Susan G. Komen for the Cure® Miami/Ft. Lauderdale Affiliate has raised more than $2.5 million in the fiscal year ending in March 2012 to support the fight against breast cancer.  The money will fund 33 grants to a diverse group of not-for-profit health care organizations, public health agencies and community groups in Miami-Dade, Broward and Monroe counties that further the Komen mission.  More than 7,000 medically underserved individuals will be impacted by the grant dollars provided for mammograms and thousands more will be impacted by education and awareness programs. In accordance with Komen’s guidelines, 75 percent of the net dollars raised through local events, including the annual Race for the Cure®, will stay in the local community to fund breast cancer screening, education and treatment initiatives.  The remaining 25 percent will be pooled with Komen’s national efforts to fund research programs.

  

2012-2013 Komen Miami/Ft. Lauderdale Grant Recipients

Grants to Local Organizations

TO SUPPORT THE MISSION, education, screening and treatment:

These projects have been selected by our independent Grant Review Panel as those that will have the greatest impact in serving uninsured or underinsured women in our service area. Please note that Susan G. Komen for the Cure® is not a direct service provider.


Arrow, Inc.

Breast Health Promotion for Culturally Diverse Women Who Partner with Women
Education
Year 3
$  9,965.00
The purpose of this program is to increase awareness amongst culturally diverse lesbian, bisexual and transgender (LBG) women of their risks for breast cancer, plus resources available for receipt of screening, treatment & support. Arrow will produce the 2nd annual LBT Women of Color Health Expo; electronic & social media marketing of breast health promotion; 8 web-based breast blogs & 4 quarterly blog talk radio discussions on breast health topics; Continuation of research re: the breast health behaviors &access to care experiences of LBG women in SE Fla. through surveys at major LGBT community events.


Baptist Health Breast Center

Genetic Susceptibility Testing for Hereditary Breast Cancer for the Medically Underserved
Screening
Year 9
$ 26,250.00
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.  For harmful mutation carriers & their extended families medical management options of surveillance, chemo prevention & preventive surgeries can make a significant impact in cancer prevention, early cancer detection, progression & treatment, & life expectancy.


Baptist Health South Florida

Baptist Health Breast Center CareCoach Program
Education
Year 2
$ 10,000.00
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.


The Beautiful Gate Inc.

A Gateway for African American Women
Education
Year 3
$ 10,000.00 Will provide educational, emotional and spiritual support; along with financial, social and medical navigation to newly 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.
Broward County Health Department

Broward County Health Department

Early Detection Project
Education & Screening
Year 7
$ 29,948.00 
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.


Broward County Libraries Division

Breast Health/Cancer Education through Community Relationships & Partnerships
Education
Year 8
$ 10,000.00
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.”


Cancer Support Community

Breast Cancer Support and Outreach (BCSO) Program
Education
Year 10
$ 46,457.00
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.


Community Life Support Inc.

Health Education for Early Detection of Breast Cancer
Screening, Education & Diagnosis
Year 10
$ 30,000.00
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.


FANM Ayisyen Nan Miyami, Inc.

FANM Me-Women Hand in Hand
Education
Year 10
$ 10,000.00
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.


Florida Keys Area Health Education Center, Inc.

Keys to Healthy Living
Education & Screening
Year 2
$ 19,450.00
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 clost/low cost through the American Cancer Socity, Zonta & local hospitals.


Gilda’s Club of South Florida

Breast Cancer: Raising Awareness in the African American Community
Education
Year 3
$ 24,918.00
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.


Holy Cross Hospital, Inc.

Partners in Breast Health
Screening & Diagnosis
Year 2
$ 40,000.00
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.


Human Services Coalition of Dade County, Inc.

Breast Health & Cancer Education – a Component of HSC’s Prosperity Campaign
Year 5
$ 16,000.00
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.


Liga Contra el Cancer, Inc.

Liga Contra el Cancer’s Breast Cancer Treatment Services
Treatment
Year 6
$ 45,000.00
Provide cancer care service to the uninsured and/or low-income breast cancer women in South Florida.  Help at least 56 uninsured and/or low-income diagnosed breast cancer patients with the funds from the grant.  Fifty (50) breast cancer patients will receive the preliminary 300 MCG’s of Neupogen to support the chemo treatment. Six (6) other breast cancer survivors will continue to benefit by receiving Arimidex for one year post treatment.


The Links, Inc.

Educate a Community, Save a Person’s Life
Education
Year 3
$  5,000.00
Educate communities of Black women of African descent to breast cancer facts, threats and successes.  Educate community on health screening options.  Involve all members of Greater Miami Chapter in a breast cancer community education outreach program.  Identify target audience at churches, Immigrant women’s group, Parent Teacher Associations.  Bi-monthly, or quarterly, select a church, school PTA, immigrant women’s organization to host and present an educational program on threats of breast cancer to black women of African descent.  Events held 4 to 6 times a year, or more.


Lymphedema Foundation of South Florida

Education and Treatment of Lymphedema Therapy for the Uninsured & Underinsured Women and Men of Dade / Broward County
Treatment
Year 6
$ 35,000.00
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.


Memorial Foundation for Memorial Cancer Institute

Breast Cancer Genetic Testing for Underserved / Uninsured Persons
Screening
Year 13
$ 26,250.00
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.


Memorial Foundation for Memorial Regional Hospital

Breast Cancer Screening & Diagnostic Testing for Uninsured and Underinsured Women
Screening
Year 13
$150,000.00
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 include extra view and diagnostic mammograms, breast ultrasounds, MRIs and biopsies.


Miami-Dade Area Health Education Center Program (MDAHEC)

Miami-Dade AHEC: Hands on Health Youth Breast Cancer Education Program
Education
Year 10
$ 43,645.00
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.


North Broward Hospital District d/b/a Broward Health

Every Woman Matters
Screening
Year 8
$80,000.00
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.


Open Door Health Center, Inc.

Open Door Health Center’s Women’s Health Program (WHP)
Screening & Education
Year 7
$ 40,000.00
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 Access Foundation, Inc.

Breast Cancer Education Outreach, Screening Treatment Program from Uninsured and Underinsured Women of Miami-Dade and Broward Counties
Screening & Treatment
Year 12
$ 90,000.00
Provides primary care to the uninsured and underinsured residents of South Florida.  They provide low cost mammograms, ultrasounds and breast health education to uninsured and underinsured women in South Florida.


Public Health Trust of Miami-Dade County d/b/a Jackson Health System

IMANI at Taylor Breast Health Center
Screening
Year 3
$ 42,000.00 
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.


Public Health Trust of Miami-Dade County d/b/a Jackson Health System

IMANI at Jackson South Comprehensive Breast Center
Screening
Year 3
$ 35,125.00
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, ulstrasounds, and image guided breast biopsies as medically indicated to minority women.


Saint John Bosco Clinic

Women’s Breast Health Program
Screening & Treatment
Year 10
$ 30,000.00
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.


Sandy B. Muller Breast Cancer Foundation, Inc.

SBMBCF Peace of Mind Project
Treatment
Year 2
$  10,000.00 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.


Save Our Sisters DBT, Inc.

Dragon Boat Team
Treatment
Year 3
$  7,000.00 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 derease the amount of lymphedema or even prevent it by rebuilding muscle mass.


University of Miami

Breast Cancer Navigator/Coordiantor at Jackson Memorial Hospital
Treatment
Year 2
$ 50,000.00
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).


University of Miami

Genetic Testing and Counseling for Minority Communities
Screening
Year 9
$ 45,000.00
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.


Well Come Center

Individual Therapy for Uninsured and Underinsured Women Diagnosed with Breast Cancer
Treatment
Year 5
$ 12,000.00 
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.


WomanKind, Inc.

WomanKind and Komen: Keys to Breast Health
Screening
Year 3
$ 31,000.00
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.


Women’s Breast Health Initiative (WBHI)
f/k/a The Florida Breast Health Initiative

2011 Targeted Neighborhood Door to Door Outreach
Education & Screening
Year 5
$ 15,000.00 
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.


YWCA of Greater Miami-Dade

YWCA Family Wellness Program
Screening & Education
Year 16
$ 45,000.00
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.


TOTAL LOCAL GRANTS FOR 2012-2013: $1,120,008.00