Your Support Makes An Impact In Central Indiana

Susan G. Komen for the Cure® is the nation’s largest private source of funding for breast cancer research and community outreach programs.

In 2012, the Central Indiana Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure® is granting $1.6 million to 15 local breast health programs and contributing more than $500,000 to research for the causes, improved treatments and cures for breast cancer. These grants are funded with a portion of the proceeds generated by the Komen Central Indiana Race for the Cure® and other fundraising events throughout the year.

We received 26 applications totaling $2.2 million in requested funds to provide services in our 21-county service area. The selection committee consisted of 14 community members who prioritized the applicant programs based on the needs outlined in the most recent community needs assessment, which is conducted biannually. To see breast health statistics in Central Indiana – including areas with highest incidence and mortality rates or the lowest employment or insurance rates – see our 2011 Community Profile: http://www.komenindy.org/articles/central-indiana-community-needs-action-plan-for-2011-2013/

Grant funds cover screenings (clinical breast exams and mammograms), diagnostics (MRIs, biopsies, ultrasounds), treatment assistance, health care navigation, medication assistance and support services such as transportation, child care, wigs, prosthetics and whatever else is needed to make sure patients can complete treatment with the support they need. If a resident lives in Komen Central Indiana’s 21-county service area and is in need of breast health assistance, she or he can contact the nearest grant recipient listed below to find local resources.

2012 Community Grant Awards:

• Boone County Community Clinic: Breast Cancer Screening & Education. Provide breast health education and clinical breast exams for inmates at the Boone County Jail, as well as provide clinical breast exams for un- or underinsured women living in Boone County. Boone County.
• Cancer Services of East Central Indiana: “Reaching Out” Breast Health. Provide breast health information and screening services to medically underserved women. Remove barriers to access, such as finances, transportation, language and childcare. Delaware County.
• Cancer Services of Grant County: Breast Education Screening & Survival. Provide breast health education, screening, treatment assistance and survivor support to underserved women. Grant County.
• Columbus Regional Hospital: Mammography Assistance Project. Provide digital screening mammograms for a nominal fee to women who are considered working poor and to Hispanic/Latino women. Bilingual navigator for all women needing additional diagnostic or treatment procedures. Bartholomew, Brown and Johnson Counties.
• Community Hospital Anderson: In Your Breast Interest. Provide two breast health navigators and screening mammograms, diagnostic mammograms, breast ultrasounds, MRIs and biopsies for un- or underinsured women. Madison County.
• Decatur County Memorial Hospital: Mammography Assistance Program. Provide screening mammograms, diagnostic mammograms, ultrasounds, biopsies and patient navigation. Decatur County.
• Gennesaret Free Clinic: Taking Time to Keep the Promise. Provide clinical breast exams and screening mammograms to low-income and homeless women. Marion County.
• Hancock Regional Hospital Foundation: Women Helping Women. Provide medically underserved women with patient navigation, boutique services, screening mammograms, diagnostic mammograms, ultrasounds and biopsies. Hancock, Marion, Shelby and Rush Counties.
• Hendricks Regional Health. Women’s Center Services. Provide education and services for women who are un- or underinsured, have limited financial means, have been displaced from domestic violence and/or are living in rural areas.  Hendricks County.
• Interlocal Community Action Program: Mother Child Center. Provide un- or underinsured women with clinical breast exams, screening mammograms, diagnostic mammograms and ultrasounds for those needing further testing. Henry County.
• Little Red Door Cancer Agency: Mammography Assistance Program & Client Navigation. Provide clinical breast exams, mammograms, ultrasounds, biopsies, consultations and patient navigation to women who are living at or below 225% poverty level and are un- or underinsured. Boone, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan and Shelby Counties.
• Rush Memorial Hospital: Breast Cancer Awareness, Education & Early Detection. Provide mammograms, clinical breast exams and ultrasounds for women who are un- or underinsured. Rush County.
• St. Vincent Hospital & Health Care Center, Inc.: Banishing Barriers Through Mobile Screening. Provide screenings for underserved women on board a digitally-equipped and fully-staffed mobile screening van. Boone, Hamilton,
  Howard, Madison, Marion and Morgan Counties.
• Wishard Health Services: Patient Navigation, Provider Education & Expanded Spanish Interpretation Services. Provide patient navigation, bilingual outreach and recruitment within the Latino Community. Navigator will facilitate training at nine community health centers to educate providers on the importance of early detection. Marion County.
• YWCA of Greater Lafayette: YWCA Women’s Cancer Program. Provide education and access to clinical breast exams, mammograms, translation and transportation for low-income, undeserved, un- or underinsured and minority women in 23 West Central Indiana counties. Boone, Carrol, Case, Clay, Clinton, Greene, Howard, Jasper, Miami, Montgomery, Newton, Parke, Pulaski, Sullivan, Tippecanoe, Vermillion, Vigo, Warren and White Counties.

In 2011, Komen grant funding enabled nearly 4,000 mammograms; 2,715 clinical breast exams; 801 diagnostic testing and 426 support care services  throughout Central Indiana.

If you have a question about the grant process or a recipient, contact Wendy Noe, Community Grants & Education Coordinator at 317-638-2873.