Home of the Spanish-Speaking Women’s Cancer Initiative.
The founding members of LC4 and collaborative partners of the Spanish-Speaking Women’s Cancer Initiative are six agencies that offer free or low cost cancer-related programs to disadvantaged, Spanish-speaking women and their families in Contra Costa County. The agencies are linked to provide a breadth of services and programs that meet the specific needs of Spanish-speaking, low income women and their families. Each agency has fully qualified bilingual, bicultural staff. Their public-private grassroots level partnership has changed the way services are provided within the county healthcare system for Latinas with cancer as well as raised awareness in the community about the inequities in care for Latinos and the need for preventive screening.
American Cancer Society, California Division, Inc. is a community- based voluntary health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem by preventing cancer, saving lives, and diminishing suffering from cancer, through research, education, advocacy, and service.
Contra Costa County Health Services Department is a comprehensive county health system that meets the needs of county residents in a variety of ways including operating a Regional Medical Center (county hospital) and eight outpatient clinics. The Patient Navigator Program is part of the Public Health division and provides navigation and medical case management for women with breast cancer and cervical cancer.
Hospice of the East Bay is an independent, nonprofit, community-based health care provider in operation since 1977. Specially trained staff members provide quality compassionate health care to adults and children facing the advanced stages of any life-threatening illness.
La Clínica de La Raza - Pittsburg and Monument provide primary medical services in the local community at two community health clinics in Contra Costa, offers educational workshops on breast health and other cancer prevention topics to the community as well as provides cancer screening and referral services. Through the Escuela de Salud, La Clinica trains and supports Latino health promoters conducts community outreach and education events throughout the community.
The Wellness Community (TWC) is a national non-profit organization with 27 sites dedicated to providing free emotional support and education for people with cancer and their loved ones. TWC offers psychosocial support groups in Spanish throughout the County each month.
The Women’s Cancer Resource Center (WCRC) mission is to empower women with cancer to be active and informed consumers and survivors; to provide a community for women with cancer and their supporters; to educate the general community about cancer; and to be actively involved in the struggle for a life-affirming, cancer-free society. WCRC supports a community-based patient advocate/navigator, the LC4 Information and Referral Help-line, and manages the LC4 and East Bay Breast Cancer Emergency Funds.
Each of the partner agencies supports the overall efforts of the LC4 while specifically focusing on their core competencies within a continuum of community-based services and supports.
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