The Floyd Healthcare Foundation, an affiliate of Atrium Health Floyd, has been awarded $20,000 from the Georgia Breast Cancer License Plate Fund, a program supported through the State Office of Rural Health.

The grant is funded by sales of Georgia’s Breast Cancer Awareness license plates, and the money will be used to provide scholarships for mammograms and breast cancer diagnostic testing for uninsured and under-insured patients who can’t afford those services.

Foundation development officer Sarah Husser says the grant helps expand access to prevention and early detection, noting that breast cancer is one of the most preventable cancers when screenings are available.

Atrium Health Floyd leaders say the system plays a key role in rural breast health, providing mammography results within 24 hours for most patients and operating two mobile mammography coaches serving Northwest Georgia and Northeast Alabama. Officials say the mobile program has been running for 17 years, traveling more than 111,000 miles, performing over 35,000 screenings, and detecting 129 cancers—many that might otherwise have gone undiagnosed.

State program leaders say grants like this help identify breast cancer earlier, when treatment can be more effective. More information on the license plate program is available through GaCancerPlates.com.