Avon Breast Health Outreach Program (BHOP)

AFW responds to the new U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) mammography recommendations

The Avon Foundation, through the Avon Breast Health Outreach Program (BHOP), has made the largest contribution ever provided to community-based breast cancer programs in nearly every state across the US.  Funding comes from the Avon Foundation Breast Cancer Crusade, and is raised through a wide variety of special events, product sales, walks, runs, concerts, and other marketing initiatives worldwide.  Since 1993, over $50 million has been distributed through more than 800 grants to community-based, non-profit breast health programs.

The mission of the Avon BHOP is to link medically underserved women to breast health education and screening services. Medically underserved women need targeted, customized approaches that enable them to obtain regular mammograms and clinical breast exams. Successful programs are comprised of:

·      culturally-competent educational strategies;

·      dedicated staff with specialized language and communications skills; and

·      participation from members of the targeted community who can reach women where they live, work and worship. These individuals offer personalized assistance to women for whom it is often difficult to access health care.

Avon BHOP supports programs that:

• recruit women for both first time screening and annual screening;
• develop partnerships between community-based outreach providers and local
  medical providers;
• work with health care providers to ensure proper clinical follow-up of abnormal screening results; and
• educate older women (> 65 years old) about Medicare coverage of annual
  screening mammograms and assist them in obtaining the service from providers
  who accept Medicare.

In 2009, Avon BHOP awarded $6.0 million in grants to 143 community-based, non-profit organizations in the United States.  All grant recipients were selected through a rigorous application and independent grant review process.

Since 2000, the Avon Foundation Breast Care Fund has distributed almost $50 million in grants to community-based agencies.  These agencies have made a significant impact on the lives of thousands of women in need of breast cancer screening services.  By the end of 2009, almost 1 million mammograms and CBEs will have been facilitated and more than 15 million people will have received education on breast cancer awareness as a result of support from the Fund. 

The following data summarizes the program data through 2008, and includes estimates for 2009:

+ Data reporting changed – only includes individual & group education, not mass media education campaigns

* Projected

Contact Us
 

Cicatelli Associates Inc., New York, NY  phone (212) 594-7741
http://www.cicatelli.org

2011 Funding Information

The 2011 Avon BHOP Request for Applications (RFA) is now available. Click here for complete application instructions and forms. This year's submission deadline is:

August 27, 2010
11:59 p.m. ET

For more information, contact admin@avonbhop.org