Kern County Cancer Foundation

𝐑𝐎𝐎𝐓𝐒: Founded in 2012 as the Kern County Cancer Fund, the program under the CBCC Foundation for Community Wellness received seed funding from Leslie Knox of Advanced Industrial Services and Dr. Ravi Patel of the Comprehensive Blood & Cancer Center. 

𝐉𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐍𝐄𝐘:  In 2020 KCCF becomes a 501c3 non-profit & began to help children & their families through their 𝐏𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐌𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐀𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐥 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐭. Over 850 patients have been assisted & close to $4 million dollars has been allocated towards medical bills related to cancer treatment. 

𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐍𝐄: In 2022, partnered with 𝐒𝐚𝐧 𝐃𝐢𝐞𝐠𝐨 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲, KCCF receives funds from the 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐚 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 to further understand the financial stress a cancer diagnosis brings upon patients. Thus, 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐍𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 is built providing access to financial education & Add'l community resources. 𝐈𝐧 𝐒𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒, we'll be launching our 𝐌𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐍𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 bringing our services to the rural & outlying areas of Kern County.