FIRM is one of several nonprofit organizations throughout California to be a recipient of a “Community & Infrastructure Investment Program Grant” from Health Net. These grants focus on low income and under-served communities, and organizations who will help those communities better access healthcare resources that are available.
FIRM received a $100,000 one-year grant to develop programs which will help Southeast Asian communities learn how to enroll in Medi-Cal (and learn how to use that program), find doctors, and do education and outreach about additional existing healthcare resources. FIRM will use this grant to fund several part-time Hmong & Lao staff members, who will assist these communities with significant numbers of people who need help accessing healthcare.