The Health Center's staff are fluent in Mandarin, Cantonese, Taishanese, Shanghainese, Hokkien, Vietnamese, and Korean.

The Health Center serves all patients regardless of language, immigration history, insurance status, or ability to pay.

[2] CBWCHC started in 1971 by a group of volunteers who organized the Chinatown Health Fair in New York City.

In 1989, Congress passed the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act which consolidated these funding streams and created the Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC) program.

[5] This allowed qualified health centers to fully cover the cost of treating uninsured patients.