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Colorado Breast Cancer Support Resources Directory

Financial Assistance

(S) = Servicios disponibles en espanol; Services available in Spanish

Be sure to review all the listings in the Support Services section to find the assistance you need, as some organizations provide financial assistance or direction in finding assistance as part of their other services.  Also see link for more information on free and low cost screening.

 

Bosom Buddies, Southwestern Colorado

Contact Jenny Sullivan at 970-728-4104

•  Financial assistance to help women who can’t afford mammograms, diagnostic mammograms, biopsies and surgeries

Boulder Community Hospital

1100 Balsam, Boulder, CO 80301. Contact Lynn Bentley, 303-868-0054.

•  Provides underinsured women with breast cancer living in the Boulder Valley area with access to treatment and follow-up.

www.bch.org

(S) CancerCare (includes AVONCares Program)

275 Seventh Ave., New York, NY 10001, 212-712-8080, 800-813-HOPE (800-813-4673)

•   AVONCares Program: Limited financial assistance for home care, child care, and transportation. A partnership with the Avon Foundation.

•   Linking A.R.M.S: A partnership with Susan G. Komen for the Curethat provides limited financial assistance for women with breast cancer for hormonal and oral chemotherapy, pain and anti-nausea medication, lymphedema supplies and durable medical equipment.

e-mail: info@cancercare.org

www.cancercare.org

(S)Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

800-MEDICARE (800-633-4227) or 410-786-3000

•   Medicare, Medicaid and Child Health Insurance programs

•   Regional Office: 303-844-4024

•   State Medical Assistance Office: 800-221-3943, 303-866-3513

www.medicare.gov

Colorado Community Health Network

303-861-5165

•   Provides breast health and cancer-related information, outreach, screening and treatment support to low-income under- or uninsured health center patients of Clinica Campesina, Mountain Family Health Centers, Metro Community Provider Network, Salud Family Health Centers, and People's Clinica.

www.cchn.org

Denver Health Foundation

777 Bannock St., Denver, CO 80204, 303-436-4532.

Denver Health Breast Cancer Treatment Assistance Program. Call Dr. Alexander Urquhart, 303-436-5774

•   Provides breast cancer treatment to Denver County residents who are under- or uninsured and do not qualify for other program, regardless of the patient's ability to pay.

Enhancing Treatment Options for Medically Underserved Women. Call Dr. Peter Raich, 303-436-5774.

•   Offers eligible medically underserved breast cancer patients access to clinical research trials to enhance their treatment options.

www.denverhealth.org

Friends of Man

P.O. Box 937, Littleton, CO 80161-0937, 303-798-2342

•   Provides financial assistance with food, clothing, medical expenses, day care, dental expenses

•   Requires third party referral

www.friendsofman.org

Full Circle Intergenerational Project

303-333-7595

•   Provides education, clinical breast exams, and free or low-cost mammograms along with other services, with a focus on African-Americans

Hope Lives! Breast Cancer Support Center

2629 Redwing Rd., Suite 260, Ft. Collins, CO 80526, 970-225-6200

•   Helps women undergoing breast cancer treatment in Larimer County and Windsor.

•   Provides payment for services such as massage therapy, acupuncture, Reiki, healing touch, individual and family counseling, and nutritional counseling

•   Women must be within six months of their most recent breast cancer treatment

e-mail: staff@hopelives.org

www.hopelives.org

 

McKee Medical Center Foundation

2000 Boise Ave., Loveland, CO 80538. Call Carl Peterson, 970-203-2503

•   Provides breast cancer treatment services to medically underserved women receiving cancer treatment through McKee Medical Center.

www.bannerhealth.com

Memorial Health System Foundation

1519 Boulder St., Colorado Springs, CO 80909, 719-365-GIVE (719-365-4483)

•   Provides financial resources to assist Memorial Hospital patients on an as-needed basis

www.memorialhospital.com

 

The Mickaela Foundation

5800 Franklin St., Suite 201-A, Denver, CO 80216 , 303-452-1898

•   Provides treatment funds for uninsured breast cancer patients, including monthly medical bill assistance grants up to $500

e-mail: help@mickaela.org

www.mickaela.org

 

National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 800-CDC-INFO (232-4636), TTY 888-232-6348

•  CDC provides access to breast and cervical cancer screening and diagnostics for underserved women

email: cdcinfo@cdc.org

www.cdc.gov/cancer/NBCCEDP

Orchard of Hope Foundation

111 S Orchard Ave, Canon City, CO 81212, 719-275-0089

•   Helps Fremont County and Pueblo cancer patients and their families

•   Transportation to and from medical appointments, prosthetics, wigs, and much more

email: Fremont@orchardofhope.org or Pueblo@orchardofhope.org

www.orchardofhope.org

(S) Patient Advocate Foundation Co-Pay Relief Program

700 Thimble Shoals Blvd., Suite 200, Newport News, VA 23606, 866-512-3861

•   Assists eligible patients that have medical insurance but cannot afford co-payments or out of pocket expenses for medications and medical treatments. Call to discuss needs.

www.copays.org

(S)Partnership for Prescription Assistance

888-477-2669

•   Helps qualifying patients who lack prescription coverage get the medicines they need.

www.pparx.org

Poudre Valley Hospital Foundation

Poudre Valley Hospital, 1024 E. Lemay Ave., Fort Collins, CO 80524; Medical Center of the Rockies, 2500 Rocky Mountain Ave., Loveland, CO 80538. Call Joann Lavins, 970-493-8382

Provides eligible under- and uninsured women in Larimer County with breast cancer treatment,s upport for enrollment in clinical trials and navigation services

www.pvhs.org

Raymond Wentz Foundation

2555 S. Downing St., Ste 240 Denver, CO 80210, 720-226-6709  

•   Provides financial assistance to low-income cancer patients in treatment who cannot afford basic needs like utility payments, rent, groceries,  transportation, or office visit copays.

•   All applicants must be referred by oncology social workers, doctors or nurses familiar with the patient’s financial situation, reside in Colorado and be actively receiving treatment for cancer. 

email: stephhearn@yahoo.com

Rocky Mountain Cancer Centers Foundation

1161 S. Vivian St., Lakewood, CO 80228 , Call Stephanie Shulman, 303-930-7822.

•   Provides emergency nonmedical financial support to Colorado patients undergoing cancer treatments to pay for necessities such as housing, food, utilities, transportation, medical insurance and supplies.

•   Applicants must be 18 years or older, must be receiving a cancer-fighting treatment, and must meet our financial guidelines.

www.rmccf.org

email: steph@rmccf.org

(S) Saint Anthony Health Foundation

St. Anthony Central Hospital, 4231 W. 16th Ave., Denver, CO 80204, St. Anthony North Hospital, 2551 W. 84th Ave., Westminster, CO 80031, and other locations. Call Karen Shanks, 303-629-4004

•   Provides cancer treatment and support to uninsured women living in inner city Denver, Adams and Jefferson Counties; services accessible for Spanish-speaking women.

www.stanthonyhosp.org

Saint Joseph Hospital Foundation

1835 Franklin St., Denver, CO 80218, and other locations. Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Treatment Program at Caritas Clinic. Call Cherie Werkhoven, 303-318-2250

•   Provides treatment to low income under- and uninsured women with breast cancer int he Komen Denver Affiliate 12-county service area. Women receive care on the Saint Joseph Hospital campus.

www.saintjosephdenver.org

(S) Sense of Security

8774 Yates Dr., Suite 330, Westminster, CO 80031, 303-669-3113 or 866-736-3113

•   Offers non-medical financial assistance to breast cancer patients while they are undergoing treatment

•   Assistance is provided in six categories: mortgage/rent, food/groceries, utilities, transportation, medical insurance premiums, and child care

•   Serves patients statewide

•   Web site has links to many financial resources and F.A.S.TTM Financial Assistance Screening Tool

e-mail: cdurham@senseofsecurity.org

www.senseofsecurity.org

Vail Breast Cancer Awareness Group

P.O. Box 4043, Avon, CO 81620, 970-479-8595

•   Strives to ease the financial and emotional burdens faced by those women in Eagle County who are battling breast cancer

www.vailbreastcancerawareness.org

Women's Cancer Control Fund

Contact Sue Tompkins, 970-882-4484

•   Offers funding for mammograms and Pap tests for women in Montezuma and Dolores Counties who are not eligible for Women's Wellness Connection screening.

Women's Health Coalition of Southwest Colorado

Contact BJ Boucher, 970-259-3527

•   Emergency fund for women in breast or reproductive cancer treatment; provides $500 for non-medical expenses.