Community

The Health Forum this year was a success, providing a wealth of information to health workers from San Francisco, and a wide range of San Francisco organizations. We had over 100 participants attend, representing 58 local health centers, clinics, and community based organizations!

Workshops equipped Application Assistors, Eligibility Workers/Supervisors, and health workers with the tools to bridge uninsured families to the health care they need. The Forum also provided local community based organizations insight on the important role they play helping families’ access health care.   

Participants were able to network, learn about the state of health care in San Francisco and California, and take advantage of workshops to compliment their knowledge of:

• Commonly used Medi-Cal Forms;
• Public health programs in San Francisco;
• Access to Health care and other benefits for immigrants in California; and
• What happens once an application for a public health program has been submitted.

For your convenience we have posted the agenda, presentations and handouts from the 2009 Forum:

Program

Opening Presentation 

• Welcome (Adrian Núñez, Senior Manager Community Relations & HK Program, SFHP, and John Grgurina, Jr., CEO, SFHP) 
• Keynote Speaker (Anthony Wright, Executive Director, Health Access California)

Health Program Updates
Panel Presentation

• Healthy Kids Program Update  (Adrian Núñez, Senior Manager Community Relations & HK Program, SFHP)
• Healthy Families Program Update (Frances Culp, Senior Health Program Planner, San Francisco Department of Public Health)
  • May 2009 Enrollment Report
  • May 2009 Disenrollment Report 
• Medi-Cal Program Update (Bart Ellison, Section Manager, SF Medi-Cal Health Connections)
• Healthy San Francisco Program Update (Danice Cook, Health Program Planner, San Francisco Department of Public Health) 

WORKSHOP SESSIONS