Gateway to Care is a 501(c)(3) collaborative comprised of  over 165 public and private safety net health systems, coalitions, advocacy groups and social service providers working together to assist the approximately 2.2 million medically indigent residents in the Greater Houston Area in receiving medical care at the most appropriate setting.

Since 2000, Gateway to Care, has served as a vehicle for increasing access to care for the uninsured and underinsured, originally under the auspices of the Harris County Public Health and Environmental Services and later the Harris County Hospital District. We have grown from 6 members to 174 member and affiliated organizations throughout the region working together towards the vision of enabling 100% access to healthcare. Membership in the Collaborative is available to any organization in Harris and its contiguous counties. Funding was initially received from the Health Resources and Services Administration Community Access Program to develop navigation services, support expansion of enrollment into Medicaid and CHIP, start a nurse telephone triage, facilitate development of Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), and develop a Provider Health Network in Harris County. We work with organizations at a grassroots level to increase access to care for individuals. In 2006 we became an independent Not for Profit organization  

GATEWAY TO CARE ACHIEVEMENTS TO DATE

Over the last eight years, staff members of Gateway to Care have developed knowledge and experience that are valuable to its member organizations. It is the willingness to work together and the ability of the members and affiliated organizations that contribute to the strengths of Gateway to Care. Our activities and major collaborative achievements/milestones to date include:  

Gateway to Care and it's member organizations have brought in over $76 Million in additional resources to the region since 2000 to address health care issues. Most of the resources have gone to member organizations and only minimally included support for core staff and operations of Gateway to Care

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