Tri-Counties
Cancer Detection Partnership
(CDP)
(administering the Cancer Detection Programs: Every
Woman Counts)
Mission Statement
The mission of the Tri-Counties Cancer
Detection Partnership is to decrease breast cancer mortality in California
by improving the ability/capacity of our local communities to
provide easily accessible, comprehensive, diversity- sensitive,
integrated systems to ensure that under-served women and all California
women shall not encounter barriers to early breast cancer detection.
What is the Cancer Detection Program: Every Woman Counts?
(CDP)?
A State funded breast cancer screening and cervical screening
program dedicated to decreasing breast cancer mortality in California
women.
What services does the program provide?
Free annual clinical breast exams, mammograms. Some primary care clinics also provide cervical cancer screening services.
Who is eligible?
A woman 25 through 39 may be eligible for cervical cancer screening services only if she meets the insurance and income criteria below. "A woman 40 or older" may qualify for both breast and cervical cancer screening services.
1. A woman who is uninsured (who has no private or public health insurance) or underinsured, whose insurance does not provide breast or cervical cancer screening services.
2. Has an income no greater than 200% of the federal poverty level.
Where does a woman get the services?
Participating physicians, nurse practitioners, clinics, mammography
centers, and hospitals. Currently more than 60 providers offer
Cancer Detection Program: Every Woman Counts funded services in
Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo and Ventura Counties.
How can a woman enroll?
The California Cancer Detection Program Helpline can determine
if a woman qualifies and send her the names of primary care providers
in her area. The toll-free number is 1-800-511-2300.
Who funds and runs the program?
The program is funded at the state level by the California Department
of Health Services with funds from a 1994 two-cent tobacco tax
dedicated to breast health. It is administered by the Santa Barbara
County Public Health Department.
The program is coordinated locally by the Tri-Counties Cancer Detection Partnership serving Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo Counties.
What is the California Breast & Cervical Cancer Treatment Program (BCCTP)? How can it be accessed?
BCCTP is a state-wide program that covers treatment costs for
low-income, uninsured women and men who are over the age of 18
and diagnosed with breast or cervical cancer. For more information,
call (800)-824-0088, or visit their website at www.medi-cal.ca.gov
