Komen Grants

Komen Affiliate launches new Regional Breast Health Education Initiative

The Komen promise is to save lives and end breast cancer forever by empowering people, ensuring quality care for all and energizing science to find the cures. The Oregon and SW Washington Affiliate seeks to ensure that all people, regardless of race, income, geographic location, or insurance status have access to screening, quality breast cancer treatment and support services.

NEW!! Regional Breast Health Education Initiative
The purpose of the new Regional Breast Health Education Initiative is to provide life saving educational messages to women throughout the full 39 county service area. The local Affiliate has designated seven regions and five target populations that it will serve with grants up to $60,000 each year for a time period of five years. The Affiliate has prioritized the regions and target groups to be implemented over the next five years and beyond. The first region to implement the Education Initiative will be the Mid-Willamette Region serving Lane, Linn, Benton and Lincoln counties in FY12. The first target group will be Hispanic women in FY13.

The new grants will be a special partnership with the Komen Affiliate and all of the resources that Komen can offer to the regional grantee to help launch and sustain the program. The partner will be trained by Komen to conduct outreach into a variety of communities found throughout the region and develop relationships with volunteers and organizations to help share the breast health messages that can save lives through early detection.

This grant partnership will be explained in more detail in the grant application documents (to be posted in July) and at the Grant Training in August of each year. There is a requirement of a Pre-Application which will be due on September 22, 2010. Qualified candidates will be asked to submit a full application by December 10, 2010.

Community Grants:
Community grants are designed to create and sustain breast health programs in two categories: Saving lives through education and outreach or Breast Cancer Support programs that assist people during treatment and survivorship. These grants are funded up to $35,000 per year, with no time limit. For more details, see the Community Grants page.

Transportation Grants:
This program is now a service-area wide program serving all of Oregon and Clark, Skamania and Cowlitz counties in SW Washington in partnership with the American Cancer Society. Please see our Transportation Program page for more details. There will be local transportation grants available (up to $5,000) to address local needs and women that do not meet the ACS guidelines.

Mini-grants:
These are small grants (up to $2,000) that are offered quarterly and are designed to assist with special breast health events, training and educational materials. Applications are due December 15, March 15, June 15 and August 15. They are reviewed quarterly by the Grant Committee within 30 days of the due dates and applicants are notified shortly after the review.

High School Breast Health Mini-Grant Pilot Project:
The Oregon and SW Washington Affiliate has partnered with the Northeast Oregon Area Health Education Center (NEOAHEC) to offer grants up to $1,000 to high school students interested in conducting breast health education projects.

Screening and Treatment:
The local Affiliate partners with the States of Oregon and Washington to provide screening services to low income, uninsured women throughout the service area. Eligible women who are diagnosed through the state screening programs, are enrolled in Medicaid services to provide treatment for breast cancer.