American Cancer Society, Patient Navigator Program
Contact Persons:
Leonor Padro
305.979.0866
Mara Chavannes
305.450.7919
Chalette Gibbs
305.310.5611
Provides information about the patient’s specific cancer, in addition to helping find: the right questions to ask the doctor, connect to the American Cancer Society, resources for transportation, lodging and local assistance, answers to questions about financial insurance needs, and local support groups.
American Cancer Society, Patient Services
3901 NW 79th Avenue, Suite 224
Miami, Florida 33166
305.594.4363
www.cancer.org
English, Spanish
Provides support, financial assistance for hospital beds, wheelchairs, suction machines and pain medications. Provides prostheses and bras for uninsured women, help with transportation, college scholarships, summer camp for children with cancer and housing for bone marrow cancer patients.
American Lung Association of Florida—South Area
2020 S. Andrews Avenue
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 33316
954.524.4657
800.524.8010
alafsouth@lungFloridaa.org
www.lungFloridaa.org
English, Spanish, Creole, Portuguese, French, Italian
Provides general awareness about lung cancer as well as cancer prevention.
The Beautiful Gate, Inc.
A ministry of Silver Blue Lakes Missionary Baptist Church
1448 NW 103rd Street
Miami, Florida 33142
305.754.8815
thebeautifulgate@bellsouth.net
English, Spanish, Creole
Offers health seminars, assistance with obtaining Free Health screenings (breast, prostate), cancer education, financial assistance resources, information on free prosthetics, nutritional and toiletry supplies, monthly cancer support group meeting, monthly Yoga classes.
Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (Project Screen)
Miami-Dade County Health Department
1350 NW 14th Street
Miami, Florida 33125
305.470.5634
jennifer_prince@doh.state.Florida.us
www.dadehealth.org/women/womenscreen.asp
English, Spanish, Creole
Provide mammograms and pap’s for women older than 50 and less than 65 years of age, under or uninsured, no Medicaid or Medicare.
Breast Cancer Network of Strength
4601 Sheridan Street, Suite 320
Hollywood, Florida 33021
954.989.1288
800.221.2141 (Eng)
800.986.9505 (Esp)
southFlorida@networkofstrength.org
www.networkofstrength.org/southFlorida
English, Spanish, Creole, 150+ languages
Provides education, support and other services for breast cancer patients.
Cancer Information Service (CIS), Coastal Region
1320 South Dixie Highway, Suite 120
Coral Gables Florida, 33146
800.4.CANCER
www.cancer.gov
English, Spanish
The National Cancer Institute’s education service; provides cancer information to patients, their families, the public, and health care professionals through a toll-free telephone service or online through Live Help.
https://cissecure.nci.nih.gov/livehelp/welcome.asp
Catholic Hospice
14875 NW 77th Avenue, Suite 100
Miami Lakes, Florida 33014
305.822.2380
specialcare@catholichospice.org
www.catholichospice.org
English, Spanish, Creole
Provides support and post treatment services to terminally ill patients with 6 months or less prognosis.