CORE establishes Genetic Testing Fund with proceeds of breast cancer license tag sales

2/06/2014

You may know that $22 from the purchase or renewal of a Georgia Breast Cancer License Tag funds breast cancer education and prevention services to underserved Georgians; now it also helps fund genetic testing for the underinsured. Georgia CORE has partnered with the State Office of Rural Health to create the Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer (HBOC) Genetic Testing Fund as a part of the Georgia ACTS (Access, Care, Treatment and Services) Breast Cancer Grant Program. While the majority of the money from the program is granted through a competitive RFP process among local nonprofit organizations, hospitals and medical centers in Georgia, a portion also will fund genetic testing for underinsured women.

“The fund will provide genetic testing for underinsured Georgians with a family history of HBOC and who would otherwise not be able to afford genetic testing or have no insurance coverage for it,” said Georgia CORE’s Health Education and Communications Specialist, Monique Martin, MPH, CHES.

The online application for testing must be submitted by a genetic services provider as defined under Commission on Cancer Standard 2.3. Access the application here. And please help us spread the word about how buying the tag can help save a life!