A huge thank you to Austin City Council for passing an amendment providing vital support for Asian immigrants in Austin! This decision allows organizations like us to continue filling in the gaps of the healthcare system for many Asian communities across Austin.
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We are very grateful for the co-sponsors of the original amendment, Council Members Zohaib "Zo" Qadri (D9), José “Chito” Vela (D4), Vanessa Fuentes (D2), José Velásquez (D3), & Ryan Alter (D5), as well as the Council Members who voted for the much-needed amendment: Natasha Harper-Madison (D1), Paige Ellis (D8), Alison Alter (D10). Plus, we’d also like to appreciate Austin Public Health (City of Austin) & the amazing staffers who helped make so much of the work go smoothly: Sara Barges of Council Member Qadri’s office, Ramey Ko of Council Member Vela’s team, Amelia Casas in CM Fuentes’s office, & Ashley Richardson who’s part of CM Alison Alter’s office. Thank you for all you do!
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AACHI at a Glance
As of August 8, 2024, our multilingual Community Health Navigators (CHNs) assisted clients with approximately:
- ⚕️ 90 Medicaid applications
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- 🍊 98 SNAP applications
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- 🏥 75 MAP applications
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- 🚗 125 needs for transportation provided
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- 📆 over 860 medical appointments scheduled
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- 🩺 over 650 medical appointments attended by clients with their CHNs present to provide language interpretation & patient advocacy
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Our Clients
🌱 94% of our clients gained or maintained health coverage through our Community Health Navigators' support
- compared to 80% of Travis County residents ages 18-64 with health coverage (from data captured in 2021)
🌱 We're serving 321 clients, disaggregated into the following:
- - Burmese languages (including Burmese, Hahka, Karen, Matu, Mon, Tedim, or Zotung): 61
- - Vietnamese: 106
- - Korean: 138
- - Nepali: 14
- - Hindi: 1
- - Pashto: 1
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Recent Community Outreach:
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Community Health Fair (7/20/24) - A collaboration between Austin Public Health, AACHI, and the Asian American Resource Center, the Annual Community Health Fair provided interpretation & translation services in Arabic, Burmese, Nepali, and Pashto/Dari. Interpretation services in Korean, Vietnamese, Mandarin, and Spanish were also provided to assist clients in navigating the fair. The event had approximately:
- 430 attendees
- 200 backpack & school supply kits given out
- 145 vision screenings provided
- 164 fresh foods & shelf-stable items distributed
- 60 acupuncture services provided
- 50 people who received health screenings
- 50 people who received immunizations
- 210+ people who stopped by the AACHI table
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Community Leaders Meet & Greet (7/20/24) - An event facilitating conversations between City of Austin leadership and AAPI community leaders. Members of Austin City Council, the Asian American Quality of Life (AAQoL) Commission, and leaders of local community organizations met to discuss current needs and work being done by community partners to improve the health & well-being of Asian American communities in Austin. Attendees included:
- City of Austin Equity Office
- Central Health
- Network of Asian American Organizations (NAAO)
- Ouro
- The GIFT Project
- St. David's Foundation
- Open Eyes Beyond Border
- City Council Members Zohaib "Zo" Qadri (D9), José “Chito” Vela (D4), & Alison Alter (D10)
- Korean Culture Center of Austin / 오스틴 한인문화회관
- Trúc Việt
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Asian / Asian American CHW Outreach Toolkit
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In 2023, a team of Community Health Workers (CHWs) from AACHI worked to address a problem: the current shortage of bilingual Asian CHWs helping our communities.
With support from the National Association of Community Health Workers (NACHW) and Johnson & Johnson, the CHWs developed an outreach toolkit and hosted educational seminars to raise awareness about the CHW profession. They met with local community members to educate them on the challenges Asian communities face, how CHWs can help, and how to pursue a career as a CHW.
During the project, the team hosted 3 CHW education seminars in Korean, Burmese, and Vietnamese. They helped 20 local residents learn more about CHW work. To access the toolkit made by and for Asian / Asian American CHWs, visit: https://bit.ly/asianchwtoolkit to learn more.
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We're looking for folks with experience in one or more of the following:
- Accounting
- Financial Management
- Event Planning
- Fundraising
- Law
- Marketing
- Public Relations
- Civic Engagement
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