Community Clinic working with CDC on vaccine equity initiative Share Updated: 6:38 PM CST Mar 9, 2021 Share Updated: 6:38 PM CST Mar 9, 2021
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Show Transcript 40/29 S COLE ZIMMERMAN TELLS US ABOUT THEIR ROLE IN THE EFFORTS. FOR OVER A YEAR WE HAVE SEEN SOME COMMUNITIES AND RACES DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED BY THE PANDEMIC. AND NOW, MANY OF THOSE SAME COMMUNITIES HAVE NOT BEEN VACCINATED DUE TO LANGUAGE BARRIERS OR LACK OF RESOURCES. COMMUNITY CLINIC SAYS THEY RE TRYING TO CHANGE THAT. The CDC and a group called HRSA connected with us and knew about our patient population and gave us the opportunity and we were one of 250 clinics in the nation to get selected to begin to have vaccine available. ONE OF THE GROUPS MOST AFFECTED BY THE PANDEMIC HAS BEEN THE MARSHALLESE COMMUNITY. THEY VE BEEN COMMUNICATING WITH AND HOLDING EVENTS WITH COMMUNITY CLINIC. The fact that this is a vulnerable community that we are dealing with it
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This month, the Walton Family Foundation hosted a virtual conference in tandem with the release of a five-year strategy for the foundation and its partners. One of the panels focused on diversity and inclusion as Northwest Arkansas continues to attract more people. On today s show, we hear from Benton County Judge Barry Moehring and Arkansas Coalition of Marshallese Executive Director Melisa Laelan. Additional comments from the panel will be included in next week s broadcasts.
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Proposed legislation will allow Marshallese Arkansans to serve as law enforcement officers Share Updated: 6:44 PM CST Feb 1, 2021 Share Updated: 6:44 PM CST Feb 1, 2021
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Show Transcript JOINS US LIVE IN SPRINGDALE TONIGHT WITH THAT STORY THAT BILL WAS FILED LAST THURSDAY BY REPRESENTATIVE MEGAN GODFREY WHO REPRESENTS SPRINGDALE. SHE SAYS THE BILL IS A COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE SPRINGDALE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE MARSHALLESE COMMUNITY. about 15 years ago when I first moved to Arkansas and I worked at the juvenile detention center, I wanted to move forward and become a sheriff deputy, but I couldn t do that EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR ARKANSAS COALITION OF MARSHALLESE MELISA LAELAN SAYS SHE WAS NOT A US CITIZEN AT THE TIME. SHE SAYS NON-US MARSHALLESE CITIZENS ARE PROTECTED UNDER THE COMPACT OF FREE ASSOCIATION AND ARE CONSIDERED NON- IMMIGRANTS. currently the Arkansas law says that anyone who is a law enforcement officer must be a
Restoring Medicaid eligibility for Marshallese made it into the final version of the latest COVID-19 relief package. Author: Associated Press Updated: 6:46 PM CST December 22, 2020
SPRINGDALE, Ark. Lawmakers, health care providers and representatives of the Marshallese community said the proposed restoration of Medicaid eligibility for Marshall Islanders would help boost overall health in northwestern Arkansas.
According to the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, restoring Medicaid eligibility for Marshallese made it into the final version of the latest COVID-19 relief package, thanks largely to efforts by Pacific Islanders and their allies through the U.S. Marshallese had been eligible for Medicaid until 1996 when a change in federal law inadvertently took away their eligibility.
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Decades later, Congress restores Medicaid for Marshallese and other Pacific Islanders in US [Los Angeles Times :: BC-MEDICAID-PACIFIC-ISLANDERS:LA]
Nearly 25 years ago, with the stroke of a pen, the United States broke its commitment to provide medical care for Marshall Islands residents living in the United States.
This past weekend, congressional negotiators agreed to reinstate that promise, delivering Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program coverage to tens of thousands of Marshallese and residents of several other Pacific Island nations living in the United States.
“We are all so overjoyed with tears of joy for this fight that many have us have been part of” for decades, said Sheldon Riklon, a Marshallese physician at the University of Arkansas Medical Center’s Northwest Center. “This is an historic legislation that we finally right the wrong.”