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Current Grant Recipients
The Greater Fort Worth Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure was established in 1992. Thanks to community support, we are helping hundreds of women and men who every single day are faced with this horrible disease.
Our grant award process ensures the impartial allocation of funds to qualified organizations in Tarrant, Parker, Johnson and Hood counties. It is with great pride that we announce our 2012 local grant recipients who received a total of $900,000 in grants.
Up to 75% of the net income raised by the Affiliate is awarded through grants to nonprofit organizations providing breast cancer education, screening and treatment for the uninsured and medically underserved in Tarrant, Parker, Johnson and Hood counties. The remaining 25% of net income is contributed to the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation Award and Research Grant Program which funds cutting-edge research internationally.
During the past 20 years, Komen Greater Fort Worth has funded more than $18 million in local grants for life saving breast health education, screening and treatment.
List of Current Community Grant Recipients
List of Current Community Grant Recipients
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Baylor All Saints Medical Center at Fort Worth |
Breast Center Surgical Services Project The Breast Cancer Surgical Services Project at Baylor All Saints Medical Center at Fort Worth provides women with surgical breast procedures. These patients do not qualify for Medicare, Medicaid or other financial assistance programs due to a variety of reasons, and are uninsured or under-insured. Surgical services include biopsies, lumpectomies and mastectomies. Through the Joan Katz Breast Center Tumor Board and Nurse Navigators, these patients are identified, referred for treatment, navigated and followed through their breast cancer journey. Each patient is registered with the National Program of Cancer Registries which collects data on the occurrence of cancer, the type, extent and location of the cancer, and the type of initial treatment. |
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Bridge Breast Network |
Bridging Breast Health Access in Greater Fort Worth The Bridge Breast Network links low income, uninsured individuals to diagnostic and treatment services for breast cancer. Working in conjunction with an extensive medical and social service network, the program provides patient navigation and case management services needed to access care. The Bridge offers direct and indirect services including diagnostic evaluations, breast surgery, chemotherapy and radiation oncology and breast health education to insure the continuum of care. Physicians donate their professional services to Bridge clients, and medical facilities offer their services at reduced rates. |
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Physician Partnership to Provide Treatment of Breast Cancer Patients The program provides help and hope to cancer patients, survivors, their families and caregivers through direct financial, emotional, spiritual and social programs. Cancer navigators help eliminate barriers to care and work with patients and case managers to provide assistance with the purchase of prescription medications, nutritional supplements, medical equipment and medical supplies, emergency funds, transportation assistance and COBRA payments. Through education, the program assists in removing health care barriers and facilitates access to care and services for breast cancer patients. |
 Cancer Care Services 817-921-0653 |
Stay Abreast - Education to Navigation Connection The program provides help and hope to cancer patients, survivors, their families and caregivers through direct financial, emotional, spiritual and social programs. Cancer navigators help eliminate barriers to care and work with patients and case managers to provide assistance with the purchase of prescription medications, nutritional supplements, medical equipment and medical supplies, emergency funds, transportation assistance and COBRA payments. Through education, the program assists in removing health care barriers and facilitates access to care and services for breast cancer patients. |
 Catholic Charities, Diocese of Fort Worth, Inc. St. Joseph Health Care Trust 817-534-0814 |
Breast Cancer Outreach Program The St. Joseph Health Care Trust, a program of Catholic Charities, Diocese of Fort Worth, Inc. expands breast health outreach and awareness reaching medically uninsured women through church based and community based events. Volunteer health care teams are recruited and trained using the parish Promotora model to educate women about breast health. The program focuses on Hispanic, Asian and African-American communities. Participants do not have to be Catholic to qualify for outreach services. |
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Spirit of Women Program Huguley Memorial Medical Center will host a 24-hour mammography marathon in April, 2012. Free digital screening mammograms will be provided for those who qualify, approximately 144 uninsured and underinsured women residing in Tarrant or Johnson counties. The program benefits women who otherwise may not have access to breast cancer screenings. The publicity for the event encourages all women in the community to get screening mammograms. The Mammography Marathon will be at Huguley Imaging Center for a 24-hour period. Breast cancer treatment, if necessary, will be arranged at The Center for Cancer & Blood Disorders at Huguley. |
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Breast Screening, Navigation and Outreach/Education Services in the Greater Fort Worth Service Area The mobile mammography unit will improve access to screening and prevention services, diagnostic procedures, navigation and education to underserved women in Tarrant, Parker, Johnson and Hood counties. An awareness campaign targeting local African American high school students uses social media to encourage students to share accurate messages of mammography with the screening-eligible women in their lives. |
 MCC for Human Services 817-589-9165 |
MCCHS Breast Cancer Awareness Program This program provides outreach services through community education and breast cancer screenings to immigrant populations. MCCHS programs target a special-needs population of multi-racial and/or multi-ethnic women, most of whom are foreign-born and experience barriers to maintaining wellness such as limited funds, no health insurance, cultural isolation and language differences. Health care information is provided in Urdu and Arabic as well as English to increase the potential for immigrants to benefit from MCCHS resources. |
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Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth |
Lymphedema Therapy Program The comprehensive program is designed to treat and manage lymphedema therapy for post-mastectomy/post-radiation breast cancer patients. Any woman who is financially underserved (200% poverty level) in Tarrant, Parker, Johnson or Hood counties is eligible to receive this therapy at no cost. The patients in the lymphedema therapy program receive individual evaluations, education, and treatment from two physical therapists, Vodder trained and certified in Manual Lymphatic Drainage (MLD/CDT). |
 Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth Doris Kupferle Breast Center 817-317-5200 |
Indigent Mammography Program Two Texas Health mobile screening units provide free mammography screening and prevention services, diagnostic procedures, and educational and support resources to the high-risk population of financially/medically underserved women in Tarrant, Parker, Johnson and Hood counties. By removing barriers to screening, the program provides clients with the knowledge, education and tools needed to be proactive in their own breast health care. |
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Breast Friends Forever Breast Friends Forever provides outreach services, including breast health education in childbirth and breast feeding classes. A breast health nurse educator coordinates with mobile mammography providers, and manages breast cancer awareness and educational activities that are culturally and ethnically sensitive. |
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Tarrant County Public Health |
Breast Cancer Screening Program Medically underserved women in Tarrant County are provided with breast self exam education, clinical breast exams, and screening mammograms. When abnormal findings are detected, women are referred and funded for follow-up diagnostic studies. If a cancer diagnosis is determined, case management services are provided and patients are referred to appropriate agencies to expedite treatment. |
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Greater Fort Worth Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure® |
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