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Health Alliance for Austin
Musicians
www.HealthAllianceForAustinMusicians.org
www.myhaam.org
"My asthma was so bad that I couldn't go into bars where
you could still smoke, so I couldn't play. I'm working with this
net that the Health Alliance for Austin Musicians provides me.
Straightening up the asthma allowed me to get back out there and
start playing again. I have a career because of them. I'm alive
because of them. I'm sane because of them." - Chris Gates
" The mission of Health Alliance for Austin Musicians is
to provide access to affordable healthcare to Austin's low-income,
uninsured, working musicians, with a focus on prevention and wellness.
" Health Alliance services:
Primary Medical Care through Seton Family of Hospitals
Basic Dental Care through St. David's Community Health
Foundation Leadership
Mental Health counseling and addiction-recovery services
through The SIMS Foundation
" Since its inception in 2005, Health Alliance for Austin
Musicians has:
- Served more than 1,200 members.
- Retained a 94 percent approval rating from member-musicians
for quality of care and services.
" Services delivered in 2007:
- 1,366 clinic visits to 573 patients, 965 prescriptions, 43 specialist
referrals and 502 hospital services (outpatient, inpatient and
emergency room procedures) through Seton Family of Hospitals
- 727 dental visits to 434 patients through St. David's Community
Health Foundation Leadership's Dental Program
- More than 2,300 sessions of counseling, psychiatric and addiction-recovery
services through The SIMS Foundation
" Membership in Health Alliance for Austin Musicians is
diverse:
- 67 percent of members earn less than $15,000 a year.
- 65 percent of members are 35 years old or younger.
- Members work in all music genres including rock, jazz, classical,
country, Tejano and blues.
" 3rd HAAM Benefit Day to be held Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008:
- Businesses large and small pledge proceeds or make donations.
- Fundraising goal: $200,000
- 2nd HAAM Benefit Day raised $180,000 including challenge grants.
- Corporate Battle of the Bands showdown to be held September
3.
" More than 8,000 Austin musicians give the city its rhythm
and heartbeat and drive the local economy to the tune of:
- Nearly $1 billion in economic activity, more than $25 million
in local tax revenue each year
- 11,200 jobs
- Millions of dollars added to the city's economy and tens of
thousands of visitors from around the world brought annually by
Austin City Limits Music Festival and South By Southwest Music
& Media Conference
" About Health Alliance for Austin Musicians:
Seton Family of Hospitals and St. David's Community
Health Foundation are the leading providers of healthcare
services in Central Texas. Both networks are actively involved
in reaching out to meet the healthcare needs of the uninsured
in Central Texas and collaborating to strengthen the safety net
for healthcare. Seton is a member of Ascension Health, the largest
not-for-profit health network in the United States. St. David's
Community Health Foundation, a partner in St. David's HealthCare,
is a not-for-profit community asset belonging to all of the citizens
of Central Texas, and the St. David's Community Foundation Leadership
Dental Program removes barriers to oral health care by taking
free care directly to those who are in need.
For more information, visit: www.seton.net and www.sdchf.org/dental.htm.
The SIMS Foundation was founded in 1995 to provide low-cost
counseling and other mental health services tailored specifically
to the needs of musicians and their families. Today SIMS continues
to support the local music community by providing information
and referral services; individual, family and couples counseling;
limited psychiatric services; therapy for children and adolescents;
and addiction-recovery services. SIMS welcomes musicians from
all musical genres, races and ethnicities who meet the eligibility
requirements. Even those who don't meet the requirements can find
support through SIMS via information on other beneficial community
resources such as financial, medical and housing.
For more information, visit www.simsfoundation.org.
" The work of the Health Alliance is ongoing. To continue
to serve the healthcare needs of low-income, uninsured, working
musicians, community donations are essential. Donations can be
made at www.myhaam.org or by check to Austin Community Foundation/Health
Alliance for Austin Musicians Fund and mailed to Health Alliance
for Austin Musicians P.O. Box 301496 Austin, TX 78703.
Membership application and information available at www.HealthAllianceForAustinMusicians.org
and www.myhaam.org.
Health Alliance for Austin Musicians Board of Directors
Lidia Agraz, community leader
Karen Bartoletti, shareholder, Graves Dougherty Hearon & Moody
Ray Benson, Asleep at the Wheel, and past chairman, The SIMS Foundation
Carol Clark, general counsel, St. David's Community Health Foundation
Marsha Cook, executive director, St. David's Community Health
Foundation Leadership Dental Program
Betty Dunkerley, former mayor pro tem, Austin City Council, Place
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Jesus Garza, executive vice president & COO, Seton Family
of Hospitals
John T. Kunz, president, Waterloo Records & Video
Diana Resnik, senior vice president, Community Care, Seton Family
of Hospitals
Edward Safady, chairman, Central Texas area, Prosperity Bank
Robin Shivers, The Shivers Group, and president, RRS Management
Tim Taylor, partner, Jackson Walker LLP (HAAM Benefit Day committee
chairman)
Richard Topfer, Topfer Family Foundation, and managing director,
Castletop Capital
Contacts:
Jill McGuckin, McGuckin Entertainment PR, 512.217.9404; jill@mcguckinpr.com
Carolyn Schwarz, executive director, Health Alliance for Austin
Musicians, 512.324.8976; cschwarz@healthallianceforaustinmusicians.org
Pam Crowther, Seton Family of Hospitals, 512.324-3170, pcrowther@seton.org
Kim Usey, St. David's Community Health Foundation, 512.879.6612;
kim@sdchf.org
Mark Grossman, The SIMS Foundation, 512.472.1008; info@simsfoundation.org
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