What is the Connecticut Cancer Partnership?
What is the purpose of the Partnership?
Who belongs to the Partnership?
What is
"comprehensive cancer control"?
What has the Partnership accomplished so far?
What’s next?
How are the
Partnership's activities funded?
How can I become a member of the Connecticut Cancer Partnership?
What committees can I join?
What can my organization do?
What is the Connecticut Cancer Partnership?
The Connecticut Cancer Partnership is a broad and diverse coalition of more than
200 groups and individuals, representing key stakeholders in cancer prevention and control in Connecticut. It was created in 2002 with a grant award from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The Partnership is governed by a Board of Directors elected by its membership, and works through a Committee structure based on the continuum of cancer care—from prevention to end of life.
What is the purpose of the Partnership?
The Partnership is responsible for coordinating a statewide comprehensive
approach to cancer prevention and control, through the development, implementation, and evaluation of a statewide
Comprehensive Cancer Control Plan.
With support from the CDC, similar coalitions have been formed in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, tribal organizations, and U.S.-associated Pacific Islands/territories.
Who belongs to the Partnership?
The Partnership currently has more than 200 members. The five founding
partner organizations are the American Cancer Society (New England Division), Connecticut Department of Public Health,
University of Connecticut Health Center, Yale Cancer Center, and Connecticut State Medical Society.
Other partners represent Connecticut’s public, private, and non-profit sectors statewide, including state and local health agencies, academic and clinical institutions, professional, community, and faith-based organizations, businesses, insurers, health care providers, and cancer survivors.
What is
"comprehensive cancer control"?
Comprehensive cancer
control is an emerging model for integrating and coordinating a range of
activities to reduce the burden of cancer and assist individuals throughout the
course of the disease.
By establishing coalitions like the Connecticut Partnership among the diverse
stakeholders in a state's cancer community, this approach can maximize the
impact of limited resources to achieve desired cancer prevention and control
outcomes.
What has the Partnership accomplished so far?
Since its inception in 2002, the Partnership has brought together a diverse group
from all reaches of Connecticut's cancer community, to coordinate their efforts to fight cancer in Connecticut.
It reviewed and assessed the burden of cancer among Connecticut residents; identified areas needing improvement; set goals, objectives, and priorities; and developed strategies for achieving objectives. Its findings and a blueprint for action are presented in the
Connecticut Comprehensive Cancer Control Plan,
2005-2008.
A Partnership web site is available to all stakeholders in Connecticut’s cancer community.
Partnership members helped develop a guide for Connecticut’s underserved minority populations about how to lower their risk of
cancer and where to get information and help.
The Partnership has obtained funding for its planning and implementation activities from the CDC and other organizations. Its partner organizations and individuals have contributed thousands of hours of in-kind services and materials.
What’s next?
The Partnership is continuing collaborative efforts to implement the strategies
and action steps described in the Plan. It will continue to identify and obtain resources to fund its programs, build the infrastructure needed to achieve the Plan objectives, and deepen and broaden its
membership diversity to include communities experiencing cancer-related
disparities
How are the
Partnership's activities funded?
Funding for the Partnership and its work comes from four main sources:
- Each year, Congress appropriates funding to the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention for comprehensive cancer control, to support states that are
planning or implementing their plans. States in the planning (or "capacity
building") phase can receive up to $150,000 per year; states in implementation can receive up to $300,000 per year.)
The Connecticut Department of Public Health has applied for and received grant awards from CDC for the past 3 years. The awards are used to continue building broad coalitions, to assess the priorities for cancer prevention and control, and to begin creating the infrastructure needed for Plan implementation.
- Governmental and private grants will help to raise some of the money needed. We already have been successful in
obtaining some funding in this way.
- In Connecticut, over 200 members of the Partnership are working on the Plan.
To date, they have contributed thousands of hours of in-kind work and other
services and materials.
- Many State legislatures have allocated money to carry out their states' plans. The Partnership's Advocacy Committee is working with Connecticut legislators to determine what State funds might be available for implementation of the Connecticut Plan.
How can I become a member of the Connecticut Cancer Partnership?
You can become a member by contacting the
Partnership, by contacting committee chairs for
committees in which you are interested, or by submitting a membership
application.
What committees can I join?
The Partnership has several standing committees: Prevention,
Early Detection, Treatment,
Survivorship, Palliative
and Hospice Care, Advocacy, Communications,
Health Disparities, and Data Surveillance and
Evaluation. Whatever your interests, talents, and skills, there is a place
on a committee for you.
What can my organization do?
Your organization can help the Partnership implement the Comprehensive Cancer
Control Plan in many ways. Some of them will be listed in a document called Working Together,
that will be posted on this site soon. Stay tuned.
View a copy of the fact sheet, About the Connecticut Cancer Partnership (PDF, 88 KB)
Page last updated 12/20/2007
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