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Project WISH

Project WISH (Women Into Staying Healthy) provides free breast and cervical cancer screening and diagnostic services to eligible women in the District of Columbia. Project WISH also provides patient navigation, transportation assistance and cancer education to all women enrolled in the project.

WISH is a program designed to increase early detection and treatment of breast and cervical cancers by offering free breast and cervical cancer screenings, diagnostic services, and patient navigation to women between the ages 21 to 64 who are uninsured or underinsured.

The program goals include:

  1. Increasing access to high quality breast and cervical cancer screening to women who are uninsured and under-resourced
  2. Increasing access to breast and cervical health education
  3. Reducing barriers to accessing care through the provision of culturally relevant patient navigation
  4. Ensuring access to timely diagnosis and treatment

Project WISH provides the following services:

  • Breast Cancer Screening
    • Clinical breast examination for women 21-64 years of age
    • Mammogram (breast X-ray) for women 40-64 years of age
  • Cervical Cancer Screening
    • Pelvic examination
    • Pap test
  • Diagnostic tests as needed
  • Patient Navigation
    • Guides patients through the health care system, helps them overcome barriers that prevent them from getting the care they need, and provides educational resources
    • Services may include making appointments, appointment reminders, assistance with transportation, interpretation or translation services, general health information and referrals for care not provided by certain providers such as smoking cessation and other services

Who is eligible for Project WISH?

Women between the ages of 21 and 64 who are uninsured and underinsured are eligible for Project WISH. Call (202) 442-5900 or email [email protected] for more information.

Project WISH Partners, Community Resources, and Services

Capital Breast Care Center

  • Providing community outreach and patient navigation services for cancer prevention and early detection, utilizing evidence-based health and wellness education practices, to underserved women in the Washington, DC, metropolitan area.

Breast Care for Washington

  • Providing assistance with overcoming barriers that prevent low-income, medically underserved women from receiving high quality breast care.

MedStar Washington Hospital Center

  • Providing services including but not limited to heart and vascular, orthopedics, cancer, neurology and neurosurgery, gastroenterology, physical therapy and rehabilitation, women’s health, behavioral health, urology, dermatology, diabetes and endocrinology, primary care, bariatrics, sports medicine as well as plastic reconstructive surgery.

Howard University Cancer Center

  • Providing services including surgery, chemotherapy and radiation oncology to address all forms of cancer, particularly those that disproportionately affect African-Americans

Sibley Memorial Hospital

  • Offering medical, surgical, intensive care, obstetric, oncology, orthopedic and skilled nursing inpatient services, as well as a 24-hour Emergency Department.

New Freedmen’s Clinic

  • Providing services including but not limited to physical exams, women’s wellness, non-urgent care, diagnostics tests, dermatology services, hepatitis C screening, diabetes screening, STI screening, hypertension screening, kidney function test, liver function test, pap smear, pregnancy tests, skin cancer screenings, x-rays, prescriptions for medications, social services and interpretation services

Smith Center

  • Providing services including but not limited to patient navigation as well as arts and healing programming.

Nueva Vida

  • Providing services including outreach and education, patient navigation and mental health survivorship

Cancer Support Community

  • Providing supportive services including an online community and a cancer clinical registry.

Providence Health Services

  • Offering breast screening tests, primary care, behavioral health, and skilled nursing services.

Explore more information about breast cancer:

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For more information about Comprehensive Cancer Control

Comprehensive Cancer Control National Partnership 

For more information about free prevention, screening, and health services, please call the CCCP at (202) 442-9212 or [email protected].