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Funding Priorities

A minimum of 25 percent of the net income from each domestic Affiliate Race supports the national Komen for the Cure Grant Program, which funds groundbreaking breast cancer research, meritorious awards and educational and scientific conferences around the world.

Up to 75 percent of the net income from each domestic Affiliate Race stays in the local community to fund breast health education, breast cancer screening and treatment projects.

Brief Summary of Priorities

Susan G. Komen for the Cure® remains committed to fulfilling our promise to save lives and end breast cancer forever through empowering people, ensuring quality care for all, and energizing science to find the cures. Susan G. Komen for the Cure® is focused on reducing breast cancer incidence and mortality within the next decade with increased emphasis on finding solutions for disparities in breast cancer across populations. With funds raised by the Komen Wyoming Affiliate, community grants will be made to support underserved populations and patient navigation throughout the continuum of care in the state of Wyoming.

Every two years, each Komen affiliate conducts a community needs assessment, known as the Community Profile Report, to identify populations most in need of breast services and to identify gaps in services that must be addressed to improve breast health in our community. 

The Community Profile is a snapshot of the community at a specific point in time. It is specifically looking at breast health and breast cancer. The profile includes:

• demographics, such as population by age, race, ethnicity, education and income levels,
• breast cancer statistics, such as screening, incidence and mortality rates,
• an assessment of current services for breast cancer screening and treatment in the community,
• a survey of the community's beliefs and attitudes about breast cancer through interviews with key informants.

Drawing from information from the 2011 Community Profile , the Wyoming Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure® has identified the following priorities for its 2012-2013 Community Grants Program:

 

1. Provide screening services to underserved populations, including but not limited to:  uninsured and underinsured  residents, Hispanic, Native American and other ethnic minority populations. 
 
2. Provide patient navigation that: 

a.    Focuses on one or more parts of the continuum of care (navigation initiated at outreach, screening, abnormal and/or treatment)

b.    Is provided by professional navigators with different training backgrounds (lay navigator, clinical navigator, nurse navigator)

3. Provide transportation from rural communities to available screening or treatment services in other locations.