Ag Worker Health Center Day

Aloha 'Ohana!

Did you know that the 2023 year marks the 61st anniversary of the passage of the Migrant Health Act, the landmark agreement that sowed the seeds for what would later become the Community Health Center Program.

Community health centers like Ko’olauloa Health Center serve approximately 20% of the estimated 4.5 million Agricultural Workers in the United States. Health center staff members, community health workers, clinicians, executives, consumer board members, and Ag worker advocates have come together to develop more effective strategies to increase access to care for migratory and seasonal agricultural workers and their families through the Ag Worker Access Campaign.

The Ag Worker Access Campaign was launched in 2015 in partnership between the National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) and the National Center for Farmworker Health (NCFH). The Campaign’s goal is to increase the number of Agricultural workers and their families served in health centers to 2 million. Migrant Health Program grantees and community health centers, in general, are critical to ensuring access to quality primary and preventive care for patients who might otherwise go without care.

Join us in celebrating this milestone anniversary and Agricultural Worker Health focus day!

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