Our Mission

The Latino HealthCare Forum's vision is a nation free of disparities in health and healthcare. Our goals include:

1. Supporting a positive transformation of the healthcare system and building a high-value healthcare system that requires insuring the uninsured, making coverage more secure for those who have it and improving the quality of care for all.

2. Helping to strengthen the healthcare infrastructure and workforce by addressing the critical shortage of medical personnel including community health workers.

3. Advancing the health, safety and well-being for vulnerable and hard-to-reach populations.

Board of Directors

David Morales

David retired from the Department of State Health Services, Texas-Mexico Border Coordinator, Mental Health and Substance Abuse Division. He has experience working with state and federal rules and regulations and offering consultation and technical assistance to substance abuse prevention and treatment contractors, also in analysis and interpretation of research data to identify trends and evidenced-based practice for substance abuse programs. Additionally, used to  perform internal comprehensive program performance and compliance audit reviews and/or respond to state or  federal compliance deficiencies or findings resulting from audit reviews and developed comprehensive quality management plans to improve and measure the quality and effectiveness of services. He also has professional experience offering direct individual, family and group counseling and educational services as a substance abuse and mental health counselor for commercial and community-based programs.

David has a bachelor’s in social work, University of Texas is a Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor, Texas Licensed Drug and Alcohol Offender Education Instructor, Texas Licensed DWI Education Program Instructor and a Texas Licensed DWI Intervention Instructor.

Board of Advisors

LHCF Staff

Former LHCF Staff