National Breast Cancer Foundation

The link to the site is:
http://www.nationalbreastcancer.org/

On the front of the home page it reads:
"The National Breast Cancer Foundation appreciates your gifts to continue our ongoing educational programs and funding for free mammograms to women who cannot afford them. It is our mission to provide them with help for today…hope for tomorrow."

I looked at the Mission Statement. It reads:
"NBCF Mission: The National Breast Cancer Foundation mission is to save lives by increasing awareness of breast cancer through education and by providing mammograms for those in need."

Though try as I might, I found no information on how to actually receive a free Mammogram.

What is does say, way off on the right side, in small print that gets smaller and smaller the further you read is this:
"NBCF does not provide grants for mammograms directly to individuals. We give grants through designated programs for low-income and uninsured women. For information about free mammograms, contact the Department of Health and Human Services."

So what they are telling me is that there is yet another breadcrumb to follow, but no real assistance or useful information is being provided. Gee... Thanks... If you are wondering, like me, what designated programs and how to reach them... Then you'll have to wait. I have sent en e-mail requesting this information. We shall see if I get a reply and what it reveals if I do.

What I wrote to them: "Which are the designated programs that you referenced on your site under free mammograms? How do I get in contact with these programs? Are there age restrictions for eligibility of assistance? Can you help point me in a direction to receive information regarding a free and/or low-cost Mammogram and/or Ultrasound? Is there any website aside from the Department of Health and Human Services that you can point me towards for all of the above information?"

Oh, and of course when I clicked on the link for the Department of Health and Human Services, it sent me right back to the least useful and responsive site I have come across to date. But just in case you might want it, here is the link: http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/nbccedp/index.htm