Current Grant Recipients

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.

Current Grant Recipients

in their own words...

Bergen County Department of Health Services
- 2009 Cancer Education and Early Detection Client Transportation

CancerCare of New Jersey
- Comprehensive Financial Assistance Program for Women with Breast Cancer 

Hoboken Family Planning, Inc.
- HFP’s – Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Screening Program of Hudson County

Morristown Memorial Hospital
- 2009 South Asian and Latino Community Outreach Program

New Jersey Medical School/University Hospital Cancer Center
- Partners for the Cure:  The Promise of Mobile Mammography
- Sister to Sister Navigator Program
- Minority Breast Cancer Navigator Program

Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
- Beautiful You
- An Open Ear:  Helping Newark Women and Breast Cancer 2009-2010

Overlook Hospital
- Breast Health Services for African-American and Latino Women

Project Self Sufficiency
-  Breast Health Awareness Project at Project Self Sufficiency of Sussex County

Sister’s Network of Central New Jersey® Inc.
- The Central NJ African American Breast Cancer Awareness and Education Project

St. Barnabas Breast Center
- Access to Compression Garments for Women with Lynphedema
- Triple Read Mammography, Breast MRI, and DEXA Scans Program

St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center
- The Breast Cancer Patient Treatment Assistance Program
- The Rainbows of Hope CEED Program
- The Breast Cancer Prosthesis, Bra & Wig Supportive Services Program

St. Michael’s Medical Center
- The “In the Pink” Breast Cancer Education and Early Detection Program 

Trinitas Regional Medical Center
- Trinitas Breast Health Outreach Project
- Trinitas Hospital Lifesaver Program/Made for Me Boutique

And in addition two Clinical Research Affiliate Funding Trials (CRAFT) Grants were funded:

Frederick B, Cohen, MD, Comprehensive Cancer and Blood Disorders Center at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center.
-  Moving Forward, a Program to Educate and Enroll More Minority and Medically Underserved Patients In Clinical Trials

University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey – New Jersey Medical School/University Hospital Cancer Center 
- Use and Evaluation of an Ethnically-Matched Patient Navigator to Increase Minority Patient Recruitment to Breast Cancer Clinical Trials