Our mission is to discrease the disparity of health status between the majority and minority communities through health advocacy, education, screenings, and promotion; build a cohesive health referral network to ensure greater access to health care; and encourage minority youth to become knowledgeable consumers of health care and to pursue careers in the health care professions.

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Healthy generations - pass it on! The black health care coalition (bhcc) was successful is 2012 in providing patient navigation, scrrening services, and health promotion for over 5,000 residents in the greater kansas city community. Bhcc targeted the medically uninsured and underserved and served as a resource to identify patient centered medical homes, obtain publically financed medical insurance, and acess to education regarding chronic disease risk factors, protective factors, and overcoming barriers to medical care. Bhcc trained and utilized 55 volunteer to implement this program. have a healthy baby. Bhcc served 188 expecting families in our have a healthy baby program. Families received prenatal education utilizing the march of dimes' "becoming a mom" curriculum and assistance navigating the medical system and community resources to help them with parenthood. Bhcc partnered with children's mercy hospitals and clinics to provide a community baby shower for participants. Ten volunteers particpated in this program. mobile mammography. Bhcc provided breast health education to 915 hard-to-reach women in community settings. Of this group, 250 women received free clinical breast exams and mammograms through a partnership with susan g komen and saint luke's hospitals. Eleven churches in kansas city, ks and kansas city, mo partnered with bhcc to recruit participants for education and screening.