KOMEN DETROIT RACE FOR THE CUREŽ 2008 GRANTS
The record revenues achieved by the 2008 Komen Detroit Race for the CureŽ enabled
funding of local grants totaling more than $1.58 million. More than $376,000 was
contributed to the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Award and Research Grant Program, which funds groundbreaking
breast cancer research, meritorious awards and educational, scientific and community outreach programs around the world.
An additional $300,000 was contributed to co-fund, along with Komen headquarters, a Career Catalyst Grant to a young Wayne State University / Karmanos Cancer Institute researcher. For more information, visit: http://www.karmanos.org/detroitraceforthecure/grants.asp and http://cms.komen.org/komen/GrantsProgram/index.htm.
As with all events in the Komen Race for the Cure series, up to seventy-five percent
of the proceeds from the Susan G. Komen Detroit Race for the CureŽ remain in the local
community. Funds support breast health education and breast cancer screening and
treatment programs for the medically underserved in Wayne, Oakland, and Macomb counties. The remaining monies, approximately twenty-five percent fund breast cancer research and project grants awarded through Komen for the Cure.
The local grants, made to breast cancer serving Wayne, Oakland, and Macomb Counties, are detailed below.
Abstracts of Grants Funded
by the
17th Annual Komen Detroit Race for the CureŽ
Extend and Enhance: Providing BCCCP Services to More Women in Wayne County
Robert Burack, MD, Wayne State University Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute
The Wayne County BCCCP offers breast cancer screening, diagnosis and treatment to uninsured,
low income women in Southeastern Michigan. However, the need for these services far exceeds
the current caseload limit of 6,800 (a consequence of limited funding). This proposal will; 1)
expand BCCCP caseload by at least 700 women, 2) promote more timely and complete follow up among
women with abnormal screening exams and those diagnosed with cancer through use of patient
navigators, additional tracking and information management, 3) eliminate costly co-payments
that result from only partial coverage by BCCCP for breast services, 4) provide breast cancer
treatment for women who are not eligible for BCCCP/Medicaid treatment coverage, and 5) provide
an opportunity for women at substantially increased risk of developing breast cancer to manage
and potentially reduce their risk. This project builds upon the existing infrastructure of the
BCCCP and can offer these services with minimum expansion of staffing.
This project is important because it will reduce the burden of breast cancer
in a population of currently underserved, at risk women.
It has been estimated that the BCCCP currently serves only
one in four potentially eligible women - this program aims to reduce this inequity. Contact for the Wayne County BCCCP - (888) 242-2702
ACCESS Breast Cancer Outreach Project
Adnan Hammad, Ph.D. - ACCESS Community Health Research Center
The Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services (ACCESS) was awarded funds
to continue the current program: Arab American Breast Cancer Outreach Project.
ACCESS proposes to engage in an extensive breast cancer education, outreach,
and screening program in the low income Arab American community of Southeastern Michigan.
Through the program, 1,500 women will receive comprehensive one-on-one health education
through in-home visits, and 1,000 women with no previous history of breast and cervical
cancer screening will receive a free mammogram and clinical breast exam.
The program will assure public services announcements (PSA) in the Arabic
language on local media such as radio stations with local and regional viewership/listenership.
In addition, bilingual articles will be published in local written media and the ACCESS newsletter and web site.
The project will produce 5,000 bilingual and bicultural breast cancer educational booklets to be
distributed widely by project staff throughout the community.
The project staff will conduct 12 seminars through ESL classes, health fairs,
community based associations and centers such as mosques or churches.
Additionally, the project will invest in the existing ACCESS Wise Women, Kin Keeper and
Tell A Friend outreach programs targeting 100 potential women educators and enhance the
fulfillment of these activities. Contact for the ACCESS Breast Cancer Outreach Project - (313) 216-2200
Funds to Cover Breast Diagnostic and Limited Treatment Services to Low Income/Underinsured Patients
Laura Zubeck - Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute
The Alexander Walt Comprehensive Breast Center of the Karmanos Cancer Institute was
awarded funds to cover breast diagnostic and limited breast cancer treatment services
for patients who have limited or no financial means to pay for their care.
The following categories of patients need financial assistance in order to secure breast diagnostic and treatment services.
- income, underinsured women between the ages of 40 and 64 who do not meet criteria for enrollment in the Breast and Cervical Cancer Control Program (BCCCP).
- Women between the ages of 40 and 64 who are eligible for the BCCCP program but incur charges for breast diagnostic/limited treatment services which are not covered by the program.
- Women under the age of 40 and over 64, not eligible for BCCCP services that require breast diagnostic/limited treatment services who are unable to pay for the cost of care.
- Men who are in need of breast diagnostic/limited treatment services who are unable to pay for the cost of care.
Emphasis will be given to caring for special populations to include African American,
Arab American, Hispanic, American Indian and other minorities.
The Komen fund has provided these monies to the Institute for
clinical services for the last 15 years. This request is for a continuation of funds.Contact for the Breast Diagnostic and Limited Treatment Services Project at the Walt - (313) 576-8906
The Power of Collaboration: Enhancing existing infrastructures to bring breast health awareness and screening to underserved women.
Lisa Berry-Bobovski, Karmanos Cancer Institute
Kelly Brittain, Karmanos Cancer Institute
William Stengle, National Cancer Institute's Cancer Information Service
This community-based collaboration project will bring breast health awareness,
mammography screening and system navigation to underserved Detroit and Wayne
county African American women. The established Community Network Program to
Reduce Cancer Health Disparities among Older, Underserved African Americans (CNP) of the
Karmanos Cancer Institute has brought together a network of organizations committed to working
collaboratively to coordinate programs and share resources to more effectively reach underserved
populations and reduce cancer disparities. Three community organizations The Detroit Area Agency
on Aging 1A, Neighborhood Service Organization and Adult Well Being Services, the Cancer
Information Service Partnership Program of the National Cancer Institute and the CNP will
enhance existing infrastructures to incorporate training of health educators, nurses,
and case managers to incorporate breast health awareness into their existing operations.
The partner organizations provide an array of services to special populations including the homebound,
developmentally disabled, homeless, nursing home residents, and grandparents raising grandchildren.
Breast education will be provided to a minimum of 450 women from these special populations,
with case managers following up to facilitate mammography, transportation and provide
navigation for further diagnostic work when needed.
This project will lead to earlier screening thereby finding breast cancers at earlier, more treatable stages.
Contact for the Power of Collaboration Project berryl@karmanos.org
Breast and Cervical Cancer Education Program for Deaf Women
Michelle Graham MSW, Deaf Community Advocacy Network (DEAF C.A.N.!)
DEAF C.A.N.! was awarded funds to establish a Breast and Cervical Cancer Education and
Screening Program for Deaf and Hard of Hearing women living in Wayne,
Oakland and Macomb counties. Unable to hear advertisements on the radio,
an inability to communicate with health care professionals and difficulties understanding the printed word
the average Deaf person reads at a 3rd grade level), Deaf and Hard of Hearing women are not getting the
messages about the importance of preventative care for Breast and Cervical Cancer. These women are literally,
left in the dark.
Through its Program, 120 Deaf women will gather together for intimate "house parties" to receive a
comprehensive educational program through American Sign Language. At the end of the program, women
will have mammograms scheduled (if she is due) and will be encouraged to follow up with her primary
care physician for an annual pap. DEAF C.A.N.! will follow up on the results of the mammogram and if
cancer is found, a case manager will be assigned the consumer to provide support and access to quality medical care.
The program will be advertised throughout the Deaf community in local publications, web sites, and at the Deaf club.
Contact for the DEAF C.A.N.! Breast Cancer project: (248) 332-3331 VOICE (248) 332-3323 TTY / marcy.colton@deafcan.org
Thank you to Chris Fontichiaro, Grants Chair, and the Grant Review Panel.
Grant Information
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