KOMEN DETROIT RACE FOR THE CURE® 2007 GRANTS

The record revenues achieved by the 2007 Komen Detroit Race for the Cure® enabled funding of local grants totaling more than $1.1 million. Additionally, nearly $350,000 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.

The local grants, made to breast cancer screening, treatment and education programs serving Wayne, Oakland, and Macomb Counties, are detailed below.

Abstracts of Grants Funded
by the
16th Annual Komen Detroit Race for the Cure®
 

Extend and Enhance: Providing BCCCP Services to More Women in Wayne County
Robert Burack, M.D., MPH - Wayne State University/Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute $620,492

The Wayne County BCCCP offers breast cancer screening, diagnosis and treatment to uninsured, lower income women in Southeastern Michigan. However, the need for these services far exceeds our current caseload limit of 5,890 (a consequence of limited funding). This program will; 1) expand BCCCP caseload by at least 1,000 women, 2) eliminate costly co-payments that result from only partial coverage by BCCCP for breast biopsy services, 3) promote more timely follow-up among women with abnormal screening exams through use of patient navigators and information management, 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 is efficient because it builds upon the existing infrastructure of the BCCCP and can offer these services with minimum expansion of staffing. This important project will reduce the burden of breast cancer in a population of currently underserved, high-risk women. It has been estimated that the BCCCP currently serves no more than one in four potentially eligible women - this program aims to reduce this inequity.
 

ACCESS Breast Cancer Outreach Project
Adnan Hammad, Ph.D. - ACCESS Community Health & Research Center $115,000

The Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services ACCESS will continue the current program: Breast Cancer Outreach Project, 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, articles will be published in local written media and the ACCESS newsletter. The project will produce 3,000 bilingual and bicultural breast cancer educational booklets that will be distributed widely by project staff throughout the local community. 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 Kin Keeper and Tell a Friend outreach programs, targeting 100 potential women educators and enhance the fulfillment of these activities.
 

Funds to Cover Breast Diagnostic and Limited Treatment Services to Low Income/Underinsured Patients
Debra McNamara - Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute $255,030.40
 

The Karmanos Cancer Institute will use Komen Race 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:

• Low-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.

Partnering to Continue to Fill the Need
Karen Jennings - Ingham County Health Department - Oakland County BCCCP $50,000
 

The Breast and Cervical Cancer Control Program (BCCCP) has proven to be a very successful federal and state funded program, enabling low-income, under/uninsured women to receive breast screening and diagnostic services. Clearly, early detection saves lives.

Because of funding shortfalls in fiscal year 2007, caseloads were reduced by nearly 20%. Through the generosity of Susan G. Komen for the Cure 2006 funding, the Oakland County BCCCP will screen up to an additional 171 women in fiscal year 2007.

"Partnering to Continue to Fill the Need" will allow more underserved/uninsured women, ages 40 - 64, to obtain screening and diagnostic breast services in Oakland County in fiscal year 2008. By partnering with Komen for the Cure and Oakland County providers, the Oakland County BCCCP will be able to screen up to 200 more women in fiscal year 2008 than will be funded by BCCCP. Utilizing Komen funds and the BCCCP program model for eligibility and enrollment, current providers, reimbursement rates, medical protocol and follow-up procedures, Oakland County women will continue to receive the breast care they need.
 

Hereditary Breast Cancer: Expanding Education, Access, and Follow-up to Underserved Women at Risk
Suzanne Mellon, Ph.D., R. N.; Adnan Hammad, Ph. D.; Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute and ACCESS Community Health & Research Center $71,446
 

This project will expand education, access, and follow-up regarding hereditary breast cancer risk assessment and breast cancer screening to low-income women in the Arab American, African American and Latina communities in southeastern Michigan. This project will continue to build upon successful community-based outreach programs through the BCCCP, the Breast Cancer Outreach Projects, and extend to the Latina Breast Cancer Project and a nurse-managed center. Project objectives include:

• Expand hereditary breast cancer risk assessment and breast cancer screening to more underserved populations, inclusive of Arab American, African American and Latina;
• Increase knowledge of hereditary breast cancer risk and breast cancer screening through outreach educational programs that are culturally appropriate to individuals and families;
• Expand the training program to further health care providers that service these populations; and
• Expand knowledge and awareness of hereditary breast cancer risk through additional development of culturally-appropriate hereditary breast cancer booklets in Spanish and English.

Thank you to Chris Fontichiaro, Grants Chair, and the Grant Review Panel.

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rev. 2-5-2008