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Save the Date - ScreenNJ Virtual Partner Forum - April 20, 2026 at 1pm

Inaugural Virtual ScreenNJ Partner Forum

A dynamic gathering of community, clinical, academic, and public health partners dedicated to advancing cancer prevention, early detection, and health equity across New Jersey. The forum features a Director’s vision for the future of cancer prevention and risk reduction, as well as partner panels on navigation and education, small-group discussions, and a collaborative fireside chat, culminating in shared insights to guide our collective work ahead.

Date: April 20, 2026 

Time: 1 p.m. – 5 p.m.

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Community Education

An informed community is an empowered community.

Community education is a large part of our ScreenNJ Community Outreach and Engagement program. Our Community Cancer Control Specialists commit themselves to giving community members all over the state the tools they need to lower cancer risk and rates. We work with community partners and state and local health systems to bring our programs to you. ScreenNJ’s programs include webinars, live workshops, and fairs in your communities.

What can our Community Cancer Control Specialist do for you:

  • Come to your place of worship, PTO, club, or community center and talk about how to lower your cancer risk.
  • Help you plan a health fair.
  • Talk about diet and exercise.
  • Connect you to our Patient Navigators.
  • Be a part of your health committees.
  • Help your community organization translate materials about fighting cancer.
  • Support your organization with handouts (while supplies last).

If you would like to speak with someone on our team about your event or program:

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Professional Education

Education stands as a pillar within ScreenNJ’s commitment to implement and expand the reach of evidence-based cancer prevention and screening services, directly address barriers that prevent people from receiving timely cancer screenings, and reduce the cancer burden experienced by New Jerseyans.

Our multifaceted approach encompasses both community and professional education, grounded in the belief that knowledge should be universally accessible. By disseminating insights to healthcare and public health professionals across New Jersey, we empower them to better serve their communities.

Our suite of professional education services spans a diverse array of topics and formats, ranging from singular “Training the Trainer” sessions to comprehensive series like our Community CARES program. Whatever your organization’s needs may be, we stand ready to collaborate and deliver tailored content. Our offerings encompass cancer site-specific insights, LGBTQ+ competency, environmental health, nutrition, clinical trial research, and beyond.

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Navigation Support

Patient navigators are trained, culturally competent healthcare professionals who work with patients, families, physicians and other healthcare providers to ensure cancer patients’ needs are appropriately and effectively addressed.

A patient navigator can help with: 

  • Providing emotional support and information on cancer prevention, screening, and cancer care.
  • Making referrals to screenings
  • Providing information about cancer care and clinical trials.
  • Connecting you with healthcare providers and assisting with scheduling appointments.
  • Removing barriers to your care and treatment.
  • Helping patients and their families navigate the process of using insurance to pay for care.
  • Identifying resources for clients to overcome barriers to care, such as transportation, housing, and childcare arrangements.
  • Linking patients to translation services.
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Outreach Support

The impacts of ScreenNJ are rooted deeply in partnerships throughout New Jersey. In addition to community and professional education, ScreenNJ provides technical assistance including educational materials, supplies, rentals such as an inflatable colon, and support for system-level practice improvement.

Technical assistance is a way of providing guidance and targeted support to organizations that are currently or looking to provide education about cancer prevention, screening, and more. This collaboration can support the development of needs assessments, evidence-based program planning, design, implementation, evaluation, and more.

Reach out to ScreenNJ to learn more about how we can help you and your organization bring evidence-based education to the communities that you serve.

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Free Cancer Screenings and Care Coordination for the uninsured and under-served across New Jersey

Now Offering:

  • Patient navigation for care coordination
  • Education and outreach
  • Supportive services to address social determinants of health
  • History and physical examinations
  • Laboratory testing
  • Referrals and authorizations
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Collaborating for Our Communities

Partner Resources

ScreenNJ is a collaborative project of organizations across New Jersey committed to reducing cancer incidence and mortality through an effective cancer prevention and screening project. We welcome all of our partners to utilize these resources and encourage you to bookmark them for ongoing access.

Resource Library

Download educational resources, social media assets, reports, and more.

Partner Directory

Visit our listing of partners and providers participating in the ScreenNJ network.

Partner Support

Current partners who need assistance, click here to contact us.

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Two people high-fiving with blue overlay. Community Grant Funding Available March 9th.

Community Award Funding Opportunities

The ScreenNJ Community Award Program is back!

This year, we’re offering Patient Navigation and Education Award opportunities for organizations working to advance cancer prevention and screening across New Jersey.

The ScreenNJ Community Award Program application period runs from March 9th to April 30th, 2026. To learn more about the award, please view our FY27 Community Award Request for Proposals. To apply, please access the application portal.

Join our Informational Webinars on March 9 & 11 to get all the details before the April 30th deadline.

We encourage you to attend our informational webinars (live, recorded) for more information:

Session 1: Overview of the RFP and Q&A

Date: March 9, 2026, 12-1pm

Register Online 

Session 2: Introduction to InfoReady and Q&A

Date: March 11, 2026, 12-1pm

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Questions? Email us at ScreenNJ@cinj.rutgers.edu

Your work in cancer prevention matters and we want to support it.

American Lung Association - The American Lung Association in New Jersey and ScreenNJ will host a “Community Connection” event reaching both general and high-risk populations with information on lung cancer screening and tobacco cessation. The event will also provide education for healthcare professionals, featuring LUNG FORCE heroes who will share personal stories about screening and treatment.
Atlantic Health System – Morristown Medical Center - Funding will support non-clinical patient navigators within Atlantic Medical Group’s Primary Care practices to increase breast and colorectal (FIT/FOBT) cancer screenings. By guiding patients through the process, these navigators will reduce barriers, promote early detection, and save lives.
AtlantiCare Health Services - AtlantiCare will sustain its integrated colorectal cancer navigation program with a focus on vulnerable and under-screened populations in Atlantic County, especially uninsured and underinsured residents aged 45–74. Through personalized navigation services, the program will expand access to and completion of life-saving screenings.
Bergen’s Promise - This initiative will engage middle and high school students and their caregivers in Bergen County—particularly those affected by mental health and substance use challenges—with education on vaping and tobacco prevention, HPV vaccination, and self-care. The program emphasizes healthy lifestyle habits such as balanced nutrition and physical activity to reduce cancer risk.
Camden County Department of Health & Human Services - Community health workers will be trained and equipped to promote and increase prostate cancer screenings at accessible community locations. Outreach will be culturally and linguistically tailored to reduce longstanding barriers and improve access for underserved populations.
Center for Discovery and Innovation - The program will enhance patient services, improve data collection, and strengthen integration with external social determinants of health referral systems across Tobacco Quit Centers in Bergen, Hudson, and Passaic Counties.
City of Jersey City - The City will launch a citywide cancer education and detection program addressing multiple cancer types. Partnering with local healthcare providers, the initiative will offer free screenings, referrals, and education on lifestyle habits and genetic risk factors through workshops and informational materials.
Community Health Care - A patient navigator will focus on breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer screenings for underinsured and uninsured residents in Cumberland, Gloucester, and Cape May Counties—regions with significant screening disparities and high cancer mortality rates.
Fans for the Cure - The Blue Ticket Project will break down systemic barriers preventing men at highest risk from receiving essential prostate cancer screenings. Through education, outreach at community events, and targeted engagement, the initiative will connect men to PSA screenings while addressing logistical and financial challenges.
Henry J. Austin Health Center - To address low colorectal and breast cancer screening rates among vulnerable populations, the center will employ a bilingual community health worker from July 2025 to June 2026 to increase screenings for patients aged 45–75.
HMH Hospitals Corporation - The C2C: Colorectal Cancer Screening program will distribute colon FIT kits, provide education via community health workers, and offer patient navigation to ensure follow-up care. The initiative will expand its impact through Spanish-language sessions and partnerships to improve access for at-risk individuals.
Hoboken Family Planning - This program will raise awareness about cancer risks, prevention, and screening among underserved populations, emphasizing timely follow-up and access to free screening sites through NJCEED. Educational materials will be provided in both English and Spanish.
Hunterdon Medical Center - Through bilingual patient navigation and targeted outreach, this program will improve screening rates and reduce cancer burden among underserved residents. It will also provide professional development for medical practitioners to strengthen screening practices, focusing on early detection and healthy living.
Inspira Medical Centers - Inspira will expand lung cancer screenings in Cumberland, Salem, and Gloucester Counties by enhancing navigation, provider education, and outreach. The program will also host symposiums, offer mobile screenings, and connect patients to the Inspira Quit Center for tobacco cessation support.
MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper University Health Care - This program will implement a three-pronged navigation strategy—patient in-reach, community outreach, and provider education—to deliver cancer awareness, education, and screening to people in Camden and Cape May Counties. The initiative will also host provider education events on underserved populations, social determinants of health, and tobacco prevention, with CME credits available.
North Hudson Community Action Corporation - The High-Risk Patient Navigator Team will guide patients through breast, cervical, prostate, and colorectal cancer screenings to improve early detection and reduce disparities.
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - The Essex-Passaic Wellness Coalition will provide screening outreach and referrals through community programs on multiple cancer types, reaching uninsured, underinsured, and undocumented residents. Monthly Lunch and Learns and workshops at treatment centers will also be held.
RWJ University Hospital Foundation - RWJUH will host multiple oncology screening events each year, including cervical, breast, and prostate screenings, in partnership with NJCEED. Community health workers will promote the events and prepare participants for the screening process.
RWJBarnabas Health - Newark Beth Israel Medical Center’s colorectal cancer screening program will deliver culturally responsive, comprehensive services to reduce disparities among low-income and minority patients by improving access to timely screenings.
Township of Bloomfield Department of Health - The department will distribute educational materials promoting cancer screenings, healthy living, and awareness of different cancer types to empower residents to take proactive, life-saving actions.
University Hospital - Through its mobile mammography unit, the hospital will expand outreach across multiple counties to provide breast and cervical/HPV screenings, lung and prostate cancer education, and tobacco cessation support. Patient navigators will ensure connection to follow-up care.
Veterans Biomedical Research Institute Veterans Health Organization of NJ - Funding will support patient navigation to improve lung, colorectal, and skin cancer screening and early detection for high-risk veterans statewide. Annual multidisciplinary education programs will focus on lung, colorectal, and skin cancers, with expert-led lectures and health coaching.
Visiting Nurse Association of Central Jersey - A bilingual patient navigator will increase access to breast, cervical, colorectal, and prostate cancer screenings for uninsured and underinsured residents in Monmouth and Ocean Counties through outreach, education, and coordination with community partners.
Zufall Health Center - Zufall will provide navigation services across seven sites in six counties to increase colorectal and lung cancer screenings and expand access to tobacco cessation services.
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