Susan G. Komen for the Cure 1.800.IM.AWARE

The Susan G. Komen for the Cure College Scholarship Award Program offers college scholarships of up to $10,000 a year over a four-year period. The program assists young adults in their academic pursuits and is intended to help students who would otherwise find attending college to be a significant financial burden, due to the loss of a parent or guardian to breast cancer or having survived a breast cancer diagnosis at 25 years of age or younger. Recipients are selected based on scholastic achievement, community service, financial need, and demonstrated leadership potential. To further the fight against breast cancer, recipients also serve as Komen Collegiate Ambassadors by promoting breast cancer awareness in their community and on their college campus.

cancercare.org info@cancercare.org

• AVONCares Program for medically underserved women—financial assistance, relevant education and support services
• Grants for women in need of assistance for diagnostic (post-screening) services, transportation and an escort to and from treatment and childcare for women with families.
• Linking A.R.M.S.: a collaborative partnership with Susan G. Komen for the Cure® that provides limited financial assistance for women with breast cancer for hormonal and oral chemotherapy, pain and anti-nusea medication, Lymphedema supplies and durable medical equipment.
  
  

cms.hhs.gov 800.MEDICARE    

• Medicare, Medicaid and Child Health Insurance programs
• The web site offers information about the Breast and Cervical Cancer Treatment Act as well as agency programs.

hrsa.gov/hillburton 800.638.0742

Under this program, administered by the government, hospitals receiving funds from the government for construction costs, etc. are required by law to provide a reasonable amount of services to persons unable to pay. For more info about eligibility for these services and to obtain a list of Hill-Burton hospitals in your area call 800.638.0742 or contact the Health & Human Services Department nearest you.

copays.org 866.512.3861

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

coloradocancercenters.com 303.930.7822           

Financial support for cancer related expenses not covered by insurance. Rocky Mountain Cancer Centers Foundation provides financial support to Colorado patients undergoing cancer treatments. This assistance will pay for daily necessities such as housing, food, utilities, transportation, medical insurance and supplies.

senseofsecurity.org 866.736.3113 info@senseofsecurity.org      

• 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.T.™ (Financial Assistance Screening Tool)

socialsecurity-disability.org 800.772.1213

For information about the disability program, which you may be eligible for, contact any Social Security Office, listed in the telephone directory under "Social Security Administration", or call 800.772.1213. Note: Cancer, which is progressive and has not been controlled, is considered severe enough to be disabling.

vailbreastcancerawareness.org 970.479.8595

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

va.gov

If a patient or spouse is, or has been, a member of the Armed Forces, the VA may be able to help with costs. The VA provides hospital care covering a full range of medical services. Outpatient treatment is available for non-service connected conditions in some cases. Contact any VA health care facility or local Department of Social Service Office for information.

• A social worker at the hospital where a patient is or has been receiving treatment often can provide referrals to local sources of financial aid. In addition, a cancer patient might find it helpful to explain his/her financial situation to the hospital's business office and the physicians. Professionals involved in caring for cancer patients are well aware of the economic burden that the disease imposes on the patient and family. They might be able to develop a plan to reduce costs or extend payments over a longer period of time.
• Contact your:
  (a) Hospital patient advocate.
  (b) Hospital financial aid counselor.
  (c) Hospital social worker.
  (d) Patient representative in the hospital business office.

Even if financial assistance is not available through the above-mentioned groups/organizations, these and other organizations may be able to provide transportation to and from treatment, babysitting, meals, special equipment, and/or medical supplies for home care. These and other services are sometimes available from the Red Cross, Salvation Army, labor unions to which any family member belongs, churches, fraternal or social organizations. The State Department of Vocational Rehabilitation provides assistance for the rehabilitation of cancer patients, including prostheses and ambulatory training. It may even help pay for the college education of recovering cancer patients.