Cancer Resource Center of the Desert

In 2023, expenses reflected crcd's purpose of serving 530 unique Cancer patients; facilitated $90,000 in patient grant assistance; alleviated $556,000 in patient medical expense relief (direct out of pocket expenses); garnered $717,000 in non-medical expense relief (social security disability, housing/utility support, special nutritional access, and unquantifiable relief of suffering. This is accomplished through the services of 12 patient navigators.

Crcd utilized grant awards to help Cancer patients improve their quality of life. Research grant from ucop/california breast Cancer research focusing on improving young breast Cancer survivors female oncological healthcare needs. Funding from the el centro regional medical Center (government grant category) is designed to utilize crcd patient navigators as an integrated support to Cancer patients in ecrmc's hematology/oncology clinic to remove barriers to Cancer care. Other grant awards by doves and ivwf are used for direct patient support.