Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending - Construction - Applicant Name: Cancer Can’t Address: PO Box 336, Four Lakes, WA 99016 Project Director Name: Rebecca Van Keulen, Executive Director Contact Phone Number: 509-230-3525 Email Address: cancercant@yahoo.com Website Address: https://www.cancercant.com List of all grant program funds requested in the application: $1,500,000 requested from HRSA Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) for Fiscal Year 2024 Cancer Can’t is a nonprofit 501c3 located in Spokane, Washington, that provides support for daily needs of adult cancer patients and their families. This project is the construction of a 20-unit apartment building that will increase oncology patients’ access to lodging during their treatment in Spokane, WA at no charge to them while they undergo cancer treatment in Spokane, a medical hub for a vast and predominantly rural geographic region. Cancer Can’t requests $1,500,000 from HRSA CDS funding, which represents 30% of the total project cost of $6,025,498. Additional funding has been secured from individual and corporate donations, fundraiser revenue, and foundation grants. This project meets a need for short-term housing for adult oncology patients living in the rural region that comprises Eastern and Central Washington, Eastern Oregon, North Idaho, and Western Montana. Travel times are long, and doctors do not allow patients to drive home immediately after treatment due to health and safety risks. There are currently no dedicated short-term stay options for adult cancer patients in Spokane. The Scope of Work is new construction of a 20-unit apartment complex for cancer patients in the Kendall Yards area of Spokane. The building will set aside 10 units for oncology patients, and the other 10 units will be corporate rentals to local hospitals for short-term housing for patients with difficult discharges, such as cardiac or transplant patients. This arrangement will cover all operating costs for the oncology apartments, thereby creating a sustainable lodging program. Cancer Can’t has already purchased the land, demolished existing buildings, and completed initial design. During the funding period, we will complete architecture and engineering, permitting, site work, and construction. The final product, to be completed by September 2027, will be a two-story 20-unit structure that is ADA-accessible, LEED certified, and designed specifically for short-term stays with the needs of cancer patients and their families in mind. Each unit will include a living area, kitchen, bathroom, and bedroom. Each unit will have a balcony or patio for access to the outdoors. The structure will also have indoor and outdoor common living/recreation space to promote a sense of community.
