Immigrant and Refugee Health Work Group (IRHWG)

Mission Statement

The Immigrant and Refugee Health Work Group is a community partnership within the St Louis region aimed at improving culturally sensitive health care access.

Goals for 2005

• Education: Support and assist with the coordination of the New American Conference ( this is now moot since the conference is cancelled); Continue to identify agencies and organizations to which we can present information on CLAS standards.
• Advocacy: Continue to promote the CLAS standards and work on challenges as they arise.
• Collaboration: Offer support and possible partnership with the Lead Coalition.
• Public Policy: Continue to support and work with the Regional Health Coalition
• Other Health Initiatives: Continue to identify ways to increase openness and a welcoming atmosphere for new Americans at St Louis area health clinics.

Meetings in 2005

All meetings are at 8:30 - 10:00 AM

• January 26 - 4236 Lindell Blvd (ARCHS offices)
• February 23 - site to be announced
• April 27 - site to be announced
• May 25 - site to be announced
• Aug 17 - 539 N. Grand Blvd (The Humboldt Building - ARCHS new location)

Meeting Minutes

Click here to view a listing of past meeting minutes, which will open in a new browser window. Find the appropriate meeting date and simply click on that file to open it. If you are using...

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NOTE: All files are in Microsoft Word format.

admin

Contact:: Chairperson at health@ricstl.org