data essentially useless. Between 1986 and 2000, only 0.2% of federal grants were directed towards Asian American health and research. With warnings coming in from researchers, the Asian American and Pacific Islander community worked to establish institutions for Asian American and Pacific Islander health research. New York University School of Medicine established the Center for the Study of Asian American Health in 2003 in response. The National Cancer Institute funded the Asian American Network for Cancer Awareness, Research, and Tobacco at University of California Davis in 2005. Asian American and Pacific Islander health initiatives were funded by the US Department of Health and Human Services through institutions such as the National Institutes of Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Office of Minority Health. The federal government has also begun reporting Asian American census data in separate ethnic groups. The US Census Bureau collects data on 25 Asian and 23 Pacific Islander subgroups. However, many of the NIH's surveys are erratic in their labeling of ethnic groups of Asian Americans, with some having different number of ethnic groups. Both Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush have signed executive orders to establish the President's Advisory Commission on Asian American Pacific Islanders. The committee, in 2003, advised the creation of a national plan for the improvement of health in Asian and Pacific Islander communities. Policy measures that specifically target Asian Americans, however, are yet to be seen on the federal level. Uehara et al. (1994), as well as others, argues that treating Asian Americans as a single category can lead to inaccurate conclusions, but others argue that this homogenization is necessary in this neoliberal state, and it is just not feasible to evaluate data and provide specific healthcare to every single Asian minority. Grassroots movements With the lack of policy initiatives from the government, Asian Americans have increasingly taken to grassroots movements to improve their health status. Because of insurance, costs, and a variety of other reasons, the types of services needed to meet the needs of Asian minority communities are not usually offered at private hospitals. Federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) are legally mandated to provide primary care for medically underserved communities, and thus are ideal settings to implement and provide culturally and linguistically inclusive services to Asian immigrant communities. Asian activists and organizations were influenced by the Black Panther Party’s work, especially surrounding community healthcare services and