Welcome
The Asian American Health Coalition (AAHC) of the Greater Houston Area is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the health of all Asian Americans in Houston by increasing access to health care and through population-specific health promotion and health education projects.
Our goals are:
- To advocate for a linguistically and culturally competent health care system
- Provide health promotion, education and information/referral services
- Advocate on behalf of Asian American health issues
- Sustain a network of Asian American healthcare providers, and advocates
- Maintain a database of information on Asian American health data and resources
- Be inclusive of all Asian American groups
Next Event:
The October meeting of the Asian American Health Coalition will be on Wednesday, October 27, 2010 at 6:30 pm, at the HOPE Clinic, 7001 Corporate, Suite 120, Houston, TX 77036. Light refreshments will be served.
NOTE: the meeting will be on a Wednesday instead of a Monday.
Our special speaker will be Ms. Anne Dunkelberg, Associate Director for the Center for Public Policy Priorities (CPPP)based on Austin, TX. Anne is one of Texas' leading experts in policy and budget issues relating to health care access. In 2007, she was named Consumer Advocate of the Year by Families USA in Washington, D.C. Before coming to the CPPP, she served as Program Director for Acute Care in the Texas Medicaid Director's Office and spent six years with the Texas Research League, where she authored numerous reports on Texas health and human services issues and tracked state health and human services budget issues. She earned dual degrees from The University of Texas at Austin—a Bachelor of Arts (Plan II), magna cum laude, in 1979 and a Master of Public Affairs from the LBJ School of Public Affairs in 1988.
Anne will be speaking on Health Care Reform and What It Means to the Asian American Community. Please invite all who might be interested in this important topic.
For more information, contact Beverly Gor (bjgor@comcast.net or 832-721-8838 or Shane Chen (schen@hopechc.org)
The H.O.P.E. Clinic
In 2002, the board and officers of the Asian American Health Coalition established the HOPE clinic to help address the unmet health needs of medically underserved Asian Americans and other residents of Southwest Houston. The HOPE clinic started out as an all-volunteer effort supported by the Chinese Baptist Church, which provided most of the volunteers and the Chinese Community Center, which provided the space to operate the clinic. It is now a Federally Qualified Health Center Look Alike, operating 40 hours a week, providing primary health care services on a sliding fee scale.