Shapiro Linda Diamond, Thompson Donna, Calhoun Elizabeth
J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2006 May;17(2 Suppl):20-30. doi: 10.1353/hpu.2006.0093.
For the past six years, the Chicago-area faith-based Reach Out Consortium has mobilized low-income uninsured and underinsured African American women and Latinas to seek screening for breast and cervical cancer. The funding history for this program illustrates how funds for a small community-based program were leveraged into a broader program, and that grew to serve low-income women across the state. Further, as the program reached more and more uninsured women, community activism led to a further state investment in services for the uninsured. Program sustainability and expansion depended on a combination of public and private competitive grants and grassroots advocacy.
在过去六年里，芝加哥地区以信仰为基础的“伸出援手联盟”动员低收入、未参保和参保不足的非裔美国女性及拉丁裔女性进行乳腺癌和宫颈癌筛查。该项目的资金历史表明，一个小型社区项目的资金是如何被利用起来发展成一个更广泛的项目，并逐步扩大到为全州的低收入女性提供服务。此外，随着该项目覆盖越来越多未参保女性，社区行动主义促使该州进一步投资为未参保者提供服务。项目的可持续性和扩张依赖于公共和私人竞争性拨款以及基层宣传活动的结合。
