About Us
About the Together for Supportive Cancer Care coalition
Together for Supportive Cancer Care is a cross-sector national coalition of organizations committed to expanding early access to supportive care for all people with cancer, regardless of where they receive care.
Our vision
Together for Supportive Cancer Care envisions a country where every person with cancer has early, equitable access to whole-person supportive care.
Our mission
Our mission is to establish supportive cancer care as the national standard for cancer care, ensuring the needs of people with cancer and their caregivers are met at every step of their cancer journey—throughout diagnosis, treatment, and survivorship.
What we do
We strive to effect meaningful change, ensuring that people with cancer receive timely, comprehensive, and equitable supportive care.
Focus
Advocating for policies that expand early, equitable access to supportive care and address the entire cancer journey, resulting in better outcomes and long-term cost-savings
Highlight state and federal policies that expand access to supportive cancer care Highlight state and federal policies that expand access to supportive cancer care
Focus
Demonstrating the impact of the supportive cancer care approach through research, testing, and evaluation
- Identify and engage officials in states where there is an opportunity to test and evaluate successful supportive cancer care models through cross-sector collaboration.
- Educate key audiences about the positive impacts of the supportive care approach on quality of life, outcomes, and higher-value, lower-cost care over the long term, and advocate for adoption in other states.
- Advocate for a public analysis summarizing studies on the impacts of supportive cancer care, including reducing overall healthcare costs.
Focus
Increase employer commitment to supportive cancer care, and work in partnership to support employees
Employers can play a key role in driving access to supportive cancer care and are vital in cross-sector advocacy for supportive care. Employers can serve as key advocates, both internally and externally, for increasing equitable access to supportive cancer care that better helps employees who may be living with cancer, survivors, or caregivers.
Meet Our Members