Building Resources Insuring Growth for a Healthy Tomorrow (BRIGHT)
BRIGHT is a project under the umbrella of Hmong Health Collaborative (HHC). In joint efforts with Southeast Asian Resource Action Center (SEARAC) and its national Ensuring Our Healthy Future (EOHF) Campaign,HHC and BRIGHT endeavors to educate the Southeast Asian American community about the impact of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) and to engage in the Healthcare Reform implementation process in California.
The Hmong Health Collaborative is a group of 10 Hmong-serving community organizations working together to improve the health and well-being of Central California’s Hmong community.
Collaborative members are involved in health-policy advocacy,community organizing,cross-cultural exchanges and education programs that create a greater understanding of the Hmong community’s health care needs.
- Recruit Hmong Leaders
- Training on health advocacy,community organizing and civic engagement
- proposing capacity-building activities to ensure the long-term success of LFCS
- Increase language access and cultural competence of health systems
- Help the Hmong Community understand health care issues and policies
The Hmong Health Collaborative consists of:
- Lao Family Community of Stockton,Inc.
- Fresno Center for New Americans
- Fresno Interdenominational Refugee Ministries
- Healthy House within a MATCH Coalition in Merced
- Hmong Women’s Heritage Association in Sacramento
- Sacramento Lao Family,Inc.
- Merced Lao Family,Inc.
- Southeast Asian Assistance Center in Sacramento
- Central California Legal Services in Fresno
- Health Rights Hotline in Sacramento
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