Grantee Name
Charles B. Wang Community Health Center
Funding Area
Primary Care
Publication Date
September 2017
Grant Amount
$75,000
Grant Date:
January 2016 – December 2016
New York City is home to nearly 1.2 million Asian Americans, representing more than 13% of the City’s total population.
Many Asian Americans experience health and health care disparities at a greater rate compared with the general population, including higher rates of chronic diseases and lower access to primary care services. Numerous factors contribute to this problem, such as language barriers and immigration issues. Founded in 1971, the Charles B. Wang Community Health Center (Charles B. Wang CHC) is a nonprofit federally qualified health center that operates service sites in Lower Manhattan and in Flushing, Queens. The majority of its 49,000 patients are low-income, uninsured, or under-insured Asian Americans with limited access to basic health care. As a result of a growing South Asian population in Queens, Charles B. Wang CHC’s Flushing site reached capacity. In 2015, NYHealth awarded Charles B. Wang CHC a grant to support the opening of a second clinic to serve the Queens community.