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

About This Grant:

With this project, MaineGeneral Medical Center will strengthen and expand access to transportation and lodging services for patients at the Harold Alfond Center for Cancer Care. Through outreach, education, coordinated referrals, community partnerships, and targeted financial support, the project will promote equitable access to cancer screening, treatment, and supportive care for patients facing financial hardship.

For more information on MaineGeneral Medical Center, please visit: https://www.mainegeneral.org/

$60,000
2025
Access to Care
Transportation

MAINE CANCER FOUNDATION GRANTS TO THIS ORGANIZATION:

Year Grant Title Category Amount Grant Recipient
2025 Preventing Secondary Cancers Related to Tobacco Use Prevention, Tobacco $40,000 MaineGeneral Health
2025 Transportation and Lodging Assistance for Patients of the Harold Alfond Center for Cancer Care Access to Care, Transportation $60,000 MaineGeneral Health
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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