Early Recognition is Critical
Early Recognition is Critical, Inc. (E.R.I.C.) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization focused on cultivating grassroots, community-led programs that support cancer prevention, longevity, and patient-centered playbooks. Through global education, early recognition initiatives, and whole-health resources, E.R.I.C. brings communities together to fight cancer worldwide and promote long-term public health.
Prevention
E.R.I.C. helps people and families understand the power of early recognition. Prevention is not always about stopping something from happening — sometimes, it is about noticing a change soon enough to take the next step.
Learn the signs. Pay attention to changes. Take action sooner.
Longevity
E.R.I.C. supports happier, healthier lives through education, prevention, and whole-health resources for people and dogs. Longevity is about building healthy habits, improving quality of life, and helping families take meaningful steps toward a stronger future.
Build healthy habits. Support quality of life. Live well longer.
Programs
E.R.I.C. brings prevention, education, data, and whole-health support together through programs designed for people, families, communities, and dogs. Each program supports a different part of the mission while working toward the same goal: helping more lives through early action, practical resources, and hope.
Explore our programs. Support the mission. Help bring education, prevention, and hope to more communities.
E.R.I.C. Cancer Initiative brings cancer education, prevention, breast self-exam training, community outreach, and international chapter support to the people and communities who need it most.
Hablo Claro creates clear, accessible education for Spanish-speaking communities, helping more families receive information they can understand, trust, and use.
E.R.I.C. Cancer Playbook turns education, patient-reported outcomes, and real-world experiences into practical tools that help people learn, ask better questions, and take the next step.
BLU Dog Longevity supports healthier lives for dogs through education, prevention, whole-health resources, and support for families navigating canine health.
Data
Every story, survey, and patient-reported outcome helps us better understand what people are experiencing in real life. E.R.I.C. uses data to identify patterns, strengthen education, and help create resources that are shaped by lived experience.
Share your experience. Strengthen the data. Help others learn.
Playbooks
Real-world experiences are at the center of every E.R.I.C. Playbook. By combining patient-reported outcomes with research, we turn lived experience into practical resources that help people and families learn, understand, and take the next step.
PROs + Research = Playbooks
E.R.I.C. Cancer Playbook supports people navigating cancer with education, patient-reported outcomes, research, and practical tools that help them ask better questions and make more informed decisions with their care team.
Longevity Playbook for Dogs supports families caring for their dogs with real-world experiences, research, prevention-focused education, and whole-health resources designed to support a happier, healthier life.
Explore the playbooks. Learn from real-world experience. Take the next step.
Grant Recipient 2023, 2024, and 2025