LATINO HEALTHCARE FORUM

(LHCF)

About Us The LHCF is focused on removing racial and ethnic health disparities. The LHCF vision is to support a nation free of disparities in health and healthcare.

The LHCF proposes a set of priorities, pragmatic strategies, and high impact actions to achieve this vision. The LHCF’s aim is to organize and sustain a powerful consumer voice to ensure that all individuals and communities can influence healthcare decisions.

Our Goals1. Support the transformation of

healthcare and build a high-value healthcare system that requires insuring the uninsured, making coverage more secure for those who have it, and improve the quality of care for all.

2. Support the strengthening of the healthcare infrastructure and workforce by addressing the critical shortage medical personnel including and community health workers.

3. Advance the health, safety, and well being for vulnerable and hard to reach populations.

Mailing: PO Box 1271 Austin, Texas 78767

Physical: 6601 Felix Ave. Austin, Texas 78741

1-855-373-5423 www.latinohealthcareforum.org

Latino HealthCare Forum

Our Values Empowerment. Diversity.

Collaboration. Action.

Our Area Of Focus

Certifications: Community Health Worker Trainer, Disparities Training Center, HHSD Community Partner, Cultural and Linguistic Standards

The Latino HealthCare Forum takes on issues and systemic

problems that stand in the way of all people gaining access to high quality, affordable health care

and living healthy.

Our initiatives include:

ACA Insurance Marketplace outreach and enrollment

Manantial de Salud health promotion program

Diabetes Empowerment and Education Program

Community Health Worker/Promotores training program

The issues we address include:

ACA Implementation

Outreach and Enrollment

Medicaid/CHIP

Health Equity

Community Benefit and Community Engagement

Coverage for the Uninsured

Public Health Funding Accountability

The Burden of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities

The leading health indicators have demonstrated little improvement in disparities over the past decade. Significant racial and ethnic health disparities continue to permeate the major dimensions of health care, the healthcare workforce, population health, and data collection and research. The LHCF provides vulnerable populations access to comprehensive, culturally competent, quality primary healthcare services. Cultural and linguistic competency are the main ingredients in closing the disparities gap in healthcare.

Secure Your HealthThe Latino HealthCare Forum, an Austin based nonprofit, has worked to ensure that consumers have an organized voice at the table where health decisions are made. Our health movement, “Secure Your Health” promotes advocacy by using grassroots organizing, community worker leadership development, coalition and stakeholder alliances, communication strategies, policy analysis and advocacy, health promotion campaigns, and resource development. These organizational capacities are used on behalf of the community to achieve health impacts through policy advocacy.