamese Resettlement Association
VRA Breast Care Program
Falls Church, VA

Whitman Walker Clinic
Breast Health Initiative

Washington, DC

African Women’s Cancer Awareness Association
Increase Your Knowledge, Decrease Your Risk
Silver Spring, MD

Arlington Free Clinic
From Screening to Survivorship – Enhancing Continuity of Care for Low Income Arlington Women
Arlington, VA

Breast Care for Washington
Community Screening for Medically Underserved Women
Washington, DC

CASA de Maryland
Latino Cancer Prevention and Control Program
Prince George’s County

Capital Breast Care Center
Mass Media Educational Campaign for Mammography Screening in the Nation’s Capital
Washington, DC

Korean Community Service Center of Greater Washington
Breast Cancer Campaign for Asian Americans
Annandale, VA

Prevent Cancer Foundation
Celebremos la Vida & Campeonas contra el cáncer de seno: Breast Cancer Education & Screening
Arlington County, VA

Boat People SOS, Inc.
Health Awareness and Promotion Program (HAPP)-Breast Health
Falls Church, VA

Holy Cross Health
Patient Assistance Toward Healing (PATH)
Silver Spring, MD

Providence Health Foundation
Providence Breast Cancer Patient Navigation Program
Washington, D.C.

Nueva Vida
Latino Breast Cancer Patient Navigation Project
Alexandria, VA

Mobile Medical Care

Community-Based Breast Health Outreach, Education and Screening

Bethesda, MD

Prince William Hospital
Increase low income, under/uninsured women’s participation in breast screening and follow-up care
Manassas, VA

The Red Devils, Inc.
Treatment Transportation for Prince George’s County Breast Cancer Patients
Baltimore, MD

Smith Center for Healing and the Arts
The Patient/Provider Education Project (PPEP)
Washington, D.C.

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