Project Goal To improve Family Economic Security for Asian American (AA) children and families in Village de l’Est and the Greater New Orleans area in Louisiana by: 1. Development of the Village de l’Est Sustainable Eco-Farm 2. Implement a community youth leadership development program 3. Advocacy of aquaponics, sustainable agriculture, and local agriculture Communities Served…
Project Goal To improve the Youth Civic Engagement process, the AIM for Youth Hawaii (AIM HI) project seeks to increase awareness about civic engagement processes and increase youth ages 16-25 involvement in community activities. AIM for Youth Hawaii will: 1. Create a statewide youth advisory council of at least 20-youth representative of each island (Oahu,…
Project Goal Improve access to higher education for Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (NHPI) children and families in Southern California by 1) Increasing the number of NHPI emerging leaders who will become advocates for educational equity in higher education for NHPI students, and 2) Increasing institutional and systemic involvement in addressing educational disparities for NHPI…
With the implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), the U.S. healthcare system is undergoing an unprecedented transformation. In 2014, the Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF) conducted a qualitative research project consisting of focus groups and key informant interviews in order to understand how these changes affect underserved populations,…
COFA Migrants and Our National Security Since 1986, the Compacts of Free Association (COFA) have defined the relationship between the United States and the independent governments of the Freely Associated States (FAS) including: the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of Palau. Under the Compact, in exchange for…
Dr. Vivek Murthy is President Obama’s nominee for Surgeon General. Despite having two decades of experience and backing by the leading public health and Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander groups, Dr. Murthy’s nomination is being held up in the Senate over political attacks. Dr. Murthy was voted out of committee on February 27,…
Action for Health Justice (AHJ) consists of four national organizations (Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum, Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations, Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC, and Asian Americans Advancing Justice | Los Angeles), and over 70 community-based organizations and Federally Qualified Heath Centers. In addition, Zero Divide acts as AHJ’s…
Over 268,760 people live in the U.S. Territories of Guam, the Commonwealth of the Mariana Islands and American Samoa. Located in the Pacific and about 8,000 miles from the continental United States at its farthest, residents of these jurisdictions face higher rates of uninsurance and serious health disparities such as high rates of cervical, lung,…
There is a new way for you to shop and apply for affordable health insurance in the Marketplace created by health reform (also known as “Obamacare”). What is the Marketplace? The Washington Healthplanfinder provides an easy way to get health insurance that is the best fit for you. You can look at different health plans,…
There is a new way for you to shop and apply for affordable health insurance in the Marketplace created by health reform (also known as “Obamacare”). What is the Marketplace? The Marketplace provides an easy way to get health insurance that is the best fit for you. You can look at different health plans, compare…
