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Healthcare Access

Texas left over a million people in the Medicaid gap. Healthcare access is about clinics, insurance, navigation, and the organizations filling that gap in Harris County.

Organizations

2,588

Learn

Stories, guides, and what you should know about your city.

Engage

Events, gatherings, and ways to show up near you.

Connect

Organizations, services, and neighbors doing the work.

Act

Call your rep, volunteer, weigh in on what matters.

Choose a starting point

Start with the story

See what's happening, who's working on it, and why neighbors are paying attention.

Find one way in

Pick something real: show up, join in, call your rep, or connect with a group already moving.

Look around your neighborhood

Across Houston — from your block to the whole city. Find nearby places, resources, events, and neighbors building community close to home.

What's happening.

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Health

How to Prepare for Your Child's Doctor Appointment

A step-by-step guide to preparing for your child's appointment at Texas Children's Pediatrics.

Texas Children's

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Texas Children's Pediatrics – Kids' Doctor Offices Near You

Texas Children's Pediatrics

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Texas Children's Pavilion for Women Leadership Team

Texas Children's

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Texas Children's Pavilion for Women — About Us

Texas Children's

Who’s doing the work

Clinics, agencies, nonprofits, funders, and community groups

Health is delivered by many kinds of people and institutions. Start here to see who is providing care, organizing support, funding work, and shaping the system.

Harris County Commissioners Court

15 connections in this ecosystem

Legacy Community Health

5 connections in this ecosystem

Also connects to

How Healthcare Access connects

guide

Research on Down Syndrome: What Families Need to Know

policy

Request that the County Judge execute an amendment to an agreement with Houston Area Community Services, Inc. dba Avenue360 Health & Wellness to add Section V.L. Advance Payments and replace Section XVIII.F Centralized Patient Care Data Management System for Ryan White Program Part A Minority AIDS Initiative and Ending the HIV Epidemic Services for Public Health Services/Ryan White Grant Administration for the period of March 1, 2026 - February 28, 2027, with no increase in the total contract amount (220352), Justification for 0% MWBE Participation Goal: 0% - Non-Divisible.

event

Federal Grants: Department of Health and Human Services — $1.5B to Harris County (FY2025)

resource

To amend Public Health Service Act to require community health centers to provide behavioral and mental health and substance use disorder services, and for other purposes.

~902,700 without insurance

Uninsured population

Source: U.S. Census Bureau / American Community Survey (ACS)

19%

Uninsured rate

Source: U.S. Census Bureau / American Community Survey (ACS)

4,700,447 total

Population for insurance coverage

Source: U.S. Census Bureau / American Community Survey (ACS)

2,588

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Organizations working here

Who works in Healthcare Access in Houston

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Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston

Help for any Houston neighbor in need — food, immigration, housing, and more. Open to all.

Montrose

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Houston Public Media

Houston Public Media is a nonprofit public broadcaster serving Southeast Texas with free local news, educational content, and NPR/PBS programming through TV 8,

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