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Information for the state Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Programs

Welcome to the WEAVING Project’s information page for state Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Programs (BCCEDP)! We hope this site will be helpful and informative to you and your staff. We encourage you to visit this site often, as it is continually being updated.

We anticipate that providing technical assistance services to urban Indian health organizations (UIHO) and state BCCEDP programs will help increase the number of urban American Indian and Alaska Native women who receive screening services. We also anticipate that this collaboration may assist state BCCEDPs in enhancing CDC program performance indicators by increasing service delivery to priority populations including: minority women, cervical cancer screening to the ‘rarely-and-never’ screened and breast cancer screening to women ages 50-64.

States with Urban Indian Health Organizations
The following 19 states have one or more Urban Indian Health Organizations (UIHO) located in the state:

Arizona (3 UIHO)

Flagstaff, Phoenix, Tucson

Nevada (1 UIHO)

Reno

California (8 UIHO)

Bakersfield, Fresno, Santa Barbara, San Fransisco, San Jose, San Diego, Oakland, Los Angeles

New Mexico (1 UIHO)

Albuquerque

Colorado (1 UIHO)

Denver

New York (1 UIHO)

New York

Illinois (1 UIHO)

Chicago

Oregon (1 UIHO)

Portland

Kansas (1 UIHO)

Wichita

South Dakota (1 UIHO)

Pierre

Massachusetts (1 UIHO)

Jamaica Plain/Boston

Texas (1 UIHO)

Dallas

Michigan (1 UIHO)

Detroit

Utah (1 UIHO)

Salt Lake City

Minnesota (1 UIHO)

Minneapolis

Washington (2 UIHO)

Seattle, Spokane

Montana (5 UIHO)

Great Falls, Butte, Billings, Helena, Missoula

Wisconsin (2 UIHO)

Green Bay, Milwaukee

Nebraska (1 UIHO)

Lincoln

For more information on the urban Indian health organizations listed in these states, click here.

States without an urban Indian health organization
Although states without an urban Indian health organization are currently not eligible to be model sites for technical assistance services, we are eager to support breast and cervical cancer prevention efforts and outreach to urban American Indian and Alaska Native women living in these areas. We encourage you to visit this website often for tools and resources that may assist you in your efforts.

Click here for more information on urban Indian health organizations

UIHO are network of 34 not-for-profit community health centers that play a vital role in providing culturally appropriate health care, outreach and referral services to urban American Indian and Alaska Native communities
UIHO were established through Title V of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act and receive funding through the Indian Health Service (IHS)
Collectively, UIHO receive only 1% of the IHS budget but serve approximately 150,000 clients each year
UIHO services range from comprehensive primary medical to outreach and referral

For more information on these organizations and the urban American Indian and Alaska Native communities they serve, please visit the Urban Indian Health Institute website at www.uihi.org.