Local Resources

Thanks to the generosity of donors and sponsors, our Affiliate is able to fund many breast-health and breast cancer-related programs in this area.

List of Current Community Grant Recipients

Association for Community Enhancement  provides Spanish language breast health and referral as well as a physical fitness/nutrition education program. T:  276-0999  

Centro La Familia Advocacy Services, Inc.  provides Spanish language breast health education, advocacy, health literacy and guidance for breast cancer screening to urban and rural communities. T:  237-2961 

Community Outpatient Rehab Ctr-Lymphedema Clinic  offers services and treatment for underserved patients afflicted with lymphedema patient education following breast cancer surgery and/or radiation therapy.  T:  459-1603 

Deaf and Hard of Hearing Service Center brings the deaf and hard of hearing up to date about breast cancer awareness, current treatments and how to support, advocate and assist others who are current breast cancer survivors. T:  225-3323    

Fresno Health Consumer Center/Project of Central CA Legal Svcs  will conduct breast health education outreach to all underserved residents, referral, intervention and guidance for breast cancer screening.   Will focus on the needs of the underrepresented, marginalized and hard to reach populations. The establishment of the 200 Fund that will provide payment for free mammograms for women who are without any other financial resources or health insurance coverage.  T:  570-1266   

Hinds Hospice helps offset the cost of uninsured or underinsured terminally ill breast cancer patients. Hinds Hospice operates a full-service in-home hospice and serves patients in their homes or in appropriately licensed facilities.   T:  226-5683  

KVPT TV  will air breast health education with focus on importance of early detection and local breast health resources in Fresno County.  T: 266-1800     

Khmer Society of Fresno, Inc.  provides breast health education, advocacy and guidance for breast cancer screening to the Southeast Asian community  T:  252-0474  

Radio Bilingue will enhance its ongoing breast cancer education campaign that targets economically disadvantaged, rural and ethnically diverse Latino and Mixteco women in their native languages.   T:  455-5781

Sisterhood of Survivors  committed to supporting those just diagnosed with breast cancer as well as those who have fought and survived.  Offers young survivor support by young peer survivors.  T:  431-3732

West Fresno Health Care Coalition offers breast health education, advocacy and guidance to the African American community T:  264-7185  

Mammograms/Clinical Breast Exams Cancer Detection Programs Every Woman Counts
NOTICE:  NO NEW ENROLLMENTS TO THIS PROGRAM FOR WOMEN OF ANY AGE UNTIL:  It is determined how much money will be appropriated to pay for breast cancer screening services in Fiscal Year 2010-11.  CDP: EWC has put on hold the biennial mammograms cost savings policy changes that were proposed to be in effect July 1, 2010 pending adoption of the Budget Act of 2010.

Cleaning for a A Reason Foundation
Fighting cancer is difficult enough, but living with it is even tougher - and that's where the Cleaning for A Reason Foundation steps in.  This  nonprofit offers free professional housecleaning, and maid services to improve the lives of women undergoing treatment for cancer - any type of cancer.  This organization partners with professional residential maid services who are insured and bonded to participate in our foundation.
The companies have agreed to take 2 patients at a time and offer four free general cleanings – one a month for four months as a way to give back to their community.  Click HERE to find out more!

Benefits for Breast Cancer Patients
Linking A.R.M.S.
Assistance and Resources Made Simple
A program for medically underserved women made possible through a partnership between CancerCare and the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.
Provides financial assistance, education and support services to low-income, under- or uninsured women across the county who qualify. Patients can access the Linking A.R.M.S. program by calling Susan G. Komen for the Cure® , Toll-Free, National Breast Care Helpline at 1-877-GO KOMEN or call CancerCare at 800-813-HOPE   

 
Pharmaceutical Co-Pay Assistance
PAF Co-Pay Relief Program
The PAF Co-Pay Relief Program (CPR) currently provides financial assistance to eligible patients who are being treated for breast, lung, kidney, colon and/or prostate cancers, sarcoma, lymphoma, macular degeneration, diabetes, autoimmune disorders and secondary issues as a result of chemotherapy treatment.
Susan G. Komen for the Cure has provided Patient Advocate Foundation (PAF) with additional funding to provide co-payment assistance for qualified patients with breast cancer for pharmaceutical co-payments incurred by insured patients, including new Medicare Part D beneficiaries diagnosed with breast cancer.
Patients must financially and medically qualify to access co-payment assistance. How to request financial assistance
Patients and physicians can contact the PAF Co-Pay Relief Program toll-free at
1-866-512-3861 to initiate a request for assistance. Patients who contact PAF Co-Pay Relief Program for assistance work directly with a call counselor throughout the application process. The patient completes an application on the phone with a call counselor .The completed application is then sent to the caller/applicant for review and signature. The PAF CPR call counselor works directly with the patient as well as the provider of care to obtain necessary medical, insurance and income certification in an expeditious manner.