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Kentucky Cancer Program
1010 Woodland Drive, #201
Elizabethtown, KY 40701

Phone: (270) 360-0901
Fax: (270) 360-1801

Kentucky Cancer Program is a unique cancer control organization funded by the General Assembly. The program has thirteen regional offices located throughout the state to coordinate cancer control programs in the community such as the ones listed below. The mission of the Kentucky Cancer Program is to promote cancer education, research, and service programs to reduce incidence, morbidity, and mortality from cancer.

OFFICE HOURS: 8:30 AM – 5:30 PM EST

SERVICES: Cancer prevention/early detection presentations for the public, health screenings, cancer risk assessment, professional education programs, information and resources for cancer patients and their families, and a Cancer information Service (1-800-4CANCER).

SERVICE AREA: Breckinridge, Grayson, Hardin, LaRue, Marion, Meade, Nelson and

Washington Counties.

ELIGIBILITY: Any Kentucky resident.

FEES: None for public/community education programs or for most cancer screenings.

HOTLINES

Adult/Child Abuse Hotline – (800) 752-6200

AIDS (24 hour hotline) – (800) 342-2437

AIDS (Spanish Speaking – 24 hours) – (800) 344-7432

AIDS (hotline for the hearing impaired) – (800) 243-7889

Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders
Association, Inc. National Headquarters – (800) 621-0379

American Cancer Society – (800) 227-2345

American Council of Blind
(recorded message/ Mon-Fri 2:30 p.m. -5:30 p.m.) – (800) 424-8666

American Kidney Fund – (800) 638-8299

Arthritis Medical Center – (800) 327-3027

Assoc. for Retarded/Handicapped of Hardin Co. – (270) 737-1440

Better Business Bureau – (800) 388-2222

CDC National (Sexually Transmitted Disease) – (800) 227-8922

Cabinet for Health & Family Services Ombudsman
(investigate any public complaints about any – State programs) (800) 372-2973

The Caring Place:
A Center for Abused Women & Children, Inc.  – (800) 692-9394

Down Syndrome Society – (800) 221-4602

KY Physicians Care Hotline – (800) 633-8100

Long Term Care Ombudsman (Nursing Home) – (800) 372-2991

Medic Alert Foundation – (800) 344-3226

Missing Children Network – (800) 235-3535

National Center for Stuttering – (800) 221-2483

National Response Center (report oil spill,
chemical spill, leak, accident, fire or exposure) – (800) 424-8802

National Runaway Switchboard – (800) 621-4000

National Society to Prevent Blindness – (800) 221-3004

Nursing Home Ombudsman, State level – (800) 372-2991

Nursing Home Ombudsman, District level – (800) 292-1862

Parent Help Line – (800) 432-9251

Physician Referral Service (Hardin Memorial Hospital) – (800) 950-9455

Poison Control Center – (800) 722-5725

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission – (800) 638-2772

Welfare & Medicaid Fraud & Abuse – (800) 372-2970