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S. Mark Taper Foundation Awards Asian Pacific Health Care Venture $50,000 to Provide Health Care to the Underserved in Los Angeles County
February 15, 2012
The S. Mark Taper Foundation announced that it was awarding Asian Pacific Health Care Venture, Inc. (APHCV) $50,000 in general operating support to help provide needed care to uninsured Los Angeles County residents. This grant is part of the Foundation’s commitment to supporting local community based organizations and their work to improve the lives of Los Angeles County Residents.
APHCV has been part of that effort for almost 25 years providing primary and preventive health care to low-income, uninsured and underinsured Los Angeles County residents. In particular, APHCV helps fill the gap in available health care services to monolingual Asians and Latinos in our service area, providing culturally competent and linguistically sensitive health care services. APHCV is the only community health center in Los Angeles County with the capacity to provide onsite interpretation in ten Asian languages (Bengali, Cantonese, Indonesian, Japanese, Khmer, Korean, Mandarin, Tagalog, Thai and Vietnamese) and Spanish throughout the continuum of care from appointment setting, registration, financial screening, health insurance enrollment assistance, health education, and the medical visit with their primary care provider.
As funding for nonprofits and health centers, in particular, continues to be at risk, the support from private foundations has become ever more important to make health care accessible to all members of our community. The S. Mark Taper Foundation continues to help sustain those services and ensure that our communities continue to thrive and live healthy lives.
“Asian Pacific Health Care Venture is grateful to the S. Mark Taper Foundation, and their continued support of the successful delivery of health care to some of our most vulnerable populations,” said Kazue Shibata, CEO of APHCV. “These funds will continue to play a vital role in helping Asian Pacific Health Care Venture provide health care to the underserved.”
Asian Pacific Health Care Venture, Inc. (www.aphcv.org) is a nonprofit federally-qualified health center that provides culturally competent health education and primary care services to over 12,000 patients annually, more than 72% of whom are uninsured. APHCV provides over 46,400 medical and mental health visits each year in multiple Asian languages, in addition to English and Spanish. APHCV operates three community health center sites: the Los Feliz Health Center, Belmont Health Services and John Marshall High School Health Center (for John Marshall High School students). APHCV can be reached at (323) 644-3880. Medical appointments for the Los Feliz Health Center can be made by calling (323) 644-3888 and to the Belmont Health Services at (323) 644-3885.
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