RESOURCES
CMECC Resources - Health Care Reform
CMECC created these one-page briefs to connect consumers and providers to some of the best and most credible policy analysis of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act passage.
- View/print the CMECC Consumer Resource Guide to Understanding National Healthcare Reform (PDF)
- View/print the CMECC Provider Resource Guide to Understanding National Healthcare Reform (PDF)
CMECC Resources - Policy Summit
The Colorado Multi-Ethnic Cultural Consortium (CMECC) 2010 Policy Summit: Building Momentum was held January 15, 2010. This conference provided a forum for participants to engage with other policymakers and advocates across the state, identifying solutions and building a shared policy agenda to better meet the health care needs of communities of color.
- View/print Summit Agenda (PDF)
- View/print Summit speaker biographies (PDF).
- View/print presentation (PDF) by Cara V. James, Ph.D. of the Kaiser Family Foundation.
View/print resources referenced during the Summit:
- Health Reform and Communities of Color: How Might it Affect Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities? (Kaiser Family Foundation) View/print fact sheet (PDF) or learn more.
- Resources Examine Racial and Ethnic Disparities Among Women at the State Level (Kaiser Family Foundation). Learn more.
- Putting Women’s Health Care Disparities on the Map: Examining Racial and Ethnic Disparities at the State Level – Colorado (Kaiser Family Foundation). View/print fact sheet (PDF).
- The Self-Sufficiency Standard for Colorado 2008: A Family Needs Budget – Executive Summary (Colorado Fiscal Policy Institute). View/print (PDF).
- The Self-Sufficiency Standard for Colorado 2008: A Family Needs Budget (Colorado Fiscal Policy Institute). View/print (PDF).
- Affordability Report: The Cost of Care Complete Report (Colorado Fiscal Policy Institute). View/print (PDF).
- U.S. Health Care Costs (Kaiser Family Foundation)
- It's Time For A Chronic Health Care Bailout (Kaiser Health News)
- The High Concentration of U.S. Health Care Expenditures—What are the Most Expensive Conditions? (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)
- America's Most Expensive Medical Conditions (Forbes.com 2008)
- 2007 Policy Brief on Mental Health Disparities in Colorado (PDF), published by The Colorado Trust
Colorado Resources
Asian Pacific Development Center — The Asian Pacific Development Center is a community-based, nonprofit 501 (c) (3) organization founded in 1980 to serve the needs of a growing population of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AA/PI) residents throughout Colorado.
Center for African American Health — The Center for African American Health is dedicated to improving the health and wellbeing of the African-American community. It provides culturally-sensitive disease prevention and disease management programs to African-Americans living in the metro Denver area.
Colorado Asian Health Education and Promotion — CAHEP is a non-profit organization committed to reducing health disparities in the Asian American Pacific Islanders (AAPI) population in Colorado by providing an inclusive framework of community organizations sharing good practices in health care.
Denver Indian Family Resource Center — The Denver Indian Family Resource Center, founded in early 2000, is a child welfare agency dedicated to meeting the diverse and emerging needs of Indian children and families in the Denver metropolitan area.
El Centro Esperanza — The mission of El Centro Esperanza is to provide professional mental health and support services that are culturally and linguistically competent, that honor and enrich the lives of diverse Latino individuals, families and groups, and that benefit the community as a whole.
Servicios de la Raza — The mission of Servicios de la Raza is to provide and advocate comprehensive, culturally relevant human services primarily, but not limited to, the Spanish speaking population.
National Resources
The Kaiser Family Foundation is a non-profit, private operating foundation focusing on the major health care issues facing the U.S., as well as the U.S. role in global health policy. They serve as a non-partisan source of facts, information, and analysis for policymakers, the media, the health care community, and the public. The Kaiser Family Foundation is not associated with Kaiser Permanente or Kaiser Industries.
- Health Reform and Communities of Color: How Might it Affect Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities? View/print fact sheet (PDF) or learn more.
- Resources Examine Racial and Ethnic Disparities Among Women at the State Level. Learn more.
- Putting Women’s Health Care Disparities on the Map: Examining Racial and Ethnic Disparities at the State Level – Colorado. View/print fact sheet (PDF).
Families USA is a national nonprofit, non-partisan organization dedicated to the achievement of high-quality, affordable health care for all Americans.
- View/print report (PDF): At a Crossroads: Is Health Coverage Ahead for America? This report examines how the Senate health reform bill, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, will affect health coverage. It provides state-specific numbers on how many people will gain coverage under the bill, as well as how many people will be uninsured without health reform.
National Urban Indian Family Coalition — The National Urban Indian Family Coalition is a national network of urban Indian organizations that strengthen Urban Native families by reinforcing cultural identity and respectfully working in harmony with Tribal Governments and other institutions to bring positive change, increase access and provide a strong voice.
- View/print report (PDF): Urban Indian America: A Discussion Paper Addressing the Status of American Indian and Alaska Native Children and Families Today. A Report to the Annie E. Casey Foundation by the National Urban Indian Family Coalition by the National Urban Indian Family Coalition.
National Asian American Pacific Islander Mental Health Association — NAAPIMHA provides a national advocacy voice to address the unique mental health issues of Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities.
