Grants to Local Organizations
TO SUPPORT THE MISSION, education, screening and treatment:

Baptist Health Breast Center
Genetic Susceptibility Testing for Hereditary Breast Cancer for the Medically Underserved
Genetic Risk Education Service of Baptist Health is a community screening program.  Offers free education and facilitation of genetic susceptibility testing to individuals at high risk to develop hereditary breast cancer
Project Director: Rae Wruble
Screening
Year 8
$ 26,250.00

Baptist Health South Florida
Baptist Health Breast Center CareCoach Program
CareCoaches act as part navigator, part advocate and part friend to the patients.  CareCoaches assist patients with scheduling appointments, help explain treatment options, help assist patients during treatment and recovery, provide information on support services and support groups and act as a friend and someone to talk to during and after treatment.
Project Director: Tom Larsen
Education
New Grant
$10,000.00

The Beautiful Gate, Inc.
A Gateway for African American Women
Will provide monthly support group counseling and education sessions for new diagnosed and surviving African American women with breast cancer.  Sessions will be offered at 3 community locations heavily populated by African Americans in Miami-Dade & Broward counties to help participants cope with psychological, physical and social issues of cancer care.  Will invite guest speakers to educate members about clinical trials & the latest cancer breakthroughs.
Project Director: Pamela Burnett
Education
Year 2 
$10,000.00

Broward County Health Department
Broward County Health Department Early Detection Project
2010 Study conducted by Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center showed 8 zip codes in Broward County between 2004 & 2008 had alarming number of women presenting with late stage breast cancer.  The Florida Breast & Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program in 2008-2009 had 6 diagnosed cases of breast cancer in these 8 zip codes of which 4 (66%) were late stage. Assistance is needed to create awareness of early detection in Broward County but specifically in the 8 zip codes. Grant will specifically address this issue by providing at least 6 informational & educational events & 6 screening events to women living within the 8 zip codes. Goal is to increase by 10% the number of women screened who live in target zip codes.
Project Director: Trivel McKire
Education & Screening
Year 6

$ 29,947.00

Broward County Libraries Division
Breast Health/Cancer Education through Community Relationships & Partnerships
To ensure all people, in particular, underserved residents, African-American, Hispanic and lesbian population are aware of breast cancer resources in their area.  Key activities include distribution of breast cancer materials to 37 branches.  Annual Wellness Fair held in October at Main Library with health professionals speaking about breast cancer awareness, detection and prevention.  Main Library will host a lecture with a local cancer specialist. Branches that have monthly book reviews will devote their October meeting to discuss a fiction or non-fiction book about breast cancer. Pet, Anastasia Clark, will lead a poetry workshop at the Main Library “All About Breast Cancer.”
Project Director: Barbara Miller
Education
Year 7
$ 10,000.00

Cancer Support Community
Breast Cancer Support and Outreach (BCSO) Program
Provide a comprehensive Breast Cancer Support and Outreach Program for underserved Hispanic and African-American breast cancer patients and survivors in Miami-Dade County.  Outreach program includes: patient outreach services; education classes and workshops; psychological / emotional preparation for surgery and chemotherapy; exercise therapy classes; and breast cancer networking support groups.  Outreach programs will be held at 4 sites.
Project Director: Peggy Rios
Education
Year 9
$ 45,000.00

Community Life Support Inc.
Health Education for Early Detection of Breast Cancer
Program provides breast screening, follow up, and referrals at low or no cost to low income, uninsured women.  Program will increase breast cancer awareness and identify women of color, women living with women and homeless women who need further treatment.  Mammograms are performed in Community Life Support with the help of Memorial Healthcare System’s Mammogram mobile unit and Jackson Health Systems.
Project Director: Pierre Blemur, M.D.
Screening, Education & Treatment
Year 9
$ 30,000.00

FANM Ayisyen Nan Miyami, Inc.
FANM Me-Women Hand in Hand
Community based outreach and education program aimed at reducing the incidence of breast cancer among minority, immigrant, and Haitian women in Miami-Dade.  Goals are to increase awareness and educate on the importance of early screening and detection.  Facilitate linkage to medical and specialty care services, provide case management and supportive services, and provide referral services to healthcare specialist, support groups and counseling.
Project Director: Aline Francois
Education
Year 9
$ 10,000

Florida Keys Area Health Education Center, Inc.
Keys to Healthy Living
Program will provide breast health information, access to breast exams, referral for mammograms, follow-up services assisting with diagnostic testing and the ability to speak to healthcare provider as needed. They will provide a comprehensive breast health and breast cancer awareness campaign in Monroe County that includes educational programming to teenagers, adults and senior population. Services to adults & seniors will include breast exams with referral/follow-up. Assessment & educational programs will be done during regularly scheduled clinic hours and specially scheduled outreach programs for worksites & civic organizations. Referrals will be made for at risk women for mammograms, some offered at no cost/low cost through the American Cancer Society, Zonta & local hospitals.
Project Director: Michael Cunningham
Education & Screening
New Grant
$ 19,450.00

Gilda’s Club of South Florida
Breast Cancer: Raising Awareness in the African American Community
Women of color breast cancer prevention workshops to engage and education African American women in Miami-Dade and Broward Counties about breast cancer awareness and breast cancer prevention.  Will engage 50 African American women by hosting a kickoff event, and will educate 100 African American women at 10 monthly workshops.  Will be achieved by targeted outreach, wide spread promotion of upcoming workshops, and use exciting & informative facilitators, and providing fun interactive, educational workshops.
Project Director: Sparkle Callender
Education
Year 2
$ 24,895.00

Holy Cross Hospital, Inc.
Partners in Breast Health
Designed to increase knowledge on breast health, increase knowledge on how to access breast health care and to overcome financial barriers in accessing breast health care for underserved, underinsured African American & Hispanic women in Broward County. Ten nursing students from local universities will be selected & trained in all aspects of breast health. The student nurses will be facilitators at 20 breast health educational workshops throughout the year. Women who attend workshop will have the opportunity to have a bilateral screening mammogram for $65 with a goal of 125 or 50% of the workshop participants. The grant will help women who qualify pay for the mammogram and follow up diagnostics if needed.
Project Director: Christina Austin-Valere
Screening
New Grant
$ 25,000.00

Human Services Coalition of Dade County, Inc.
Provide the Breast Health & Cancer Education component through its nationally-acclaimed Prosperity Campaign.  Will educate Black & Hispanic women of Miami-Dade County on the prevention and early detection of breast cancer as well as promote breast screening services such as breast self-examinations and regular mammograms. HSC will also increase its outreach to Black Women partnering with Women in partnership with Arrow, Inc. using the Mautner Project’s SHE-Circle to provide education, training, support services & resources related to the healthcare needs of lesbians, bisexual & transgendered women on breast health and screening.
1) Breast Health & Cancer Education – a Component of HSC’s Prosperity Campaign.
Project Manager: Frances Penha
2) Education Outreach to Provide Culturally-Sensitive Breast Health for Black Women who Partner with Women (WPW)
Project Manager: Nan Van Den Bergh Education
Yr 4 (Program 1) /  Yr 2 (Program 2)
$ 26,000.00

 

For details on how to take advantage of any of these grants please contact our office at 305-383-7116

Lymphedema Foundation of South Florida
Education and Treatment of Lymphedema Therapy for the Uninsured & Underinsured Women and Men of Dade / Broward County
A therapy facility specializing in the care and treatment of Lymphedema through trained, certified therapists.  Provides underprivileged, uninsured or underinsured individuals with hands-on, proven treatments, utilizing compression bandages, and custom fitted garments, to physically reduce and control the impactful signs / symptoms of lymphedema.  Empower patients on the do’s and don’ts of Lymphedema care.  Promote self awareness to avoid further medical complications.
Project Director: Ana Mendieta
Treatment
Year 5
$ 35,000.00

Memorial Foundation for Memorial Cancer Institute
Breast Cancer Genetic Testing for Underserved / Uninsured Persons
Provide genetic risk counseling and testing to Broward County residents who are considered to be at high risk for carrying a breast cancer gene mutation and lack the financial resources to avail themselves of genetic testing.  Genetic counselors compile family histories, calculate cancer risks, personalize epidemiology, and conduct genetic testing.  By obtaining a sequence of their BRCA gene mutation, patients affected by breast cancer can facilitate accurate screening of family members.  Family members may be able to have an MRI of the breast in addition to mammography and ultrasound & chemoprevention if a mutation is found.
Project Director: Maxine Chang
Screening
Yr 12 – Broward / Yr 7 - Miami
$ 26,250.00

Memorial Foundation for Memorial Regional Hospital
Breast Cancer Screening & Diagnostic Testing for Uninsured and Underinsured Women
Breast Screening and Diagnostic Treatment is a comprehensive breast health outreach program targeting uninsured and underinsured women in Broward and northern Miami-Dade Counties.  Goal is to decrease the risk of breast cancer and premature death for these women by educating participants about cancer risk factors and providing routine screening to detect cancer early.  Provides access to full field digital screening mammograms for women who cannot afford them.  Diagnostic procedures that begin to rule out or diagnose breast cancer will be supported by the grant.  Procedure includes extra view and diagnostic mammograms, breast ultrasounds, MRIs and biopsies.
Project Director: Gail Bedell
Screening
Year 12 – Broward
Year 7 - Miami 
$150,000.00

Miami-Dade Area Health Education Center Program (MDAHEC)
Miami-Dade AHEC: Hands on Health Youth Breast Cancer Education Program
MDAHEC
Will utilize the youth curriculum “Hands on Health: Teens & Breast Cancer” to educate adolescent women, men, and mostly minority youth, about breast cancer and the importance of practicing good breast health and life-long Breast Self Awareness.  Youth will be taught breast self-awareness & encouraged to obtain clinical breast exams and mammograms throughout their lives so the probability of early detection can be increased.  MDAHEC will educate youth in both Miami-Dade & Broward County public and private schools and adolescents in alternative youth sites such as church groups, Juvenile Justice Centers & other community locations.  MDAHEC anticipates providing breast health education to a minimum of 3,450 youth in Miami-Dade and Broward counties.
Project Director: Terri Schilthorn
Education
Year 9
$ 45,000.00
 

North Broward Hospital District d/b/a Broward Health
Every Woman Matters
A screening program that provides diagnostic and screening mammograms to underserved and uninsured women within the northern two-thirds of Broward County.  Goal is to decrease the risk of breast cancer and premature death in minority underserved women, with a focus on African American and Hispanic women.  The program provides: clinical breast exams; screening mammograms; diagnostic mammograms; as well as, follow-up treatments and referrals into support groups and navigation programs for those diagnosed with breast cancer.
Project Director: Pia Delvaille
Screening
Year 7
$80,000.00

 
Open Door Health Center, Inc.
Open Door Health Center’s Women’s Health Program (WHP)
Program increases access to breast cancer services particularly screening and breast cancer awareness education to 500+ predominantly African American, Haitian and Hispanic women twenty years of age and older who reside in Homestead and Florida City; rural communities in Miami-Dade County.  Will educate about the importance of regular breast screenings with ongoing facilitation for screening services with an emphasis on outreach to underserved populations lacking healthcare.
Project Director: Nilda Soto, M.D.
Screening & Education
Year 6  $
40,000.00

Project Access Foundation, Inc.
Breast Cancer Ed Outreach, Screening Treatment Program for Uninsured and Underinsured Miami-Dade and Broward
Goals are to: 1) encourage screening for breast cancer for minority women in Central, North and East Miami-Dade County; and 2) reduce the incidence of advance stage breast cancer developing in Central, East and North Miami-Dade County minority women through screening and early diagnosis.  They will provide free breast cancer screenings to 100 under insured African-American and Hispanic women, who are not eligible for Project Screen.  Will provide a combined 104 diagnostic mammograms, ultrasounds, and image guided breast biopsies, as medically indicated to minority women.
Project Dir: Jack Michel, M.D.
Screening & Treatment 
Year 11
$ 90,000.00

Public Health Trust of Miami-Dade County d/b/a Jackson Health System
Goals are to: 1) encourage screening for breast cancer for minority women in South Miami-Dade County; and 2) reduce the incidence of advance stage breast cancer developing in South Miami-Dade County minority women through screening and early diagnosis.  They will provide free breast cancer screenings to 200 under insured African-American and Hispanic women.  Will provide a combined 83 diagnostic mammograms, ultrasounds, and image guided breast biopsies as medically indicated to minority women.
IMANI at Taylor Breast Health Center
Project Director: Nicole Perez
Screening
Year 2
$ 42,000.00
&
IMANI at Jackson South Comprehensive Breast Center
Project Director: Dora Escobedo
Screening
Year 2
$ 35,125.00

Saint John Bosco Clinic
Women’s Breast Health Program
Provides screening and diagnostic mammograms to the poor, uninsured women ages 40 and over, residing in Miami-Dade County.  Will provide 300 screening mammograms and 100 diagnostic mammograms to 300 women meeting the service criteria.   Project Director: Betty Leguisamon
Screening & Treatment
Year 9
$ 30,000.00

 
Sandy B. Muller Breast Cancer Foundation, Inc.
SBMBCF Peace of Mind Project
New Grant Seeks to assist 35 low socio-economic status Miami-Dade African American and Hispanic women recently diagnosed with breast cancer and in treatment by providing funds for basic living expenses.  Goal is to relieve the financial stress so that they can focus on early treatment, healing and a successful recovery.  Key activities are: community outreach to recruit referrals; assisting patients with SBMBCF application process; administering funds to grantees for a 3 to 4 month treatment period; organizing 4-5 fundraisers.
Project Director: Sandy Muller
Treatment $  10,000.00

 
Save Our Sisters DBT, Inc.
Dragon Boat Team
Year 2 Save our Sisters is a Breast Cancer Survivor Dragon Boat team whose mission is to educate the public regarding breast health awareness in a positive, proactive way; to assist in providing education on breast cancer screening and treatment to underprivileged women in the community; to serve as role models; to mentor newly diagnosed women with breast cancer; and to promote a healthy, active lifestyle and provide organized opportunities for physical fitness, wellness education and psycho-social empowerment among breast cancer survivors.  Large percentage of SOS team members are Hispanic and they continue to recruit African American women. Studies have shown that repetitive motion exercises, such as dragon boating, helps to decrease the amount of lymphedema or even prevent it by rebuilding muscle mass.
Project Director: Kim Bonomo
Treatment
$  7,000.00

University of Miami
Breast Cancer Navigator/Coordinator at Jackson Memorial Hospital
Navigator/Coordinator shepherds the patient through the entire spectrum of breast cancer care from diagnosis to wellness or hospice referral.  She helps the patients to navigate the confusing maze of breast cancer care at Jackson Memorial Hospital by: coordinating their visits; answering all questions regarding treatment, appointments, resources & symptoms; see patients in Wellness Clinic; see patients in Medical Oncology Clinic; teach chemotherapy class; arrange follow ups and schedules all tests; assist Breast Health Center to coordinate care; refer patients to outside agencies as needed; visit outside community centers to speak about breast cancer (churches, health fairs).
Project Director: Judith Hurley, M.D.
Treatment
New Grant
 $ 25,000.00

University of Miami
Genetic Testing and Counseling for Minority Communities
Center for Cancer Prevention and Genetics services a large uninsured, mostly minority population at Jackson Health System and provides comprehensive multidisciplinary approach to identify, educate and manage those with inherited cancer risk.  Through the grant, uninsured patients will have access to costly genetic testing to identify high risk families, resulting in earlier cancer detection and prevention.
Project Director: Joseph Lucci, M.D.
Screening
Year 8
$ 45,000.00

Well Come Center
Individual Therapy for Uninsured and Underinsured Women Diagnosed with Breast Cancer
Diagnosis and subsequent treatment of breast cancer can cause overwhelming psychological distress for women and their families.  Women whose previous psychological states were precarious often face debilitating stress when confronted with breast cancer and its implications.  Support groups are readily available at no charge; however, they are not appropriate or effective for every woman.  Uninsured and underinsured women do not have access to one on one individual counseling.  The goal of this project is to provide psychological counseling and therapy to these women.
Project Director: Maxine Weinstein
Treatment
Year 4 
 $ 12,000.00
 

WomanKind, Inc.
WomanKind and Komen: Keys to Breast Health
Improves access to regular breast cancer screening and diagnostics, as needed, to poor, minority and/or medically underserved women experiencing barriers to breast health care in the Florida Keys community.  WomanKind will provide breast cancer screenings for 413 women in the form of a free or reduced clinical breast exam, and link 20-25 women in need of further evaluation to needed breast cancer diagnostics.   These women will be able to access potentially life-saving breast cancer screenings and will be followed through as needed with tests and procedures including diagnostic mammograms, ultrasounds, spot compressions and surgical consultations.
Project Director: Kim Romano
Screening
Year 2
$ 25,000.00
 

Women’s Breast Health Initiative (WBHI)
2011 Targeted Neighborhood Door to Door Outreach
Provides grassroots door-to-door outreach campaigns in targeted working poor neighborhoods with median incomes while blanketing the neighborhood with Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast health educational materials.  Volunteers assist making appointments for free screening mammograms.  The mobile mammography van then provides pre-scheduled uninsured women with free mammograms in their neighborhood.  Total of 40-46 free screening mammograms will be provided.  Funding will target 2,858 homes in unincorporated North and South Miami-Dade County
Project Director: Loretta Erickson and Andrea Ivory
Education & Screening
Year 4
$ 15,000.00

YWCA of Greater Miami-Dade
YWCA Family Wellness Program
Help underserved minorities in dire need of access to breast cancer services and education in Miami-Dade and Broward Counties.  They provide access to clinical breast exams, screening and diagnostic mammograms, breast ultrasounds and biopsies to low-income uninsured minority women ages 20 to 49 in Miami Dade and Broward Counties at low or no cost.  Program focuses on increasing the social support network of minority women by expanding its outreach efforts to include family, spouses, and partners of those individuals seeking preventive breast cancer health services.  They have also successfully targeted incarcerated women by visiting and facilitating breast health educational sessions at Miami Dade and Broward prisons for over 6 years.
Project Director: Katiana Diaz
Screening & Education
Year 15
$ 45,000.00

TOTAL Granted for 2011-2012: $1,098,917.00