Transportation and Lodging Assistance for Patients of the Harold Alfond Center for Cancer Care

About This Grant:

The Harold Alfond Center for Cancer Care (HACCC), established in 2007, is located in Maine's capital city of Augusta, and serves approximately 12 percent of Maine's cancer population. Services include oncology, hematology, psychosocial care, an open-access clinic, palliative care programs, clinical trials and target therapies, prevention, screening, and education. With a goal of providing comprehensive cancer services close to home, the cancer center serves patients living in all 16 Maine counties, with the majority of patients living in Kennebec County. Funding from this grant will be used to provide transportation and lodging support to eligible patients of MaineGeneral's HACCC.

To learn more about MaineGeneral's Harold Alfond Center for Cancer Care, visit: https://www.mainegeneral.org/

$50,000
2023
Access to Care
Transportation

MAINE CANCER FOUNDATION GRANTS TO THIS ORGANIZATION:

Year Grant Title Category Amount Grant Recipient
2023 Transportation and Lodging Assistance for Patients of the Harold Alfond Center for Cancer Care Access to Care, Transportation $50,000 MaineGeneral Health
2020 COVID-19 Response Grant Patient Support $10,000 MaineGeneral Health
2019 Mobilizing CHWs to increase access for high-risk patients due for surveillance colonoscopy screening Colorectal Cancer, Screening $96,629 MaineGeneral Health
2018 Engaging Rural, Low-Income Populations in Tobacco Cessation: A Community-Based Approach Prevention, Tobacco $91,959 MaineGeneral Health
2017 80% Colon Cancer Screening Project Colorectal Cancer, Screening $99,627 MaineGeneral Health
2017 Reducing Barriers to Cancer Care for Low Income, Rural Residents of Kennebec and Somerset County Patient Navigation, Patient Support, Prevention, Screening $161,562 MaineGeneral Health
2022 Quitting smoking is hard, finding support shouldn’t be: Expanding individual and group treatment options in central Maine Prevention, Tobacco $100,000 MaineGeneral Health

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