As October is Breast Cancer Awareness month, we would like to invite local media to help us bring awareness to HFL’s mammogram voucher program. Please contact us with additional questions related to this program.
Free vouchers for screening and diagnostic mammograms. The vouchers are for low-income, uninsured or underinsured women age 40 and older and women of any age who are at high risk for breast cancer. Individuals should contact their physician’s office to see if they qualify for a free mammogram voucher.
Vouchers are available through the end of December.
Any healthcare provider in La Porte or Starke County may request a voucher for their patients by contacting HFL at contact@hflaporte.org or 219.326.2471. Mammograms must be done at La Porte Hospital.
The Indiana Breast Cancer Awareness Trust (IBCAT) awarded an $18,000 grant for 2017 to continue The Foundation Breast Cancer Project. The mission of IBCAT is to increase awareness and improve access to breast cancer screening and diagnosis throughout Indiana. IBCAT funds their grants through the sale of the state’s breast cancer awareness license plates. Since the plate was first made available in 2002, the program has provided nearly $4 million in grants for breast cancer screening programs to help tens of thousands of underserved Hoosier women receive the services they need. IBCAT has provided funding of over $183,000 to the Breast Cancer Project since 2005.