CANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY ARIZONA.PDF

Created: 02/16/2018 • Last updated: 02/27/2018
General information
Organization Cancer Support Community Arizona
Contact First name Debbie
Contact Last name DiCarlo
Contact e-mail DDicarlo@cscaz.org
Contact phone number 602-712-1006
Address
Street 360 E. Palm Lane
City Phoenix
State AZ
ZIP Code 85004
From what tribe is the Gila River Indian Community
organization requesting the
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Total grant amount request 100,000
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Gila River Indian Community Grant Application
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Cover Sheet
Municipality Information
1. Date of Application: 2/27/2018 (NOTE: Click or use up/down arrow keys to move among
fields)
2. Name of City, Town or County: Maricopa County
3. Mayor (City or Town) or Board of Supervisor’s Chairman (County): Steve Chucri
4. Mailing Address: 301 W. Jefferson Ave, Suite 960
5. City: Phoenix State: Arizona Zip Code: 85003
6. Acknowledgement of Submission by Authorized Municipality Representative:
Typed Name/Title: Zachary Wolfe, Finance Department Signature:
Applicant Information
7. Department/Organization Name: Cancer Support Community Arizona
8. Is this a 501c non-profit Organization? No Yes If yes, attach IRS Determination Letter
9. Application Contact Person: Debbie Dicarlo Title: CEO
10. Phone Number: 602-712-1006
11. Mailing Address: 360 E. Palm Lane
12. City: Phoenix State: Arizona Zip Code: 85004
13. Email Address: DDicarlo@cscaz.org Website Address: http://cscaz.org/
Project Information
14. Project Name: Meals Matter: Grow 360 ˚ to Recovery
15. Purpose of Grant: Health promotion and education; nutrition and wellness activities
16. Priority Funding Area Healthcare
17. Annual amount requested $100,000
18. Number of years that funding is 1
requested
19. Total amount requested (annual $100,000 x 1 year
amount x number of years)
20. Has your organization received past Not applicable
funding from GRIC? If yes, list each year
and amount
21. Geographic area served Maricopa County
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Outcome A Approval Recommended/Amount $ A Denial

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Narrative
Please structure your proposal to provide the following information in the order indicated. Provide the narrative
in paragraph form in the text field provided. Please be thorough but strive for brevity.
1. Briefly describe the organization’s history, mission and goals.
Cancer Support Community was founded in 1982 by Harold Benjamin, Ph.D., in California as The Wellness
Community. Dr. Benjamin’s wife Harriet had been diagnosed with breast cancer, and upon completion of her
treatment in the early 1980’s, he identified free, emotional support services as an incredible need in the cancer
care community. Fortunately, Dr. Benjamin and Harriet had the financial ability to access therapeutic cancer
support; however, so many do not and are often left financially and emotionally bankrupt after a cancer
diagnosis. In 1998, our Arizona chapter of The Wellness Community was established with supportive programs
beginning in March of 1999. In 2009, The Wellness Community merged with fellow cancer care organization,
Gilda's Club, and formed what is now Cancer Support Community and our local affiliate, Cancer Support
Community Arizona.
For 20 years, Cancer Support Community Arizona has worked to ensure that no one faces cancer alone.
The mission of Cancer Support Community Arizona is to ensure that all people impacted by cancer are
empowered by knowledge, strengthened by action and sustained by community. Cancer Support Community
Arizona is the only free comprehensive program in Arizona providing emotional support services to anyone
impacted by cancer, at any stage and at any age. Annually, Cancer Support Community Arizona serves
approximately 3,000 adults, teens and children through 100+ monthly programs provided free of cost, in a
homelike setting that creates and environment of healing and support. Every day, Cancer Support Community
Arizona delivers professionally led support groups, educational workshops, mind-body wellness, social
programs, and referral services so that people affected by cancer can learn vital skills to regain control, reduce
feelings of isolation and restore hope.
2. If the applying organization is non-municipal or a non-profit 501c, please describe your relationship with
Arizona municipalities including past and present support, whether through partnerships, collaborations,
in-kind contributions, grants, tax-based funding or other. Describe the supporting municipality’s role in
this project. If the applying organization is a municipality governmental sub-division please enter the
text “Not applicable.”
Maricopa County provides the local government entity for applying to the State-Shared Revenue Program.
Cancer Support Community Arizona does not receive in-kind contributions, tax-based funding or any other
funds from Maricopa County.
3. Describe the proposed project and planned goals and activities.

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Access to free, support services that provide fresh fruits and vegetables, nutrition education and
interactive and tangible cooking classes to sustain cancer survivors throughout long-term care is non-existent in
our community. Meals Matter: Grow 360˚ to Recovery is a new initiative by Cancer Support Community Arizona
that builds on our 20 years of health education and nutrition wisdom in the cancer support sector. The Gila River
Indian Community’s investment in Meals Matter: Grow 360˚ to Recovery will contribute to the construction of
edible of gardens and landscaping (agriscape) and a fully equipped, commercial kitchen, on Cancer Support
Community Arizona’s main campus. Your support will enable our campus to yield free, fresh, organic produce
and provide gardening classes and interactive, hands-on cooking and nutrition classes to our family members,
friends, neighbors and community members living with cancer.
Goals -
We will serve a total of 120 individuals through the following:
1. Provide healthy, fresh food to approximately 32 families every month. Once agriscape is completed,
and plants are established, this equates to up to $28,000 worth of produce generated by the gardens
for the community each year.
2. Host 12 healthy cooking and nutrition classes annually serving approximately 120 people per year.
3. Offer 5 gardening classes to 50 community members per year where participants can nurture their
gardening skills and integrate their learning into their lifestyles and home environment.
4. Integrate these activities into the treatment plans of 10% of community members to increase feelings of
control over personhood and environment.
Activities -
Cancer Support Community Arizona provides free, comprehensive psycho-social resources to
community members, ages 4 and up, who are survivors of this overwhelming and distressing illness. Cancer
Support Community Arizona staff provide free resource and referral services, access to therapy led by licensed
mental health professionals, healthy lifestyle workshops, and opportunities to socialize with peers through
classes such as Yoga, Tai Chi, ceramics, and meditation, just to name a few. Educational lectures by
oncology experts, usually MDs, DOs, NDs and PhDs, are also available monthly to address a variety of
concerns to survivors, from learning about their specific cancers to coping with symptoms and side-effects that
adversely affect their physical abilities and relationships.
Your investment in cancer survivors and their loved ones expands our ability to offer more resources in
the very same place where they are already thriving. 32 families a month will now leave Cancer Support
Community Arizona’s campus with fresh produce. Approximately 120 people will take control of their nutritional
health by learning what foods will strengthen their bodies and how to cook them best so that their body will
absorb the critical nutrients it needs to increase their chances of attaining and preserving health. And, up to 50
friends and neighbors will learn about harvesting techniques and how to grow and care for plants, a skill that can
be replicated in their backyards. A recent study showed that survivors exhibited improvements in strength, agility,
and endurance because of participation in gardening. Also, almost half were eating at least one extra fruit and
vegetable a day and increased their activity at least 30 minutes more a week (Acta Oncol. 2013 Aug). This
project integrates supportive components necessary to empower participants to take control of their nutritional
health.

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4. Describe how the proposed project satisfies one or more of the priority funding areas identified by the
Gila River Indian Community.
The Meals Matter: Grow 360˚ project is in direct alignment with the Gila River Indian Community’s priority
of funding healthcare initiatives, specifically health promotion and education, nutrition and wellness activities.
This project will assist in improving the overall health of cancer survivors within our local community.
5. Identify the needs/problems to be addressed, target population and number of people to be served by
the project.
From the moment a doctor shares a cancer diagnosis with a patient, they are, and will always be
recognized as a cancer survivor. The United States is home to over 10 million cancer survivors, many of whom
are living extended and cancer-free lives (Doyle et al., 2006). Crucial to preventing relapse, the development of
different primary cancers and other chronic illnesses, is access to resources that can support survivors in
achieving and maintaining an appropriate weight, a healthy diet and a physically active lifestyle (Doyle et al.,
2006). The American Cancer Society recommends eating at least five servings of a variety of fruits and
vegetables each day to prevent cancer. To curb malnutrition, a common occurrence with survivors in
treatment, consulting with a nutritionist or dietician to manage a healthful diet and weight is also highly
suggested. These expenses, in addition to the increasing costs of treatment, clinical trials, new therapies and
other out of pocket costs, can quickly escalate. Even with good health care insurance, cancer survivors,
especially the working-age population, commonly experience material and psychological, financial hardship
(Yabroff et al., 2015). Through data collected at Cancer Support Community Arizona, we know that 55% of the
families we serve are low-to-moderate income. Investment in Meals Matter: Grow 360˚ to Recovery will have a
substantial impact on cancer survivors and their families as it increases access to not only healthy food, and
also the right food, and supplies the knowledge necessary to sustain their own nutritional health. We expect to
provide direct services to approximately 120 cancer survivors and their loved ones in the first year of this
project and believe that impact will be far-reaching as support will also benefit family members and the
community at large.
6. Define the project as a new or continuing program.
The Meals Matter: Grow 360˚to Recovery is a new program that will begin building in the Fiscal year 2018 and
will be offered in perpetuity.
7. Provide a brief timeline including start and finish dates. Indicate if the timeline is flexible.

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Time Frame (2018 - 2019) Activity
November A Week 1: Core Productivity Assessment and
Design Meeting –
• Micro-climate mapping
• Survey list for desired edibles
• Water resource assessment
(SOURCES ASSESSED: greywater,
rain water, irrigation, municipal)
• Production capacities
• Micro-climate planting chart of
desired edibles
• Break ground for Commercial
Kitchen renovation. Expected
renovation timeline is 3-5 months.
A Week 2: First draft meeting with design team
(hardscapes, pathways, canopies, and
utilities).
A Week 3: Second draft meeting with design
team (final on hardscapes and refinement of
softscapes and utilities)
A Week 4: Final design meeting with design
team and preparation for Board and City
submittals.
January A Design Submittals and Updates.
A Volunteer training online (Agriscaping
Mastery and Education Courses) for core
team with invitations extended to volunteers.
February A Completion of volunteer training and final
design acceptance.
March A Project installation & continuity program
establishment
• Week 1-2: Material acquisitions,
Ground-Breaking event, and
volunteer invitations.
• Week 3-4: Installation and grand-
opening invitations to community.
• End Week 4: Celebration and
Community Grand Opening of new
garden
• Week 5": First week of volunteer

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training and continuing
education/hands-on projects.
April A Integration of Garden into CSCAZ programs
including nutrition, cooking and gardening
classes
8. Identify other organizations, partners or funders participating in the project and their roles.
The success of this project will rely on the collaboration with Agriscaping Technologies. The partnership
with Agriscaping Technologies will create a Perpetual Education Program to support Cancer Support
Community Arizona’s edible gardens, which will serve as a long-term teaching site for students training to
become master gardeners. Agriscaping Technologies will provide the expertise in implementing and
maintaining edible garden spaces. Not only will this ensure that the areas are appropriately designed, it will
also offer their students the opportunity to practice crucial skills for the marketplace. Students with Agriscaping
Technologies are required to complete assignments and field service hours. When the student graduates from
the program, he or she is certified as an Agriscaping Certified Educator. They can then facilitate live training,
and help share this knowledge with any volunteers who want to participate. Volunteers working in our garden
will come from the community at large, as well as include Cancer Support Community Arizona members. We
have also applied to Phoenix IDA and the Arizona Diamondbacks Foundation for partial funding of Meals
Matter: Grow 360˚ to Recovery. Both funding and partnership opportunities are currently pending, and Cancer
Support Community Arizona is optimistic that both requests will ensure no one faces cancer alone.
9. Would you be able to implement the proposed plan if your organization received partial funding for this
project?
Yes, Cancer Support Community Arizona would implement the proposed plan if we receive partial funding.
Meeting the needs of cancer survivors and their families at zero cost to them is mostly contingent on the
generosity of our donors, and for that, we are incredibly appreciative. If the full grant request amount is not
possible, we will update and prioritize the project timeline to support the primary needs of our cancer
Participants. We will focus on the Agriscape portion initially to meet the demand for access to healthy, free
food.
10. Describe your plan for project financial sustainability beyond the grant period. If this is a
program/project previously funded by the Gila River Indian Community describe efforts made towards
the previously described sustainability plan.
The Gila River Indian Community has not previously funded this program. Cancer Support Community
Arizona is fortunate that individual donations coupled with corporate and foundation grants provide our primary
source of revenue. Also, fundraising and several, significant events including Porch Party, the Rise for a
Reason Breakfast and Trivia Night provide an additional stream of income. Cancer Support Community
Arizona believes that no-one, should have to face cancer alone and we will continue to invest in program
innovation and growth for as long as there is a great need for free, community-focused psychosocial support

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services. Your investment will help us expand our unique services and provide much-needed nutrition
resources to the Cancer survivor community across Maricopa County.
This project would also help Cancer Support Community Arizona lay the foundation for a social enterprise
that will safeguard the sustainability of the organization and its services to the community, including this
project. The commercial kitchen will be rented out to the community when it’s not being used for cooking and
nutrition classes. Additionally, it will enhance our existing 3,000 sq. ft. to provide affordable meeting space to
fellow non-profits and local organizations.
11. Describe your plan to document progress and results.
Cancer Support Community Arizona utilizes Gnosis Pro, a database that tracks our community members’
information, manages our events, distributes surveys and solicits feedback in addition to providing many other
services. We will use pre-and post-surveys to measure the quantitative and qualitative impact of the Meals
Matter: Grow 360˚to Recovery project on our participants’ holistic wellness.
12. Indicate any application to and/or awards made by a tribe other than the Gila River Indian Community
for state shared revenues for this and any other project for the past five (5) years. If this information is
included in a separate attachment, please indicate that here.
In 2017, Cancer Support Community Arizona applied for the first time to the Fort Mcdowell Indian
Community and the Tohono, O'odham Community to fund program support and expansion of services in the
West Valley. Unfortunately, we did not receive funding from these entities to support these projects.

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Project Budget
Budget Period: 2018 – 2019
For each budget item listed here please provide a narrative description on the following Project Budget Detail
page.
Proposed Budget Expense Amount Amount In Kind Total Budget
(list each budget item) requested from requested or contributions
GRIC secured from
other funders
1. Salaries & Wages $16,829.00 $ 46,858.00 $0 $63, 687.00
2. Professional Fees & Contracts $16, 166.66 $32,333.34 $0 $48, 500.00
3. Kitchen Redesign and $ 35, 458.01 $ 74,541.99 $0 $110, 000.00
Expansion
4. Garden Design and Hardscape $11, 045.00 $0 $0 $11, 045.00
5. Irrigation and Prep $2, 768.00 $0 $0 $2,768.00
6. Supplies $ 13, 333.33 $26,666.67 $0 $40, 000.00
7. Occupancy $4, 400.00 $0 $0 $4, 400.00
8. Professional Services & Admin $0 $20, 000.00 $0 $20, 000.00
9. Volunteer Hours $0 $0 $66,447.03 $0
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Total Budget $100, 000.00 $200, 400.00 $66, 447.03 $300, 400.00

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Project Budget Detail
Please provide a narrative description for each of the project budget items listed on the previous page. Include
the dollar figure and how it was derived.
1. Salaries & Wages ($16,829 grant/$63,687.00 project total) includes salaries for the program and operational
staff.
2. Professional Fees & Contracts ($16,166.66 grant/ $48,500.00 project total ) includes payment for services
provided by contract labor including consultation from Agriscaping Technologies etc.
3. Kitchen Redesign & Expansion ($35,458.01 grant/ $110,000.00 project total) includes demo, plumbing
replacement, electrical and lighting, painting, drywall, flooring, industrial kitchen appliances, etc.
4. Garden Design & Hardscape ($11,045.00 grant and also the project total) includes landscape architecture
(i.e., paths, canopies and walls).
5. Irrigation and Prep ($2,768.00 grant and also the project total) includes soil treatment and installing an
irrigation system.
6. Supplies ($13,333.33 grant/ $40,000.00 project total) includes tools, equipment rental, maintenance and
storage.
7. Occupancy ($4,400.00 grant and project total) includes utilities, property and building maintenance,
telephone, internet, and IT maintenance.
8. Professional Services & Admin ($0 grant/$20,000 project total) includes direct administrative costs.
9. Volunteers hours ($66,447.03) includes expected value of inkind volunteer hours that will be logged in 2018
based on volunteer hours contributed in 2017.
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