Education/Outreach Grant Description

The Breast Cancer Alliance offers grants to support programs directly related to outreach and case managerial breast cancer services, including education, counseling and mammograms for the uninsured/underserved. The programs must be located in mid to southern Connecticut and/or Westchester County, New York.

Terms

The term of the Education and Outreach Award is one year. The program must be directly related to breast cancer services. The Breast Cancer Alliance does not fund office supplies, printing costs, travel costs, marketing costs, or recruitment costs.The Program Director and the authorized institutional grant administration representative are required to sign a Grant Agreement upon accepting the grant.

Grant recipients must submit a brief report documenting progress by June 30, 2013 and a final report by March 1, 2014. Failure to submit the progress report will result in forfeiture of any remaining grant funds.

Grant Application Procedure

Applications must be emailed to edoutgrants@breastcanceralliance.org on or before July 31, 2012. In addition, one hard copy must be mailed to the Breast Cancer Alliance.

The Grants Committee of the Breast Cancer Alliance reviews and evaluates each grant proposal. The results of the Grants Committee's evaluations and subsequent recommendations are presented to the BCA Board for approval. Applicants will be notified by e-mail in mid-December 2012 of the decision regarding their proposals. Arrangements for contracts and payment will be made at that time. The grant term will begin January 1, 2013.

All applications are confidential and are available only to the Board of Directors and the Grants Committee.

If any grantee or sponsoring institution fails to adhere to the policies and qualifications listed above, the grant is subject to termination.

Please contact edoutgrants@breastcanceralliance.org with any questions.