Applicant and Grantee Statistics

Applicants
As of December 31, 2005

Average age is 50.

Eighty-one percent (81%) of applicants have children. Those applicants have an average of 2 children.

Average education level is 13 years.

At the time of application, applicant expenses outweigh income by an average amount of $666. Average monthly income is $1,350 or $16,200 annually, which is $3,150 below the 2005 Federal Poverty Level for a family of 4 ($19,350).

One-third of applicants married or have a spouse or significant other; 1/3 are divorced; the remaining 1/3 are single or widowed.

Sense of Security has received applications from 41 Colorado counties.

Thirty-six percent (36%) of applicants have private health insurance, 25% have no health insurance, and the remaining 39% have state- or federally-funded health insurance plans (Medicaid, Medicare, CICP).

Applicant employment status: 60% of applicants are unemployed at the time of application; 32% are able to work full- or part-time; the remainder are on leave or students.

Since 2004, we have kept statistics on pre-breast cancer diagnosis income, and post-diagnosis income. On average, post-diagnosis income dropped by $545 per month, or 27 percent of pre-diagnosis income.

Ethnicity of applicants, 2004 Calendar Year:
34% Caucasian
33% Latino/Hispanic
14% did not respond
10% African American
4% Other
3% Asian American
2% Native American

Grantees
As of December 31, 2005

225 grantees have finished the program.

Those 225 grantees received an average of $2,270 in total support for an average of about 4 months, or $560 per month.

Click here for a breakdown of how our program dollars are spent.