Farmworker Health Services, Inc.

FHSI Opens New Office in California; Relocates Executive Functions

 

It is estimated that there are over three million farmworkers that live and work in the U.S., of which nearly one million farmworkers live and work in the state of California, making it the largest farmworker state in the country.^1,2  Farmworkers in California are responsible for over 50% of the nation’s fruit, vegetable, and nut production.³ 

 

There are approximately 20 migrant-funded Community Health Center corporations with over 80 service delivery sites in the state that by and large provide the bulk of the primary care services to farmworker families that live and work in the state.   These health centers strive to provide quality, cost-effective, and culturally competent care to California’s farmworkers.   FHSI’s current estimates indicate that there are an additional 85 to 90 public or community-based organizations that provide health care services to farmworkers in California, such as public health departments, migrant and seasonal head starts, state-funded health centers, and farmworker housing agencies. 

 

With offices in two locations, FHSI will be able to more efficiently and effectively provide technical assistance and training services to as many local health delivery systems as possible nationwide, supporting their efforts to improve the quality of life of farmworkers.  Having secured additional private funding for its planned services in California, FHSI will continue to offer its services to farmworker-serving organizations at little or no cost.

 

For more information on FHSI’s relocation of its Executive Offices or on any of FHSI’s products and services, please visit www.farmworkerhealth.org or contact Adam Sharma, Director of Marketing and Information Services, at (510) 268-0091 or adam@....

 

About Farmworker Health Services, Inc.: Since 1970, FHSI has been the leading organization for the promotion, delivery, and enhancement of health outreach and prevention strategies for farmworkers and their families.  It provides a wide-range of programs and services that enable health delivery organizations to understand and address farmworker health issues more effectively, including Community Health Centers, Migrant and Seasonal Head Starts, Health Departments, Housing Agencies, and other community-based health organizations serving farmworkers.

 

All of FHSI’s programs and services focus on four priority areas: 1) Health Outreach and Enabling Services, 2) Health Education and Prevention Strategies, 3) Cultural Competency and Responsiveness, and 4) Health Data and Outcome Measures.

 

Contact Information:

www.farmworkerhealth.org

 

Executive Office:

405 14th Street, Ste 809          

Oakland, CA  94609                

Phone: (510) 268-0091            

adam@...

 

East Coast Office:

1221 Massachusetts Avenue, #5

Washington, DC  20005

Phone: (202) 347-7377

 

Endnotes:

¹ Larson, Alice; Plascencia, Luis. “Migrant Enumeration Study”. Washington, D.C. Office of Minority Health, 1993.

² Larson, Alice. “Migrant and Seasonal Farmworker Study Enumeration Profile: California Addendum”. Washington, D.C. Migrant Health Program, Bureau of Primary Health Care, Health Resources and Services Administration, 2000.

³ California Endowment, Agricultural Worker Health Initiative. Website. “http://www.calendow.org/program_areas/agricultural_worker_health.stm”. Viewed on December 19, 2006.