Programs and results
What we aim to solve
We improve the lives of people affected by cancer, now. A cancer diagnosis can be overwhelming between deciding on treatment, figuring out finances, and dealing with fear and emotional concerns. Patient-centered care means treating the whole person- emotionally, physically and practically. That's why we're here: to make sure people and families get the person-centered care they need, at the time when they need it.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Livestrong Cancer Navigation
Livestrong provides free, online resources for patients, caregivers, and survivors to help navigate the practical, emotional, employment, and financial challenges that come with cancer. We complement this with the Livestrong Guidebook, and the Living After Cancer Treatment Brochure.
More information is available at www.Livestrong.org/WeCanHelp
Livestrong Advocacy
Policy change is essential to the Foundation’s goal of shifting access to and delivery of ideal cancer care. While programs and services assist individuals or communities, a widespread impact is achieved by developing or enhancing healthcare legislation, regulations, and standards that improve overall systems.
We promote the right to cancer care through initiatives that expand access to care, encourage enhanced government funding and deliver patient-centered innovation.
Learn more at https://www.livestrong.org/take-action/advocacy
Livestrong Fertility
Livestrong Fertility is dedicated to providing reproductive information, resources, and financial support to survivors whose cancer and its treatment present risks to their fertility. With a network of over 250 clinics, the Livestrong Fertility Discount Program offers 25% off fertility preservation services and free stimulation to women affected by cancer, assisting with coverage for both pre and post-treatment preservation.
Learn more at https://www.livestrong.org/what-we-do/program/fertility
Livestrong at the YMCA
Livestrong partnered with the YMCA of the USA in 2007 to create Livestrong at the YMCA, a 12-week physical activity program designed to get survivors back on their feet.
We worked with researchers from Yale University and Dana Farber Cancer Institute to conduct a research study on the impact of the program on participants’ cancer-related outcomes. We found that participants experienced significant increases in physical activity, overall quality of life and fitness performance as well as decreases in cancer-related fatigue.
Learn more at www.livestrong.org/what-we-do/program/livestrong-at-the-ymca
Livestrong Cancer Institutes
The Livestrong Cancer Institutes has a simple yet powerful mission: to reinvent the way cancer patients and survivors are cared for and supported. The Livestrong Foundation has made a $50 million commitment to create and support the Livestrong Cancer Institutes at the Dell Medical School of The University of Texas at Austin.
The Livestrong Cancer Institutes will rethink the full range of cancer care from prevention to diagnosis, treatment and survivorship, all with a focus on the patient’s needs, values and preferences.
Decades of research and working one-on-one with cancer survivors and their families has given Livestrong an informed understanding of some of the largest challenges cancer patients face: chronic pain, loss of fertility, emotional distress, family instability, career impact and long-term financial hardships. We are bringing this knowledge and research to the Livestrong Cancer Institutes.
The Livestrong Cancer Institutes will:
Identify and fill gaps in cancer diagnosis and treatment to establish universal standards and resources for patients and survivors
Identify and serve cancer needs, especially among communities lacking access to care and support
Engage the voices of people affected by cancer in the design and deployment of cancer care, education and research
Develop best practices in cancer care and care delivery using a multidisciplinary team-based focus for each patient
With a home in the newly created Dell Medical School, the Livestrong Cancer Institutes have the advantage of starting from scratch, unencumbered by the rigid cultures and expensive infrastructures that prevent transformation.
The Goal
Our goal for the Livestrong Cancer Institutes is to create a comprehensive model that puts survivors’ needs above all else, from the medical to the emotional to the practical. This innovative model is intended to serve as an incubator. After its creation and implementation here in Austin, we see tremendous opportunities to replicate the Institutes model in other cities across the country and across the world.
In other words: The Livestrong Cancer Institutes will radically improve people’s cancer experience and quality of life; revolutionize how we treat cancer; and reinvent the way cancer patients are cared for.
Next Steps
As a nonprofit that relies on donations, Livestrong is always grateful to its generous donors, volunteers, and other well-valued supporters. For nineteen years now, we have been leading the way in patient-centered cancer support. As we continue moving forward, Livestrong remains committed to patient-centered, revolutionary cancer care.
Livestrong Innovation Conversations
Livestrong Innovation Conversations explore gaps in care and surface solutions. Icon engages the cancer community, fosters collaborations between like-minded groups and organizations, and provides new answers to everyday problems for those affected by cancer.
Through conversation and collaboration, Icon has three goals:
1. To learn more about the friction points across the cancer care continuum, refine what they are, and offer potential solutions for them.
2. To inform Livestrong of trends, gaps, and issues occurring within the cancer care space to influence programming and ensure we’re meeting the needs of survivors, caregivers, and their loved ones.
3. To highlight the cancer experience and bring together organizations and individuals who are part of the cancer community, providing a new connection point for Livestrong family members, donors, and corporate partners.
Learn more and join the conversation at www.livestrong.org/what-we-do/icon-series
Livestrong at School
Livestrong at School offers free age-appropriate resources for school professionals and parents including classroom lesson plans for grades K-12, engaging videos and printable worksheets. The goals of the program are to educate students about what cancer is and is not, how to have conversations about cancer, and how to be active in the fight against cancer.
Learn more at www.livestrong.org/school
Livestrong Solution Grants
The Livestrong Solution Grants program recognizes and funds organizations that are developing cutting-edge, inventive, and sustainable solutions to overlooked cancer problems.
We listened to thousands of cancer survivors, medical professionals, and advocates to determine what the biggest problems in cancer are right now.
Our current focus areas include Nutrition and Mental Health.
Our current funding priorities include: reaching the underserved, serving communities of color, defeating digital discord and equitable access to solutions.
Learn more at www.livestrong.org/what-we-do/livestrong-solution-grants
Where we work
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Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
At Livestrong, we fight for the more than 32.6 million people around the world affected by cancer now. There can be—and should be—life after cancer for more people. We provide direct services to anyone affected by cancer; connect people and communities with the services they need; and call for state, national and world leaders to help fight this disease.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
We talk to cancer survivors every day about their needs, and then we develop programs and form partnerships to help meet those needs. There are 16.9 million cancer survivors in the U.S. and there are thousands more diagnosed every day - so our work helping them in the here and now is more critical than ever. Helping cancer survivors and their loved ones has been our goal from day one. We believe in putting the survivor first, and that is why we created tools and resources to help ease the challenges of a cancer diagnosis by offering free support to cancer survivors, caregivers and loved ones; developing community programs to address the day-to-day concerns of survivors; and partnering with institutions and policymakers to change the way the world fights cancer.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
At the core of Livestrong is our research. The Livestrong Surveys have been an ongoing program of the Foundation since 2006 and help us learn from survivors, caregivers and loved ones what their needs and experiences are during and after cancer treatment.
It is through our generous donors, fundraising, our endowment, grants and investment income that we are able to fund our core programs, including Livestrong Cancer Navigation, Livestrong Fertility, Livestrong at the YMCA, Livestrong at School, and Livestrong Advocacy. We are dedicated to funding the Livestrong Cancer Institutes at the Dell Medical School at the University of Texas.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
In most of our core programs we have outpaced our estimates year on year. We are serving more people through Livestrong Cancer Navigation and Livestrong Fertility, and the Livestrong at the YMCA program continues to grow in the number of locations and participants. We continue to distribute the Livestrong Guidebook as well as get steady traffic to our online resources at Livestrong.org/WeCanHelp.
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The Livestrong Foundation
Board of directorsas of 05/13/2022
Candice Aaron
Charles Schwab
Term: 2016 -
Joe Aragona
Austin Ventures
Jeffery Garvey
Austin Ventures
Candice Aaron
Charles Schwab
Amelie Ramirez
The University of Texas Health Science Center
David Johnson
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Dena Jansen
Dena Speaks
Scott Joy
Liberty Mutual Insurance
Michelle Milford Morse
United Nations Foundation
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