Reliable access to healthcare is a struggle for many within the Latino community in Georgia. The COVID-19 pandemic, the lack of Medicaid expansion, limited workers’ protections, unaffordable housing and the rising cost of living, and the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated these challenges.
Unidos Georgia
Launched during the COVID-19 pandemic, our coalition focuses on public health education, preventive services (including mental health) free screenings, Know Your Rights (including patient rights, tenant rights, LGTBQ rights) and work towards the expansion of access to healthcare services for our communities.
LCF Georgia leads this coalition and annually provides over 12,000 FREE screenings across the state in 8-10 different and consistent locations (Metro and South Georgia), educates around 30,000 people and trains over 300 people in person on how to mitigate living with their chronic conditions.
Ventanilla de salud
Ventanilla de Salud provides free healthcare access and information to any community member who needs it. We partnered with the Mexican Consulate General in Atlanta, where Ventanilla de salud is based in Georgia, to bring this national healthcare program to the Latinx community.
COVID-19 Emergency Relief Fund
In March, 2020 we launched the COVID-19 Emergency Relief Fund to offer direct assistance to Latinos in Georgia. The relief efforts prioritized our most vulnerable community members, including the undocumented, people living in poverty and those who speak limited English.
This humanitarian crisis is was defined by widespread unemployment, increasing eviction rates and hunger affecting primarily Black, Latinos, undocumented immigrants, folks in rural areas and English learners.
Together with our members and partners, we accomplished:
- Close to US$2M invested directly in grants and assistance to families
- 14,000 families received financial assistance
- 16,000+ COVID vaccines and over 5,000 tests
- 30,000 essential workers received PPE
- 152,000 families received food assistance for at least one week for 5 people