2007-2008 Recipients

Los Angeles County 2007 Grantees
Total Amount Granted $667,000

Team Survivor Los Angeles  - Santa Monica
Provides bilingual Spanish yoga classes for 500 low-income women

 

Guam Communications Network - Long Beach

Provides outreach on breast health to 400 Chamorros

 

Herald Cancer Association   - San Gabriel

Coordinate a conference for 250 Chinese American breast cancer patients

 

The Wellness Community Los Angeles - Santa Monica

Provides support for underserved African American, Latino and Asian Pacific Islander women

 

The Wellness Community-South Bay Cities - Redondo Beach

Provides bilingual support groups for lymphedema, bereavement, and women who are newly diagnosed

 

YWCA of the Harbor Area & South Bay - San Pedro

Provides bilingual support groups to Hispanic, Samoan, Filipino, and Cambodian communities

 

Partnered for Progress - Los Angeles

Produces 8th Edition of the  Los Angeles County Breast Health Resource Guide

 

Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor UCLA - Torrance

Provides bilingual Spanish breast health education classes for underserved women and men

 

Worksite Wellness LA - Los Angeles

Provides breast health education to Latina workers in the manufacturing and garment industries

 

Los Angeles Breast Cancer Alliance - Santa Monica

Provides assistance to breast cancer patients for transportation, lymphedema, prostheses, food, etc.

 

Asian Pacific Health Care Venture, Inc. - Los Angeles

Provides breast health education to medically underserved South Asian women

 

Women of Color Breast Cancer Survivor Project - Inglewood

Provides breast health education to underserved Latinas and African Americans in South Central

 

Special Services for Groups - Los Angeles

Increases access and utilization of breast cancer services among Thai women

 

Venice Family Clinic - Venice

Breast Cancer screening for 160 low income, uninsured and homeless women under 40

 

Glendale Memorial Hospital Comprehensive Cancer Center - Glendale

Provides psychosocial support to Armenian women with breast cancer

 

Family Health Care center of Greater LA - Bell Gardens

Provides door-to-door education on breast health and formal educational presentations

 

Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital - Valencia

Provides 146 symptomatic and uninsured women with diagnostic procedures

 

Sr. Mary Sabina Sullivan Women’s Health Center - Long Beach

Provides symptomatic and uninsured women with diagnostic procedures

 

Boarding for Breast Cancer - Los Angeles

Educates young women and men about early detection and breast health

 

Planned Parenthood Los Angeles - Los Angeles

Trains Latina health educators to teach underserved women about breast health and screening

 

Beckman Research Institute at the City of Hope - Duarte

Provides minority outreach coordinator to increase minority enrollment in clinical trials

 

Altamed Health Services - Monterey Park

Provides 750 individual counseling sessions with low income, uninsured African American and Latinas

 

Glendale Memorial Hospital Marcia Ray Breast Center - Glendale

Provides diagnostic testing program and patient navigation for 150 uninsured women under 40

 

Center for Healthy Aging - Santa Monica          

Provides training for volunteer minority health educators to raise awareness of breast health

 

Disability Rights Legal Center-Cancer Legal Resource Center - Los Angeles       

Provides legal information and resources on cancer-related legal issues

 

Northeast Valley Health Corporation - San Fernando

Promotes breast health education to 300 low income, uninsured or underinsured Latinas

 

Community Health Alliance of Pasadena - Pasadena

Trains 12 community health promoters (promotoras) to educate 500 Latinas about breast health

 

Samoan National Nurses Association - Carson

Promotes culturally sensitive breast education to 600 Samoan and Tongan women

 

Chinatown Service Center - Los Angeles

Provides breast health education to 3,000 Chinese community members

 

St. Vincent Medical Center   - Los Angeles

Provides breast cancer screening to 400 Latino and 350 Korean low income women

 

White Memorial Medical Center - Los Angeles 

Provides Spanish language support groups with a focus on art and expression, yoga, and education

 

Little Tokyo Service Center - Los Angeles

Provides breast health education for 500 Japanese American women and referrals for screening

 

The Wellness Community Valley/Ventura - Westlake Village

Provides low income breast cancer patients with support groups and educational workshops

 

St. Mary Medical Center Foundation - Long Beach

Provides education for 1000 Southeast Asian low income, uninsured and underinsured women

 

Los Angeles Indigenous Peoples’ Alliance - Los Angeles

Provides culturally sensitive education for 80 indigenous women from Mexico and Central America

 

California Hospital Medical Center - Los Angeles

Provides diagnostic services, breast prostheses, and support groups in English and Spanish

 

I’m Every Woman - Beverly Hills

Provides breast health workshop sessions for African American women in South Los Angeles

 

Visiting Nurse Community Services - San Fernando

Provides Latina, African American, and Filipino women with breast health education

 

Glendale Memorial Hospital and Health Center - Glendale

Provides lymphedema services for Middle Eastern, Asian, African American, and Latina women

 

South Asian Network - Artesia

Provides breast health education to low income and uninsured South Asian women

 

The Los Angeles Free Clinic - Los Angeles

Provides screening and diagnostic services to minority women who are under 40 years of age

 

The Wellness Community-Foothills - Pasadena

Provides referrals to screening and psychological support for low income, uninsured Korean women

 

Susan G Komen National Research Grants Awarded in Los Angeles County

Total Amount Granted $1,744,247

 

Huntington Medical Research Institutes - Pasadena, CA

Early detection of high-risk patients with breast DCIS             

 

Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope - Duarte, CA

Cancer Risk Counseling on underserved women

Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope - Duarte, CA

Individualized Risk Information System (IRIS) for BRCA Carriers 
                                                               

Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope - Alhambra, CA

The Impact Of Functional Burden On Psychological and Familial Functioning and Access To Follow-Up Care Among Asian American Breast Cancer Survivors 
                                                                    

The Regents of the University of California - Los Angeles, CA

A Breast Cancer Education Program for Deaf Women

The Regents of the University of California - Los Angeles, CA

Evaluating Support Groups for Asian American & Pacific Islander Cancer Survivors                              

 

University of Southern California - Los Angeles, CA

Sonography Compared with MRI in Pre-operative Evaluation of Patients with Breast Cancer to Determine Extent of Breast Disease