LSVF: Health Services - Request for Proposal

Author:	NCLR/RDF
Date:	May 8, 2008
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Summary

Many Latinos in the U.S. lack quality medical care are under-insured or not insured at all.  The National Association of Community Health Centers reported that in 2004, 28% of all Latino adults did not have a regular source of health care.  The percentages of Latinos in the Midwest, and especially the South who lack a regular source of health care are nearly double the number of their counterparts in other areas.  Likewise the U.S.-Mexico border area has been identified as having significant health disparities.

Operating and providing adequate facilities for critical social service programs that benefit the Latino community in workforce development, youth program services, and family and mental health counseling proves equally challenging in the current budget environment at the local, state, and federal levels.  The Latino Social Venture Fund (LSVF) seeks to work with existing social service program operators and health care organizations/networks planning new programs or facility expansions in target areas to reach these underserved populations.