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COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

& RECOGNITION

In February 2020, the Association’s Director The Community Health Association Inland
of Policy, along with the Chief Executive Southern Region (Association) recognizes
Officers from Health Service Alliance and the critical role the 2020 Census plays for
ParkTree Community Health Center, met our community health centers and clinics

with Congresswoman Norma Torres at her so we began participating in the 2020
in-district office. Census efforts regionally. The Association’s
Director of Policy served on the Field Out-
reach – Hard to Count Communities Sub-
committee of Inland Empire Complete
Counts campaign and was a participant

of the Census IE Coalition.

The Association received grant funding
from the U.S. Census via the California Pri-
mary Care Association (CPCA) and Uni-
Health Foundation for 2020 Census activi-
ties. The funds of the grants were used to
participate in meetings/events, sending

out monthly newsletters, coordinating train-
(Left) Sendy Sanchez, Director of Policy and Projects of Community Health Association Inland
Southern Region, Dr. Chase, CEO of Health Service Alliance, Congresswoman Norma Torres, Cynthia
Prendiz, and Dr. Kadar, CEO of ParkTree Community Health Center on February 20th, 2020. ings and providing technical assistance to
the membership. The Association also used
CENSUS 2020 SPOTLIGHT: funding received to brand reusable non-

Every 10 years, the federal government medical grade youth and adult face
counts all persons living in the country. The masks with the Census 2020 and the Asso-

decennial census determines congression- ciation’s logos. (pictured below) A total of
al representation, informs the allocation of 2,272 adult face masks and 1,471 youth
billions in federal funding and provides da- face masks were distributed among our
ta that affects communities for the follow- member organizations.

ing decade. The Census is critical for com-
munity health centers and clinics that
serve millions of patients nationwide be-

cause funding for programs like Medicaid,
and the Children’s Health Insurance Pro-
gram (CHIP), among many others are dis-
tributed on Census-guided data.

(Right) Image of the adult and youth masks with the Census 2020 and the Association’s logo. Adult
masks included a Census 2020 flyer in English and Spanish and the youth face masks included the
First 5 Census coloring books.

Community Focused Membership Driven

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