About – Many Faces of Community Health Conference

Many Faces of Community Health is a two-day conference on improving care and health equity in underserved populations and among those living in poverty.

Theme

Mission

to better meet the needs of underserved communities by providing high quality, culturally-competent, affordable healthcare and enabling services in order to improve access to care and reduce health disparities that persist in the state.

Values

Engaging content that inspires action
Diversity in speakers, attendees, and communities served
Efficient use of resources to keep cost down for community members

Join us as we examine new community care innovations and health care delivery models that promote health equity, prevent and manage chronic diseases, and ensure access for all.

Over 300 people attended Many Faces in 2019: health care professionals, students, staff from FQHCs and other safety net programs, policymakers, and Minnesotans active in community and public health. Attendees come together to learn about the impact of health care reforms, ways to advance health equity, and how to apply best practices to the delivery of primary care to the disadvantaged. Many health care organizations and companies support Many Faces as sponsors and/or exhibitors, joining with public health and community-based agencies to promote our conference and deepen our impact on Minnesota’s health care safety net providers and patients.

We hope you will join us in 2020 for this popular and inspiring conference!

Our Partners

Minnesota Association of Community Health Centers
MNACHC is the nonprofit association of Minnesota’s Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), the safety net clinics that provide comprehensive preventive and primary care services to all, regardless of insurance status or ability to pay. MNACHC works on behalf of its members and their patients throughout our state to promote the cost-effective delivery of affordable, quality primary health care services. Member clinics offer medical, dental, and mental health care to approximately 190,000 Minnesotans each year, the majority of whom are medically underserved due to income, insurance status, geography, and/or cultural barriers.

www.mnachc.org

Minnesota Department of Health
Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Division
We work to ensure that all people in Minnesota have the knowledge and skills they need to live the healthiest lives possible; that they live, learn, work and play in safe and healthy environments; and that they receive the right care in the right place at the right time. To accomplish this, we collect, analyze and publish data that enable our stakeholders to improve health in their community; support clinical systems in the delivery of high-quality care for all; and support community partners with strategies that promote healthy and safe communities, and community-wide prevention and management initiatives.