Awardees
The Georgia Cancer Coalition, in partnership with the Georgia Department of Community Health (DCH), selected the following twelve public health organizations acrossthe state as the 2008 awardees:
- The Henry W. Grady Health System Foundation to address access to MRI Breast Cancer Screening in Metro Atlanta;
- Family Health Enterprise of Atlanta for its Breast Health Promotion program;
- The Georgia Breast Cancer Coalition Fund, Inc. of Atlanta for educational workshops in Atlanta and South and/or Central Georgia;
- DeKalb Medical in Decatur for its Wellness on Wheels Breast Cancer Screening Project;
- The West Central Georgia Cancer Coalition in Columbus for its Breast Health Connection;
- The West Central Georgia Cancer Coalition and West Georgia Health System in LaGrange for their Breast Health Link program;
- The Blue Ridge Area Health Education Center of Rome for its Community Health Advisor Breast Cancer Screening Fund;
- The Northwest Georgia Regional Cancer Coalition, Inc., in Rome for its Northwest Georgia Breast Cancer Screening Fund;
- The University Health Care Foundation in Augusta for the University Health Care System’s Mobile Mammography Unit;
- Health Care Central Georgia (HCCG) in Forsyth for the Central Georgia Cancer Coalition Breast Screening and Education Initiative; and
- Sumter Regional Hospital in Americus for Regaining Capacity to Reduce Breast Cancer disparities after the storm.
- The East Georgia Cancer Coalition in Athens to provide mammography screenings for medically indigent women in their 26-county area.
Applicants provide matching funds or in-kind support equal to or exceeding the grant amount requested. Successful applicants demonstrated collaborative relationships with the Coalition’s partners in fighting cancer in the state, such as the Regional Cancer Coalitions of Georgia; Centers for Excellence; Department of Human Resources’ Division of Public Health; and the American Cancer Society. Applications received for proposed programs are peer reviewed in a competitive process. Priority is given to programs in areas of greatest need as reflected by a state analysis of cancer data.
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