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Profiles/Success Stories
Funded Community Grants – FY 2012 – 2013
Allegany County Department of Health – Komen Kares Breast Cancer Support Services ($50,532) This program will provide education about breast screening and detection in Allegany and Cattaraugus counties and assist women diagnosed with cancer by providing gas cards, wigs and prosthetics.
Project Director: Theresa Moore
Phone: 585-268-9250, ext. 9249
Email: mooretk@alleganyco.com
Deaf Adult Services of Western New York – Deaf Health Information Program: Breast Cancer Series ($20,000)
This project will provide culturally and linguistically adaptive breast health and cancer education to the Deaf and Hard of Hearing community and their families to increase breast cancer awareness and access to screening.
Project Director: Emily Tennant-Koller
Phone: 716-833-1637, ext. 105
Email: Emily@wnydas.org
Erie County Department of Health – Cancer Services Program of Erie County ($70,172)
This program will reduce barriers to timely screening and diagnostic services for low income, underserved women who are ineligible for state funded services because of their age.
Project Director: Cheryll Moore
Phone: 716-858-7695
Email: Cheryll.moore@erie.gov
Genesee Cancer Assistance – Genesee Komen Cure Program ($29,000)
This is a community-based program that will help lessen the burden of breast cancer in Genesee, Wyoming and Orleans County.
Project Director: Dr. Kevin Mudd
Phone: 585-344-3043
Email: kmudd@bataviaradonc.org
International Institute of Buffalo – The Immigrant and Refugee Breast Health Awareness Project ($32,654)
This program will address the cultural and linguistic barriers faced by immigrant and refugee women through the use of interpreters, culturally competent health educators, and attention to cultural barriers in the health navigation process.
Project Director: May Shogan
Phone: 716-883-1900, ext. 321
Email: mshogan@iibuff.org
The National Witness Project – Witness Project of Buffalo/Niagara ($78,555)
This program will provide breast health education programs designed to increase the mammography rates among African American women in Buffalo and Niagara Falls.
Project Director: Detric (Dee) Johnson
Phone: 716-845-1394
Email: Detric.johnson@roswellpark.org
Roswell Park Alliance Foundation – Esperanza y Vida (Hope and Life) Program ($74,841)
This program will provide programming regarding breast cancer awareness, screening and treatment for the Latino (primarily Puerto Rican) population in WNY.
Project Director: Dr. Deborah Erwin
Phone: 716-845-9297
Email: Deborah.erwin@roswellpark.org
WCA Hospital – Maximizing Mammography Participation ($50,174)
This program will use navigation and follow-up services for women who are overdue or miss their scheduled mammogram. Phone counselors will then help the women access breast health services by linking them to appropriate resources.
Project Director: Toni DeAngelo
Phone: 716-664-8677
Email:Toni.deangelo@wca.org
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