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For more than 30 years, the Charles B. Wang Community Health Center has been a leader in providing high-quality, affordable, culturally competent health-care to the Asian American community in New York City. The majority of the Center's clients are low income, uninsured or under insured Asian immigrants with nowhere else to turn for basic healthcare. In addition to providing comprehensive primary care services, the Center promotes the health of the community through innovative, award winning health education and advocacy programs, and by recruiting and training bilingual health care providers.
Since its inception in 1971 by a group of volunteers, the Health Center has continuously expanded services to meet growing community demands and has had to relocated several times in order to obtain adequate clinical space to provide bilingual and bicultural healthcare services to the underserved Asian American community.
In addition to the clinical services, the Center has also nurtured and grown a generation of health, social services and other professionals for community service through our unique training and internship programs. Many of these graduates now work in Asian American community based organization throughout the country, further spreading the impact of those volunteers who came together in 1971.
Below is a brief history of the Health Center and our accomplishments to date: (click on the years to view the details)
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