ENCOREplus Health
Eliminating barriers to health services for women in need.
ENCOREplus is YWCA Greater Atlanta’s community-based breast awareness program that educates medically underserved women and links eligible women to free clinical breast exams, and mammograms. Each year we reach more than one thousand uninsured and underinsured women in the greater Atlanta area through educational workshops.
More than 800 under- and uninsured women receive breast health education and more than 250 receive mammograms annually. The program thrives through strong partnerships, corporate funders, community advocates, and healthcare providers like Georgia Cancer Center for Excellence (GCCE) at Grady Health System, Sisters By Choice Mobile Mammography Clinic, and Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital Breast Health Center, who share a commitment to women’s health equity.
An Overview of ENCOREplus
Schedule your FREE Mammogram today! ↘
Early detection can be the difference between life and death.
If you are without health insurance, don’t let your annual mammogram screening pass you by. The ENCOREplus program offers FREE mammograms to metro Atlanta residents between the ages of 40-64 and to those who meet the income requirements below.
ENCOREplus serves underserved and uninsured women between the ages of 40 and 64.
Programs are available in both Spanish and English.
In addition to providing workshops and health screenings, YWCA Greater Atlanta also advocates for policies and practices that eliminate racial health disparities for women of color. Minority women are diagnosed with breast cancer at a lower rate, yet their mortality rate continue to be higher than other demographics. With a recent report from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research ranking Georgia 47th in the United States on women’s access to health insurance, ENCOREplus programs provide invaluable breast health resources to the women we serve.
Interested? ↘
If you are interested in signing up for an educational workshop or mammogram, please contact the ENCOREplus Program Manager, Thomasine Leachman, at thomasine.leachman@ywcaatlanta.org or call 404-835-1632.
“I am grateful for YWCA Greater Atlanta’s ENCOREplus program because it has helped me take care of my health.”
— Tarlisha M.
