Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Clients in our program are fighting war on poverty and war on health. We are aiding them in this fight against both in order to not only survive breast cancer, but to thrive beyond the terrible disease and to live enriched lives thereafter with their families. DeKalb and Fulton County have some of the highest mortality rates of breast cancer across Georgia.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Economic Support
Provides breast screenings to individuals without health insurance/proper coverage, assistance for individuals diagnosed with breast cancer (medical bills, rent/mortgage, utility bills, travel costs to and from health care facilities).
Prevention Education Program
Provides educational materials and resources to assist in the survival process of breast cancer and reduce recurrence and mortality rates of breast cancer as well as the prevention of breast cancer and other health disparities through health education workshops.
Health and Wellness Services Program
Provides gifts for healing for individuals diagnosed with breast cancer and breast cancer survivors for increase of health equity, quality of life, and self sustainability to reduce generational and situational poverty.
Where we work
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of death caused by cancer
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
People with diseases and illnesses, People of African descent
Related Program
Health and Wellness Services Program
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Decreasing
Context Notes
All cancers moved from stage 3 to stage 4 for these 3 clients out of thousands of women served. 1 client did nothing for one year after she had cancer in 2013, then came to us for help.
Total dollars distributed for utilities assistance
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Economically disadvantaged people, People with diseases and illnesses
Related Program
Economic Support
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Decreasing
Context Notes
This number is total from 2010 to 2019 to include utilities and housing direct support.
Our Sustainable Development Goals
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Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
We do not just want to focus on surviving breast cancer and helping community members with the awareness and preventative measures, we want to ensure survivors and their families are sustainable by reducing mortality rates, generational poverty, and health disparities.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
We would like to work on moving into financial longevity as well to ensure the cycle of generational poverty is broken. We start by getting survivors and their families to become home owners with employment opportunities that allow more financial freedom.
We would also like to launch our new program on Youth Mentorship for breast cancer survivors teenagers.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
Through strategic partnerships and community targeted funding campaigns to ensure success is met.
Through active and engaged board of directors, staff, and volunteers to grow the mission effectively and efficiently.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
We have accomplished 100% of no homelessness and hunger while families are battling breast cancer.
We have accomplished 95% living cancer free post 3 years of enrollment of program while diagnosed with cancer.
We have accomplished 20% increase of adults in households enrolled in higher education.
We have accomplished 75% increase of healthy behaviors and grades of youth of survivors through mentorship.
Next we hope to have 100% high school graduation rates of students of survivors.
100% of survivors five year post program with quality of life (better employment pre cancer, higher income pre cancer, etc.)
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes
Organizational demographics
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Leadership
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