Susan G. Komen Central and South Jersey fulfills its mission of eradicating breast cancer forever, in part, by offering grants to nonprofit organizations that provide breast cancer detection, support and educational awareness to men and women in need living in its 13-county service area.
Since 1998, Susan G. Komen Central and South Jersey has raised nearly $16 million for local community grants. This year, Komen CSNJ awarded $600,000 in grants to 10 Central and South Jersey organizations funding programs that will reach nearly 10,000 individuals with breast health education and support services, and will provide free screening and diagnostic mammograms to more than 950 individuals.
2018-2019 Susan G. Komen Central and South Jersey Community Grant recipients in Cape May and Atlantic counties include:
AMI Foundation – Mobile Screening Mammography Program
The Mobile Screening Mammography Program provides breast cancer education, screening mammograms and follow-up tests to uninsured women in Cape May and Atlantic counties as well as Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Monmouth and Salem counties. Screening sites are coordinated through community partners at locations where transportation or financial issues are obstacles to care.
AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center – AtlantiCare Community Outreach Screening Mammography Program
The AtlantiCare Community Outreach Screening Mammography Program provides breast cancer education, screening and diagnostic mammograms, patient navigation and transportation to high-risk women in the area. The program targets women facing financial, language and transportation barriers to care.
Jewish Family Service of Atlantic and Cape May Counties – Women’s Health Network
The Jewish Family Service Women’s Health Network provides outreach, education and navigation services to medically underserved women in Cape May and Atlantic counties, ages 40 and over. The program organizes mobile screening events to expand services to rural areas and utilizes wellness strategies to increase annual mammography compliance.
Puerto Rican Action Committee of Southern New Jersey – Latina Breast Cancer Awareness Program
The Latina Breast Cancer Awareness Program is tailored to serve Hispanic/Latina women, ages 40-74, who are economically disadvantaged and reside in rural parts of Cape May and Atlantic counties, as well as Gloucester, Salem and Cumberland counties. The program provides outreach, education, transportation, and patient navigation services through bilingual staff.
Shore Medical Center
Shore Medical Center provides screening mammograms and transportation to women in the area. The program aims to increase the number of women screened, specifically black, low income and uninsured women. Community health workers are used to navigate participants to screening services.
