2008-2009 Recipients
Los Angeles County 2008 Grantees
Total Amount $654,446
Antelope Valley Community Clinic, Care-A-Van –Lancaster
Provides bilingual Spanish breast health workshops for Latinas and presentations for African Americans
Asian Pacific Health Care Venture, Inc. –Los Angeles
Provides breast health education and screening to Latino and Cambodian women
California Hospital medical Center –Los Angeles
Provides breast diagnostic services for uninsured, symptomatic women under 40; breast prosthesis, and bilingual Spanish support groups
Citrus Valley Medical Center –West Covina
Provides treatment and education for uninsured or underinsured breast cancer patients suffering from lymphedema
Community Health Alliance of Pasadena –Pasadena
Educates low income Hispanic and African American women in breast health and provides breast screenings
Families in Good Health, St. Mary Medical Center –Long Beach
Provides culturally sensitive breast health education and breast screening navigation to Southeast Asian low income, uninsured and underinsured women
Family Health Care Centers of Greater Los Angeles, Inc. –Bell Gardens
Educates low income, immigrant Latino women in breast health through door to door and formal programs
Glendale Memorial Hospital and Health Center –Glendale
Provides lymphedema services for uninsured Middle Eastern, Asian, African American and Latino women
Glendale Memorial Comprehensive Cancer Center –Glendale
Provides culturally competent psychosocial support to Armenian women with breast cancer
Glendale Memorial Hospital, Marcia Ray Breast Center –Glendale
Performs diagnostic testing and patient navigation for symptomatic, uninsured women under age 40
Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital, Sheila R. Veloz Breast imaging Center -Valencia
Provides diagnostic testing for uninsured, symptomatic women and men ineligible for public funding
Herald Cancer Association –San Gabriel
Provides outreach and education, navigation for screening and media coverage for Chinese clients
Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor UCLA –Torrance
Provides bilingual Spanish breast health education for underserved women and men
Northeast Valley Health Corporation –San Fernando
Promotes breast health education and referrals to breast screening for low income, uninsured Latinas
Partnered for Progress – Los Angeles
Produces the 9th Edition of the Los Angeles County Breast Resource Guide
Planned Parenthood Los Angeles –Los Angeles
Trains Latina health educators to teach breast health and to refer underserved Latinas for screenings
Providence Holy Cross Medical Center –Canoga Park
Provides health educator training to 14-16 women for bilingual Spanish breast health education to uninsured Latinas
Samoan National Nurses Association –Carson
Promotes culturally sensitive breast education, navigation and support services for Samoan women
Sisters Breast Cancer Survivors Network –Los Angeles
Provides outreach and education, and support groups for African American breast cancer survivors
Special Service for Groups/PALS for Health –Los Angeles
Trains 15 health care interpreters and 10 Promotoras/Community Health Care Workers to improve access to breast screening and services for Latino and Asian women
Special Service Groups –Los Angeles
Provides navigation, support and interpretation services to increase access to breast care for Thai women
Sr. Mary Sabina Sullivan Women’s Health Center, St. Mary Medical Center –Long Beach
Provides diagnostic procedures for uninsured, symptomatic women under the age of 40
St. Vincent Medical Center Foundation –Los Angeles
Provides linguistically and culturally appropriate breast heath education to low income Filipino, Korean and Latino women
The Saban Free Clinic (formerly The Los Angeles Free Clinic) –Los Angeles
Provides breast screening at three clinic sites and diagnostic services for uninsured women under age 40
The Wellness Community Foothills –Pasadena
Facilitates support groups and exercise programs for Chinese speaking breast cancer patients
The Wellness Community Valley/Ventura –Winnetka
Provides low income Latino breast cancer patients with support groups, navigation and education
The Wellness Community West Los Angeles –Los Angeles
Facilitates support groups for low income, poverty level, Thai speaking breast cancer patients
Time For A Cure –Baldwin Park
Provides breast health education to low income African American, Latino and Asian women and families
United Cambodian Community, Inc. –Long Beach
Breast health education and navigation services provided for low income Cambodian women
Venice Family Clinic (VFC) –Venice
Underwrites breast screening and diagnostic services for multi-ethnic, low income, uninsured, and homeless women under the age of 40
White Memorial Medical Center –Los Angeles
Facilitates bilingual Spanish support and art expression therapy groups for low income, poverty level Latina breast cancer survivors and their families
WISE & Healthy Aging –Santa Monica
Provides breast health education and links to breast services for low income, medically underserved African Americans and Latinas
Women of Color Breast Cancer Survivors’ Support Project –Inglewood
Presents breast health workshops for low income African American women
YWCA of Glendale –Glendale
Provides breast health education and referrals for low income Asian, Armenian, Indian, Bangladeshi, Russian, African American and Latino women
YWCA of the harbor Area & South Bay –San Pedro
Facilitates bilingual Spanish support groups for Latino breast cancer survivors and those recently diagnosed; provides breast health screening access for Latinas, Filipinos, Samoans and Cambodians
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