History
Founded in 2001 by Carlotta Jacobson and the CEW board after they identified a gap in survivorship care—the lack of information and support around how to continue working after a cancer diagnosis. CAC remains the only U.S. nonprofit solely focused on the intersection of health and employment. But its reach is global.
What we Do
In 2025, CAC provided expert guidance, interactive tools, and educational programs to more than 600,000 people online, in print, and in person, including cancer survivors, healthcare professionals, and employers.
CAC’s work helps individuals navigate the practical and emotional challenges of staying in or returning to the workforce, while also equipping companies to build supportive, recovery-forward workplaces.
Through resources, trainings, panels, policy guidance, and research, CAC empowers both people and organizations to address cancer in the workplace with compassion, expertise, and actionable solutions, ensuring that no one has to choose between their work and their recovery.
CAC Sizzle reel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SghNm1JHHfg
Who Does Cancer and Careers Help?
Cancer Patients and Survivors
Cancer and Careers delivers free educational events, tools and resources to patients and survivors that address the practical, legal and psychosocial challenges of balancing treatment and recovery with employment.
Healthcare Professionals
Cancer and Careers offers healthcare professionals access to accredited webinars and conferences as well as a dedicated section of cancerandcareers.org with resources relevant to them and their working patients. In addition, Cancer and Careers conducts full-day In-Service Trainings for the staffs of national cancer centers and cancer support organizations.
Employers
Cancer and Careers helps companies develop internal ecosystems of support that serve their employees facing a serious illness as well as frontline managers and HR operating day-to-day by providing policy guidance, targeted trainings, and best practices — all with the goal of creating a productive and welcoming workplace for all.
Caregivers
Cancer and Careers provides dedicated educational articles, webinars and direct support to help working caregivers feel more in control while caring for a loved one.
Coworkers
Cancer and Careers supports colleagues with targeted information and trainings to help them understand how they can best be a resource and support in the workplace.
The Cancer Community and Beyond
Cancer and Careers is the go-to resource and recognized authority for the greater cancer community and the public at large on issues of work and cancer. Leading cancer organizations, hospitals, the media and the general public turn to the organization for in-depth information on this critical but often overlooked piece of the cancer journey.
Every $500 raised helps Cancer and Careers provide a laptop to a working survivor without access to one or offers six job-seeking survivors a free resume review or sends 25 people the complete CAC publication library in English or Spanish.
Work With Us
From sponsorship and cause marketing promotions, to spreading the word by being a community ambassador, there are many exciting ways to support Cancer and Careers. Please contact us at cancerandcareers@cew.org.
For more: www.cancerandcareers.org
Cancer and Careers (CAC) is the sole initiative of the CEW Foundation, the charitable arm of CEW.