Colorado Community Health Network (CCHN) proudly supports the National Farmworker Health Conference occurring in Denver, Colorado on May 9-11, 2012. The conference is sponsored by the National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) who advocates for health care needs on the behalf of 20 million people served by Community Health Centers (CHC) located in all 50 states and U.S. territories.
Fifty years ago in 1962 President Kennedy signed the Migrant Health Act into law which established the Migrant Health Program. The Migrant Health Program addresses the basic medical needs of farmworkers. Migrant and seasonal farmworkers are a critical part of Colorado’s multi-billion agricultural industry. Farmworkers face health care concerns and uncommon safety risks related to travel, farm equipment, and pesticides. Colorado’s Governor John Hickenlooper proclaimed May 9-11 in honor of Farmworker Health.
Colorado CHCs provide affordable, high quality, primary health care to more than 11,000 hardworking migrant and seasonal farmworkers. CHC services are located in regions throughout the state at High Plains Community Health Center in the Southeast Plains region; at Pueblo Community Health Center, Inc., in the Pueblo region; at Salud Family Health Centers in Metro Denver, Northern Front Range, Boulder/Broomfield, and Northeast Plains regions; at Sunrise Community Health in Northern Front Range and Northeast Plains regions; and at Valley-Wide Health Systems, Inc., in the San Luis Valley, Western Slope, Central Mountains, Southwest, Arkansas Valley, Northeast Plains, and Southeast Plains regions.
For more program information regarding The National Farmworker Health Conference, click here.
To learn more about migrant health programs and jobs at these health centers, please click on their website links:
- High Plains Community Health Center
- Pueblo Community Health Center, Inc.
- Salud Family Health Centers
- Valley-Wide Health Systems, Inc.
To view a map of Colorado CHC migrant services locations, click here.
