Health Promotion

Women's Health Network/Breast & Cervical Cancer Control Program

Kent County Health Department
700 Fuller Ave. NE
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
(616) 632-7283
1-888-515-1300
Fax: (616) 632-7018

The Women's Health Network (WHN) offers free mammograms, clinical breast exams, Pap smears and pelvic exams to women who qualify. Follow-up, referrals and treatment are also provided.

To qualify, women must meet the following criteria based on your income and family size, if you are:

  • Have an income < 250% of federal poverty level (see chart below)
  • Be uninsured or underinsured
  • Be age 40 - 64 for breast/cervical cancer screening and for diagnostic follow-up of breast/cervical abnormalities OR
  • Be age 18 - 39, have been identified with a cervical abnormality through the Title X Program, and referred to the BCCCP for cervical cancer diagnostic follow-up.

Note: Women who are enrolled in a managed care program, a health maintenance organization, or Medicare Part B are not eligible for the BCCCP.

Income Qualifications:

Number of people in your household:
Yearly household income below:
1 $24,500
2 $33,000
3 $41,500
4 $50,000
5 $58,500
6 $67,000
7 $75,500
8 $84,000
Each additional
member (beyond 8)
add $8,500

You qualify if your income is equal to or less than what is listed on the chart.

Services Include:

• Mammograms
• Pap smears
• Clinical breast exams
• Pelvic exams

• Blood pressure testing
• Weight
• Breast self exam education
• Breast and cervical health information

• Referrals to community resources
• Medical referrals, if needed
• Some follow-up services

Locations:

  • Advantage Health NE Office
  • Advantage Health Rivertown
  • Advantage Health SE Office
  • Belknap Commons Health Center
  • Browning Claytor Clinic
  • Burton Health Center
  • Catherine’s Care Center
  • Cherry Street Health Center
  • Ferguson Adult Health Center
  • Saint Mary’s Lacks Cancer Center
  • Spectrum Health Blodgett Campus - Betty Ford Diagnostic Breast Center
  • Spectrum Health Butterworth Campus - OB/GYN Clinic
  • Spectrum Health Kentwood Center - Betty Ford Breast Care Services
  • Westside Health Center