About Us
Who We Are
Sense of Security California is a California 501 c (3) non-profit corporation that provides non-medical financial assistance for California residents who are financially distressed due to being patients in treatment for breast, ovarian and other gynecological cancers. Our work begins with the patient but extends to their family. Through the collaboration with social workers and patient navigators we are reaching the needs of patients and their families whose diagnosis and treatment has become an unbearable burden.
Sense of Security California is a California 501 c (3) non-profit corporation that provides non-medical financial assistance for California residents who are financially distressed due to being patients in treatment for breast, ovarian and other gynecological cancers. Our work begins with the patient but extends to their family. Through the collaboration with social workers and patient navigators we are reaching the needs of patients and their families whose diagnosis and treatment has become an unbearable burden.
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Why We Exist
Thousands of families face the agonizing diagnosis of breast, ovarian and other gynecological cancers every year with a family member or dear friend. When the treatment begins, life changes forever-for everyone involved. For the duration of treatment the patient and their families still need to pay for their basic living expenses including, food, childcare, transportation, housing and insurance premiums. To those who can continue working during treatment and/or have other adequate sources of income, these expenses can be covered, but to many patients and their families such costs are an unbearable burden. This added stress can interfere in the process of healing. When the anxiety of how patients will survive financially is addressed, they can settle down and focus on their care and wellness. This emerging need is the reason for Sense of Security California, to provide non-medical financial assistance for breast, ovarian and other gynecological cancer patients during treatment. |
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The Need
In California, ovarian cancer is the seventh most common cancer, and the fifth leading cause of cancer-related death among women. In 2010, approximately 2,235 California women will be diagnosed with ovarian cancer, and 1,525 women will die from it. Ovarian cancer has the highest mortality rate of all female reproductive cancers.
In 2010 approximately 21,130 California women will be diagnosed with breast cancer, and 4,226 will die from it. Breast cancer is the most common cause of cancer in women and the second most common cause of cancer death in the United States. 55% of California women who get breast cancer are under the age of 55. (1% of breast cancer patients are men)
For the many women diagnosed with breast, ovarian and other gynecological cancers a substantial support system is vital. There are a few organizations in California serving non-medical financial needs for patients with breast cancer and almost no organizations focusing on ovarian and other gynecological cancers. Of these organizations their focus is primarily limited to emergency funding. Sense of Security California provides comprehensive, sustained financial assistance to meet basic living expense for median to low- income patients while in treatment.
In California, ovarian cancer is the seventh most common cancer, and the fifth leading cause of cancer-related death among women. In 2010, approximately 2,235 California women will be diagnosed with ovarian cancer, and 1,525 women will die from it. Ovarian cancer has the highest mortality rate of all female reproductive cancers.
In 2010 approximately 21,130 California women will be diagnosed with breast cancer, and 4,226 will die from it. Breast cancer is the most common cause of cancer in women and the second most common cause of cancer death in the United States. 55% of California women who get breast cancer are under the age of 55. (1% of breast cancer patients are men)
For the many women diagnosed with breast, ovarian and other gynecological cancers a substantial support system is vital. There are a few organizations in California serving non-medical financial needs for patients with breast cancer and almost no organizations focusing on ovarian and other gynecological cancers. Of these organizations their focus is primarily limited to emergency funding. Sense of Security California provides comprehensive, sustained financial assistance to meet basic living expense for median to low- income patients while in treatment.
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