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Home > Just for You > Community Leaders > Related Organizationsdisplaying: 1 - 262 of 262 organizations | show in pages Access Board: United States Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board Created in 1973, the Board is the federal agency which develops minimum guidelines and requirements for standards issued under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Architectural Barriers details... List Web Resources Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - ACF The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is responsible for promoting the economic and social well-being of families, children, individuals, and communities. ACF brings together in one organ details... List Web Resources Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Publications Clearinghouse, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's (formerly the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research) publications cover such topics as medical treatment effectiveness, health care costs a details... List Web Resources Alabama Department of Public Health - ADPH The main objectives of the Alabama Department of Public Health are to serve the people of Alabama by assuring conditions in which they can be healthy. The Department is organized into bureaus that foc details... List Web Resources Alaska Department of Health and Social Services The purpose of the Division of Public Health is to use the best scientific knowledge to set public policy, and assure provision of services, which guarantee the health of all Alaskans, that they may l details... List Web Resources Alaska Native Science Commission - ANSC The mission of the Alaska Native Science Commission is to endorse and support scientific research that enhances and perpetuates Alaska Native cultures and ensures the protection of indigenous cultures details... List Web Resources Alliance of Information and Referral Systems - AIRS The Alliance of Information and Referral Systems (AIRS) is a membership organization incorporated in 1973. AIRS maintains an information and referral clearinghouse to promote access to human services details... List Web Resources American Association for Active Lifestyles and Fitness - AAALF The goal of AAALF and its 12 Councils is to promote active lifestyles and fitness for all populations through support of research, development of leaders and dissemination of current information. details... List Web Resources American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry - AAGP The American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry (AAGP) is a national, non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the mental health and well-being of older people and improving the care of those details... List Web Resources American Association for Health Education - AAHE The American Association for Health Education (AAHE) is concerned with the preservation and improvement of health through education. Communication is encouraged between the organization and schools, details... List Web Resources American Association for Leisure and Recreation - AALR Mission--The mission of the American Association for Leisure and Recreation (AALR) is to promote and support education, leisure, and recreation by: developing quality programming and professional trai details... List Web Resources American Association of Blood Banks - AABB The American Association of Blood Banks (AABB) was established in 1947 as a national association of hospital and community blood banks, transfusion services, and other immunohematologic services; to i details... List Web Resources American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation - AACVPR The American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation (AACVPR) is the catalyst for visibility and communication in professional education, standards, guidelines and certification thr details... List Web Resources American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists - AACE A professional medical organization devoted to the field of clinical endocrinology, the mission of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists is to enhance the practice of clinical endocrin details... List Web Resources American Association of Critical-Care Nurses - AACN This not-for-profit association was formed with a mission to help educate nurses working in newly developed intensive care units. AACN's vision is actualized by the following organizations: AACN, The details... List Web Resources American Association of Diabetes Educators - AADE The American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE) was founded as a multidisciplinary organization working to foster communication and cooperation among individuals and organizations involved in di details... List Web Resources American Association of Electrodiagnostic Medicine - AAEM The primary goal of the AAEM is to serve physicians who diagnose and treat patients with disorders of muscle and nerve, extend the knowledge of electrodiagnostic medicine, and improve the quality of p details... List Web Resources American Association of School Administrators - AASA Founded in 1865, AASA is the professional organization for over 16,500 educational leaders across North America and in many other countries. The four major focus areas for AASA are: improving the cond details... List Web Resources American Humane Association, Children's Division - AHA The Children's Division of the American Humane Association established in 1877, is a nonprofit national association of organizations and individuals working for the protection of children from abuse a details... List Web Resources American Institute of Biomedical Climatology Inc. - AIBC The American Institute of Biomedical Climatology (AIBC), a nonprofit organization, was formed in 1958 to promote the sciences of bioclimatology and biometeorology. The mission of AIBC is to promote a details... List Web Resources American Legion Chartered by Congress in 1919, The American Legion is a community-service, mutual-help, war-time veterans organization. Membership in the organizartion numbers nearly 3 million men and women in over 1 details... List Web Resources American Network of Community Options and Resources - ANCOR The purpose of the American Network of Community Options and Resources (ANCOR), formerly National Association of Private Residential Resources, is to represent and assist private agencies that provide details... List Web Resources American Outreach Association The offices of the American Outreach Association, a grass roots nonprofit organization, were established in 1989 to collect and distribute accurate information to the public, and to provide education details... List Web Resources American Pain Society - APS The American Pain Society, a national chapter of the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP), is a non-profit, educational and scientific organization, comprise of clinicians and resear details... List Web Resources American Parkinson Disease Association, Inc. - APDA The American Parkinson Disease Association (APDA) was established in 1961 to provide information about the various services available to patients with Parkinson's disease and to make funds available f details... List Web Resources American Pediatric Society - APS The American Pediatric Society was founded in 1888 to advance the study of children and their diseases, prevent illness and promote health in childhood, and promote pediatric education and research. details... List Web Resources American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children - APSAC The overall mission of this organization is to ensure that everyone affected by child maltreatment receives the best possible professional response. Founded in 1987, APSAC addresses all facets of the details... List Web Resources American School Food Service Association - ASFSA The American School Food Service Association (ASFSA) was established in 1946, the year the National School Lunch Act became law. ASFSA continues to be the only organization in the country devoted exc details... List Web Resources American School Health Association - ASHA The American School Health Association (ASHA) was established in 1927 as a national membership organization for school health professionals. The Association promotes comprehensive and coordinated sch details... List Web Resources American Social Health Association - ASHA The American Social Health Association (ASHA) was formed to help eliminate sexually transmitted diseases as a public health problem. Its activities are based on a network concept of public and privat details... List Web Resources American Society for Nutritional Sciences - ASNS The American Society for Nutritional Sciences (3500+ members) is the premier research society dedicated to improving the quality of life through the science of nutrition. The Society fulfills its miss details... List Web Resources American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition - ASPEN The American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN) is a professional and scientific organization, established to encourage the development of improved patient care through clinical nutr details... List Web Resources American Society for Public Administration - ASPA Established in 1939, the Society is the largest and most prominent professional association in the field of public administration. With a diverse membership composed of more than 10,000 practitioners details... List Web Resources American Society of Addiction Medicine - ASAM The American Society of Addiction Medicine is an association of physicians with special interest and experience in the treatment and prevention of alcoholism and other addictive drug use disorders and details... List Web Resources America's Second Harvest Second Harvest is the largest charitable hunger relief organization in the United States. Through a nationwide network of food banks, Second Harvest distributes surplus food and grocery products to t details... List Web Resources Annie E. Casey Foundation Since 1948, the Annie E. Casey Foundation (AECF) has worked to build better futures for disadvantaged children and their families in the United States. The primary mission of the Foundation is to fost details... List Web Resources Arc of the United States The Arc of the United States, formerly Association for Retarded Citizens, founded in 1950, is a national organization of volunteers, parents, educators, and professionals devoted to improving the welf details... List Web Resources Arizona Department of Health Services The Arizona Department of Health Services administers mental health, disease control, environmental health, and family health services in Arizona. The Office of Health Education provides technical as details... List Web Resources Arkansas Department of Health Arkansas Department of Health comprises 49 divisions under six bureaus. The Department has 95 local health units, 38 satellite clinics, 19 student service centers, and 28 contract community-based alco details... List Web Resources Asian & Pacific Islander Institute on Domestic Violence The Asian & Pacific Islander Institute on Domestic Violence is a national network of advocates; community members; professionals from health, mental health, law, education, and social services, surviv details... List Web Resources Asian and Pacific Islander Tobacco Education Network - APITEN The Asian and Pacific Islander Tobacco Education Network (APITEN) was formed in 1990 with the mission to organize individuals and organizations to advocate for tobacco-free Asian and Pacific Islander details... List Web Resources Asociacion Nacional pro Personas Mayores, National Association for Hispanic Elderly - ANPPM This national, private, non-profit organization focuses on the needs of older Hispanic people and other low-income elderly as a way of bringing about social change that will impact the Hispanic commun details... List Web Resources Association for Humanistic Psychology - AHP Association for Humanistic Psychology (AHP) is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to realize a vision of the possible for humanity. AHP's membership comprises an international community of peo details... List Web Resources Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps - TASH The Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps (TASH), is a nonprofit, membership organization that exists in the interest of people who have traditionally been labeled severely intellectually and details... List Web Resources Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations - AAPCHO Our mission is to promote advocacy, collaboration and leadership that improves the health status and access of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders within the U.S., its territories details... List Web Resources Beyond Pesticides/National Coalition Against the Misuse of Pesticides - NCAMP Beyond Pesticides/National Coalition Against the Misuse of Pesticides (formerly the National Coalition Against the Misuse of Pesticides) is a nonprofit organization formed in February 1981 to bring to details... List Web Resources Bicycle Helmet Safety Institute - BHSI The Bicycle Helmet Safety Institute is a non-profit consumer-funded program acting as a clearinghouse and a technical resource for bicycle helmet information. Volunteers serve on the ASTM bicycle helm details... List Web Resources California Department of Health Services The California Department of Health Services was established in 1870 to protect the health of Californians. It has undergone several reorganizations. The Department administers the Medicaid health c details... List Web Resources CAM Research Center for Cardiovascular Diseases The center will focus on the investigation of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) modalities to treat and prevent cardiovascular disease. Additionally the center will stress CAM education and details... List Web Resources Center for Health and Health Care In Schools - CHHCS The Center for Health and Health Care in Schools was established to explore ways to strengthen the well being of children and youth through effective health programs and health care services in school details... List Web Resources Center for Injury Research & Control - CIRCL Established in 1992, the Center for Injury Research & Control (CIRCL) conducts injury control research, gathers and disseminates information on injuries, provides training for health care professional details... List Web Resources Center for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration - CMHS This office, in partnership with States, leads national efforts to demonstrate, evaluate, and disseminate service delivery models to treat mental illness, promote mental health and prevent the develop details... List Web Resources Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration - CSAP CSAP supports SAMHSA's vision--A Life in the Community for Everyone. Through the use of the Strategic Prevention Framework, SAMHSA/CSAP works to decrease substance use and abuse by bringing effective details... List Web Resources Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration - CSAT This office was created in October 1992 with the Congressional mandate to expand the availability of effective treatment and recovery services for alcohol and drug problems. SAMHSA/CSAT works cooperat details... List Web Resources Center for Women Policy Studies - CWPS The Center for Women Policy Studies (CWPS) is an independent, nonprofit multiethnic feminist policy research and advocacy institution founded in 1972. The Center's programs address: educational equi details... List Web Resources Center of Alcohol Studies - CAS The Center of Alcohol Studies (CAS), founded in the early 1940s, conducts research on alcohol, and other substance use/abuse, disseminates information, and engages in professional and public education details... List Web Resources Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - CDC Public Inquiries of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) responds to inquiries from the general public and health care professionals on research conducted by the CDC in the areas of en details... List Web Resources CHEJ: Center for Health, Environment and Justice - CCHW Founded in June 1981this nonprofit organization serves citizens' groups, individuals and small municipalities working to solve hazardous and solid waste problems. CCHW supplies information needed to u details... List Web Resources Child Health Research Project - CHR The Child Health Research Project (CHR) is implemented by four collaborating partners: World Health Organization Program for Child Health and Development; Harvard Institute for International Developme details... List Web Resources Child Welfare League of America - CWLA The Child Welfare League of America (CWLA) is an association of more than 1,000 public and not-for-profit agencies devoted to improving life for more than 2.5 million at-risk children and youths and t details... List Web Resources Children, Youth and Family Consortium - CYFC The Children, Youth and Family Consortium's web site is a bridge to a wide range of information and resources about children and families. It connects research, teaching, policy, and community practi details... List Web Resources Children's Defense Fund - CDF The Children's Defense Fund (CDF) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to child advocacy, which strives to protect all children--and particularly children of low-income and minority families--through details... List Web Resources Children's Environmental Health Network - CEHN The Children's Environmental Health Network is a national multi-disciplinary project whose mission is to promote a healthy environment and to protect the fetus and the child from environmental hazards details... List Web Resources Clinical Directors Network - CDN Clinical Directors Network, Inc. (CDN) is dedicated to providing and improving comprehensive and accessible community-oriented primary and preventive health care services for poor, minority, and under details... List Web Resources Coalition for Healthier Cities and Communities The Coalition is a partnership of entities from the public, private and non-profit sectors collaborating to focus attention and resources on improving the health and quality of life of communities thr details... List Web Resources Colorado Department of Human Services - CDHS Colorado Department of Human Services consists of over 7,500 county or state employees dedicated to providing human services to Colorado residents. It provides services through 63 county or district d details... List Web Resources Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment - CDPHE The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment is charged with protecting and maintaining the health and environment of the citizens of Colorado. The Department has 13 main health and envir details... List Web Resources Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America - CADCA The mission of the Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA) is to create and strengthen the capacity of new and existing coalitions to build safe, healthy and drug-free communities. CADCA sup details... List Web Resources CONCERN, Inc. CONCERN is a nonprofit organization, founded in 1970, that provides environmental information to individuals, community groups, educational institutions, public officials, and others involved in publi details... List Web Resources Connecticut Department of Public Health The Department of Public Health (DPH) is the state's leader in public health policy and advocacy. The agency is the center of a comprehensive network of public health services, and is a partner to loc details... List Web Resources Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities - CCD This is a coalition of approximately100 national consumer, advocacy, provider and professional organizations working together to advocate on behalf of people of all ages with physical and mental disa details... List Web Resources Cross Cultural Health Care Program - CCHCP The Cross Cultural Health Care Program (CCHCP) addresses all cultural issues that impact the health of individuals and families in ethnic minority communities in Seattle and nationwide. Through a comb details... List Web Resources CSAP Partnership to Prevent Fetal Alcohol Syndrome The goal of the Partnership is to unite communities nationwide in a public health response to prevent Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) and alcohol-related birth defects (ARBD). The Partnership aims to emp details... List Web Resources Delaware Health and Social Services - DHSS The mission of the Delaware Health and Social Services (DHSS) is to protect and enhance the health of the people of Delaware by working together with others; addressing issues that affect the health o details... List Web Resources Disability Resources, Inc. Disability Resources, Inc. is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization established to promote and improve awareness, availability and accessibility of information that can help people with disabilities live details... List Web Resources Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund, Inc. - DREDF The Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund, Inc., is a non-profit, public benefit corporation, dedicated to protecting and advancing the civil rights of people with disabilities. This is done t details... List Web Resources Disabled American Veterans - DAV The Disabled American Veterans (DAV) was chartered by Congress in 1932 as the official voice of the disabled veteran; it is not an agency of the Federal government, nor does it receive government fund details... List Web Resources District of Columbia Department of Human Services The District of Columbia Department of Human Services provides an extensive range of health care services, human services, and information materials. Direct health services include blood tests, cardi details... List Web Resources Divers Alert Network - DAN Divers Alert Network (DAN),a 501©(3) non-profit organization which began in l980 with a grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, grew out of a need for treatment of acute diving details... List Web Resources Do It Now Foundation The Do It Now Foundation, founded in 1968, is a nonprofit, private organization utilizing innovative approaches to drug education. Aimed primarily at the 13 to 30 age group, the Foundation attempts t details... List Web Resources Dogs for the Deaf, Inc. Dogs for the Deaf, Inc. is a nonprofit organization that rescues and professionally trains dogs to assist people and enhance lives. The organization selects Hearing Dogs -- usually mixed breeds, small details... List Web Resources Education Development Center, Inc. - EDC A nonprofit research and development organization, Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC) creates and administers innovative projects around the world. These projects span many fields, joining rese details... List Web Resources Emergency Services and Disaster Relief Branch, Center for Mental Health Services - ESDRB The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is the lead Federal agency responsible for implementing Emergency Support Function 8 (ESF-8), the health and medical portion of the Federal Disaster Re details... List Web Resources Family Violence Prevention Fund - FVPF The goal of the Family Violence Prevention Fund (FVPF) is to end domestic violence and help women and children whose lives are devastated by abuse. Towards this goal, FVPF trains judges and police off details... List Web Resources Farmworker Health Services, Inc. - FHSI Farmworker Health Services, Inc. (FHSI), formerly East Coast Migrant Health Project, Inc., provides outreach and health education to migrant and seasonal farmworkers. FHSI creates linkages between far details... List Web Resources Federal Emergency Management Agency - FEMA The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) works to reduce risks, strengthen support systems and help people and their communities prepare for and cope with disasters regardless of the cause. FEMA details... List Web Resources Florida Department of Health - HRS The Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services was reorganized during the Florida legislative 1996 session. The result was two separate Departments: the Florida Department of Health and details... List Web Resources Food Research and Action Center - FRAC The Food and Research Action Center (FRAC) is the leading national organization working to eradicate hunger and undernutrition in the United States. Founded in 1970 as a public interest law firm, FRA details... List Web Resources Freedom from Hunger Freedom from Hunger, founded in 1946 as Meals for Millions, is a private, nonprofit, nonsectarian organization. Their Credit with Education program integrates basic village banking methodologies wi details... List Web Resources Georgia Division of Public Health The Georgia Division of Public Health is responsible for the administration and delivery of extensive health care services and public health functions. The Division's services include child health, d details... List Web Resources Goodwill Industries International, Inc. - GII Goodwill Industries International, Inc. is North America's leading nonprofit provider of vocational rehabilitation and employment services for people with disabilities and other special needs. Goodwil details... List Web Resources Gray Panthers The Gray Panthers, organized in 1970, is a multigenerational, nonpartisan, membership organization with global reach and a vision of peace and justice. The Gray Panthers fight to change attitudes and details... List Web Resources Hawaii Department of Health The Hawaii Department of Health provides a variety of health services through the following offices: Environmental Health Administration; Behavioral Health Services Administration; the Health Promotio details... List Web Resources HEAD START Bureau, Administration for Children and Families - HSB/ACF Head Start is a national program which provides comprehensive developmental services for America's low-income, pre-school children from birth to five and social services for their families. Specific s details... List Web Resources HHS Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives - FBCI The mission of the Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives is to create an environment within the Department of Health and Human Services that welcomes the participation of faith-based and co details... List Web Resources Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention The mission of the Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention is to support institutions of higher education (IHEs) in their efforts to combat illegal alcohol and other drug (AOD) u details... List Web Resources HIV/AIDS Information Outreach Project The Outreach Project serves as a primary source of information to community-based organizations that deliver services to people living with HIV/AIDS and to their loved ones. The Project was designed a details... List Web Resources HIV/AIDS Services, Health Resources and Services Administration - HAB/HRSA The HIV/AIDS Bureau is the largest single source, next to the Medicaid program, of Federal funding for HIV/AIDS care for low-income, un- and underinsured individuals. The HIV/AIDS Bureau administers t details... List Web Resources Idaho Department of Health and Welfare The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare (DHW) was created in 1974 to provide for the health and human services needs of the people of Idaho. The DHW seeks to achieve its goals through the followin details... List Web Resources Illinois Department of Public Health - IDPH The Illinois Department of Public Health is responsible for health promotion and disease prevention, health care regulation, and health care delivery services in Illinois. The Office of Health Care R details... List Web Resources Indiana State Department of Health - ISDH The Indiana State Department of Health promotes and protects the health and welfare of all Indiana citizens through education, information, the enforcement of laws and regulations, special projects, a details... List Web Resources Institute for Youth Development - IYD The Institute for Youth Development (IYD) is a non-profit organization dedicated to ensuring the best possible future for America's children by promoting positive choices and behaviors. IYD seeks to a details... List Web Resources Institute on Domestic Violence in the African American Community The mission of this organization is to provide an interdisciplinary vehicle and forum by which scholars, practitioners, and observers of family violence in the African American community will have the details... List Web Resources International Commission for the Prevention of Alcoholism and Drug Dependency - ICPA This Commission was established in 1950 as a nongovernmental organization of the United Nations and the World Health Organization, dedicated to the prevention of alcoholism and drug dependencies. The details... List Web Resources International Community Corrections Association - ICCA The International Community Corrections Association (ICCA), formerly the International Halfway House Association, was founded in 1964. The purposes of the Association are: to assist members to funct details... List Web Resources International Healthy Cities Foundation - IHCF The International Healthy Cities Foundation was created to assist people and groups from many different sectors. The mission of the IHCF is to facilitate linkages among people, issues and resources in details... List Web Resources International Rett Syndrome Association - IRSA As the most comprehensive worldwide organization dedicated to Rett syndrome, the International Rett Syndrome Association proudly continues its eighteenth year providing important programs of: informat details... List Web Resources International Society on Hypertension in Blacks - ISHIB The International Society on Hypertension in Blacks (ISHIB) was originally founded to respond to the problem of high blood pressure among ethnic groups but has expanded it's organizational scope to in details... List Web Resources International Stress Management Association - ISMA A nonprofit organization dedicated to making for a less stressful world, ISMA seeks to advance the education of professionals and students, and to facilitate methodically sound research in several pro details... List Web Resources Iowa Department of Public Health - IDPH The Iowa Department of Public Health exists to promote, protect, and ensure the health and well-being of Iowans and to provide for access, quality, and affordability of health care services. The Depar details... List Web Resources Join Together - JTO Founded in 1991, Join Together supports community-based efforts to reduce, prevent, and treat substance abuse across the nation. This is a nonprofit organization funded primarily by a grant from The R details... List Web Resources Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) - UNAIDS As the main advocate for global action on HIV/AIDS, UNAIDS leads, strengthens and supports an expanded response aimed at preventing the transmission of HIV, providing care and support, reducing the vu details... List Web Resources Kansas Department of Health and Environment - KDHE The Kansas Department of Health and Environment was created in 1974 to replace the Kansas State Board of Health, established in 1885. The Department consists of the Office of the Secretary with all s details... List Web Resources Kentucky Cabinet for Health Services Department for Public Health The Department for Public Health of the Kentucky Cabinet for Health Services oversees public health services for the state of Kentucky. details... List Web Resources Kids Together, Inc. This is a nonprofit volunteer organization that provides information and resources to children and adults with disabilities, and their communities. The organization's main goal is to remove barriers details... List Web Resources KidsPeace Since 1882, KidsPeace has been dedicated to creating opportunities for kids in crisis to become kids who overcome. Among the many services KidsPeace offer are: short-term acute inpatient psychiatric c details... List Web Resources Lazy Eye, Ltd. Lazy Eye, Ltd. was formed in 1972 as a nonprofit organization to promote an eye kit and the CHARLIE book which are used to teach parents to test their children for amblyopia. Lazy Eye, Ltd. distribut details... List Web Resources Leadership to Keep Children Alcohol Free The Leadership to Keep Children Alcohol Free initiative is alerting the Nation to the critical public health problem of alcohol use by children and mobilizing action to prevent it. The Leadership init details... List Web Resources Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals - DHH The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals (DHH) provides preventive care, community support, and residential care services to the poor, the physically disabled, people with mental disabilities, details... List Web Resources Maine Department of Human Services The Maine Department of Human Services provides an array of health and human services to the State's citizens. The Department is divided into a number of bureaus and units, including: Elder and Adul details... List Web Resources MaleSurvivor: National Organization against Male Sexual Victimization - NOMSV MaleSurvivor is committed to preventing, healing, and eliminating all forms of sexual victimization of boys and men through treatment, research, education, advocacy, and activism. details... List Web Resources March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation The March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation was established in 1938. Its mission is to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects and infant mortality. The mission is carried out throu details... List Web Resources Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene The mission of the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene is to protect and promote the health of the public by creating healthy people in healthy communities; to strengthen partnerships between stat details... List Web Resources Massachusetts Department of Public Health - MDPH The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) is mandated by State law to "maintain, protect, and improve the health and well being of the people." To do this, DHP is divided into a central off details... List Web Resources Michigan Department of Community Health - MDPH The Michigan Department of Community Health (MDCH) is one of 18 principal departments of state government. The department, the largest in state government, is responsible for health policy and managem details... List Web Resources Minnesota Department of Health The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) is responsible for protecting, maintaining and improving the health of Minnesotans. The department operates programs in the areas of disease prevention and con details... List Web Resources Mississippi State Department of Health The Mississippi State Department of Health aims to assist every community in the state to achieve the best possible health status for its citizens. The agency carries out this mission through investi details... List Web Resources Missouri State Department of Health and Senior Services The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services plans, coordinates, and delivers a variety of public health services to Missourians. These services, many of which are delivered by agencies or o details... List Web Resources Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services The Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services protects and promotes the health of the people of Montana by implementing public health programs and enforcing public health laws and regulat details... List Web Resources National Alliance for Hispanic Health The National Alliance for Hispanic Health (formerly National Coalition of Hispanic Health and Human Services Organizations [COSSMHO]) serves as a resource center for Hispanic-oriented health and human details... List Web Resources National American Indian Housing Council - NAIHC Founded in 1974, the National American Indian Housing Council (NAIHC)is a national, nonprofit membership organization that promotes, supports, and upholds tribes and tribal housing agencies in their e details... List Web Resources National Asian Pacific American Families Against Substance Abuse, Inc. - NAPAFASA A private non-profit membership organization, NAPAFASA is dedicated to addressing the alcohol, tobacco, and other drug issues of Asian and Pacific Islanders on the continental U.S., Hawaii, the six Pa details... List Web Resources National Asian Pacific Center on Aging - NAPCA The National Asian Pacific Center on Aging (NAPCA) is the leading advocacy organization committed to the well-being of elderly Asians and Pacific Islanders in America. NAPCA's goals are to: advocate o details... List Web Resources National Asian Women's Health Organization - NAWHO The National Asian Women's Health Organization was founded in 1993 to eliminate health disparities for Asian women and families. NAWHO's goals are to raise awarenesss about the health needs of Asian details... List Web Resources National Association for Health and Fitness - NAHF The National Association for Health and Fitness (NAHF) is a non-profit organization that exists to improve the quality of life for individuals in the United States through the promotion of physical fi details... List Web Resources National Association for Human Development The National Association for Human Development (NAHD) is a nonprofit organizations serving national, State and local organizations whose objectives are to help people maintain and improve their physic details... List Web Resources National Association for Rural Mental Health - NARMH The National Association for Rural Mental Health's (NARMH) goal is to enhance the delivery of mental health services to rural areas. It promotes this goal and informs the field of the unique needs of details... List Web Resources National Association for Women's Health - NAPWH NAWH is a not-for-profit, multi-disciplinary organization with a history of enhancing service provision, business strategies, advocacy and professional education in the diverse and complex field of wo details... List Web Resources National Association of Community Health Centers, Inc. - NACHC NACHC was founded in 1971 to provide services and technical assistance to health centers in support of their mission to provide health care services to the poor and medically underserved. America's h details... List Web Resources National Association of Local Boards of Health - NALBOH The National Association of Local Boards of Health (NALBOH) is the national voice of local boards of health - the grassroots of public health - dedicated to the development and implementation of effec details... List Web Resources National Association of People With AIDS - NAPWA The National Association of People With AIDS (NAPWA) is an advocacy group that speaks for all people infected and affected by HIV in the United States. NAPWA is dedicated to a moral agenda, the purpo details... List Web Resources National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors - NASADAD Founded in 1978, the National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors (NASADAD) works to foster and support the development of a comprehensive alcohol and drug abuse program capability details... List Web Resources National Association of the Deaf - NAD The NAD, as a national federation of state association and organizational affiliates, offers civil rights advocacy, grassroots and youth leadership development, and legal expertise across a broad spec details... List Web Resources National Association on Drug Abuse Problems, Inc. - NADAP Founded in 1971 by business and labor leaders concerned about the effects of drug and alcohol abuse on the quality of life in the United States, NADPA's provides individuals with the opportunity to be details... List Web Resources National Black Child Development Institute - NBCDI The National Black Child Development Institute (NBCDI) is a nonprofit organization that provides and supports programs, workshops, and resources for African American children, their parents and commun details... List Web Resources National Center for Conflict Resolution Education - NCCRE The National Center for Conflict Resolution Education (NCCRE) provides training and technical assistance nationwide to advance the development of conflict resolution education programs in schools, juv details... List Web Resources National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health - NCEMCH The National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health (NCEMCH), located at Georgetown University, provides information services and technical assistance to organizations, agencies, and indivi details... List Web Resources National Center for Farmworker Health, Inc. - NCFH This private, not-for-profit corporation was originally established in 1975 to develop a computerized medical record transfer system for migrant farmworkers. NCFH has since evolved into a multi-facete details... List Web Resources National Center for Missing and Exploited Children - NCMEC The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) was established to address the issues created by the problem of missing children, especially their criminal and sexual exploitation. NCM details... List Web Resources National Center for Victims of Crime - NCVC The mission of the National Center for Victims of Crime is to forge a national commitment to help victims of crime rebuild their lives. NCVC is dedicated to serving individuals, families, and communit details... List Web Resources National Center on Fathers and Families - NCOFF The mission of the National Center on Fathers and Families (NCOFF) is to improve the life chances of children and the efficacy of families and to support the conduct and dissemination of research that details... List Web Resources National Citizens' Coalition for Nursing Home Reform - NCCNHR Organized in 1975, NCCNHR is dedicated to improving the quality of life for nursing home and boarding home residents and ensuring a consumer voice in the long-term care system. The organization's mem details... List Web Resources National Clearinghouse on Families and Youth, Family and Youth Services Bureau, Administration on Children, Youth and Families - NCFY The National Clearinghouse of Families & Youth (NCFY) was established by the Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB) to serve as a central resource on youth and family policy and practice. FYSB is the details... List Web Resources National Clearinghouse on Marital and Date Rape The National Clearinghouse on Marital and Date Rape is a fee-based telephone consultation service which assembles information to aid others working to change the laws in the remaining States where men details... List Web Resources National Coalition Against Domestic Violence - NCADV The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, formed in 1978, is a national membership organization that represents grassroots organizations and individuals working to assist and empower battered details... List Web Resources National Coalition for the Homeless - NCH The National Coalition for the Homeless is a national advocacy network of people who are or have been homeless, activists, service and housing providers, and others committed to ending homelessness. details... List Web Resources National Commission Against Drunk Driving - NCADD The National Commission Against Drunk Driving, a nonprofit public service organization, was formed in response to a recommendation by the Presidential Commission on Drunk Driving. The group's principa details... List Web Resources National Consumers League - NCL The National Consumers League (NCL), founded in 1899, is America's pioneer consumer organization. NCL is a private, nonprofit membership organization dedicated to representing consumers on issues of c details... List Web Resources National Council of La Raza, Institute for Hispanic Health (IHH) - IHH The National Council of La Raza (NCLR) is a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan, tax-exempt organization established in 1968 to reduce poverty and discrimination and improve life opportunities for Hispani details... List Web Resources National Court Appointed Special Advocate Association - CASA Founded in 1984, this organization's mission is to speak for the best interests of abused and neglected children in the courts. There are approximately 710 CASA programs across the country with some 4 details... List Web Resources National Crime Prevention Council - NCPC NCPC is a national nonprofit organization whose mission is to help America prevent crime and build safer, stronger communities. In 1986 a group of individuals - government policy makers, law enforceme details... List Web Resources National Criminal Justice Reference Service, U.S. Department of Justice - NCJRS The National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) was established in 1972 as a centralized information service for criminal justice practitioners and researchers. NCJRS provides reference servi details... List Web Resources National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities, U.S. Department of Education - NICHCY The National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities provides information to the nation on disabilities in children and youth; programs and services for infants, children, and youth with d details... List Web Resources National Evaluation Data Services - NEDS The National Evaluation Data Services (NEDS) was established by the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT), Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to increase scientif details... List Web Resources National Families in Action - NFIA National Families in Action (NFIA) is a drug education, prevention, and policy center. The organization's focus is preventing drug use, abuse, addiction, and death, and bridging the gap between scienc details... List Web Resources National Family Partnership - NFP The National Family Partnership (NFP)--formerly the National Federation of Parents for Drug-Free Youth--is a nonprofit organization begun in 1980 to help concerned parents prevent adolescent drug use. details... List Web Resources National Governors' Association - NGA The National Governors' Association, founded in 1908 as the National Governors' Conference, provides analyses and services useful to the development of State policy and is the instrument by which the details... List Web Resources National Health Information Center, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - NHIC The National Health Information Center (NHIC) is a health information referral service sponsored by the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. NHIC puts health professionals and consumers details... List Web Resources National Health Service Corps, Bureau of Primary Health Care, Health Resources and Services Administration - NHSC/HRSA The National Health Service Corps (NHSC) was established in 1970 to recruit health professionals for Health Professional Shortage Areas. Health professionals with service obligations under the NHSC S details... List Web Resources National Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition - HMHB This organization provides an innovative forum for collaborative partnerships of public and private organizations, employers, policymakers and consumers to promote and improve culturally and linguisti details... List Web Resources National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation - NHTSA The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), was established in 1966. Its highest priority is to reduce deaths, injuries and economic losses resulting from motor vehicle crashes, impro details... List Web Resources National Indian Council on Aging - NICOA The National Indian Council on Aging (NICOA) advocates for improved comprehensive services to American Indian and Alaska Native elders. Since the organization was formed in 1976, by a group of tribal details... List Web Resources National Injury Information Clearinghouse, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Sponsored by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). The clearinghouse collects and disseminates information on the causes and prevention of death, injury, and illness associated with con details... List Web Resources National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health - NIEHS Established in 1966, this Institute supports and conducts basic research focusing on the interaction between humans and potentially toxic or harmful agents in their environment. The main research focu details... List Web Resources National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health - NIDA The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) was established in 1974, and became part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Department of Health and Human Services in October 1992. The Institute' details... List Web Resources National Latino Council on Alcohol and Tobacco Prevention - LCAT The Latino Council on Alcohol and Tobacco (LCAT) is a non-profit 501C3 tax exempt, national organization created in 1989 by a group of Latino public health professionals and community activists from t details... List Web Resources National League of Cities - NLC Established in 1924, the League's mission is to strengthen and promote cities as centers of opportunity, leadership, and governance. NLC now represents 49 leagues, more than 1,500 member cities, and details... List Web Resources National MultiCultural Institute - NMCI Founded in 1983 in response to a growing need for new services, knowledge, and skills in diversity, NMCI's mission is to increase communication, understanding and respect among people of different rac details... List Web Resources National Network for Youth The National Network for Youth is a 22-year old membership organization with over 400 direct members. The Network, with its affiliates, represents over 1,200 constituents, primarily community-based y details... List Web Resources National Organization for Victim Assistance - NOVA The National Organization for Victim Assistance (NOVA) is a private, nonprofit organization of victim and witness assistance practitioners, criminal justice professionals, researchers, former victims, details... List Web Resources National Organization on Adolescent Pregnancy, Parenting and Prevention, Inc. - NOAPPP The National Organization on Adolescent Pregnancy, Parenting and Prevention, Inc. (NOAPPP) is an interdisciplinary 501(c)(3) membership association for leaders in the field of adolescent reproductive details... List Web Resources National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome - NOFAS The National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (NOFAS) is a national, non-profit organization whose purpose is to raise public awareness about fetal alcohol syndrome, the leading known cause of m details... List Web Resources National Parkinson Foundation, Inc. - NPF The National Parkinson Foundation (NPF), founded in 1957, provides answers to patients and their families on problems relating to Parkinson's disease and maintains the Bob Hope National Parkinson Rese details... List Web Resources National Pesticide Information Center - NPIC NPIC provides objective, science-based information about a wide variety of pesticide-related subjects, including: pesticide product information, information on the recognition and management of pesti details... List Web Resources National Resource Center for Family Centered Practice - NRC/FCP The National Resource Center on Family Centered Practice (NRC/FCP) provides technical assistance, staff training, research and information on family based programs and issues. The Center's primary cl details... List Web Resources National Society for American Indian Elderly - NSAIE Founded in 1987, the National Society for American Indian Elderly (NSAIE) assist all Indian Elderly service programs, both on-reservation and off, to improve the quality of life for American Indian el details... List Web Resources National Task Force on Hepatitis B: Focus on Asians and Pacific Islanders The Task Force is a collaboration of members from the public, private and academic communities whose goal is to increase vaccination levels of children who are at increased risk for the hepatitis B vi details... List Web Resources National WIC Association - NAWD This non-profit membership organization was founded in 1983. Its purpose is to support, inspire and empower the WIC community through creativity, teamwork and leadership. NAWD represents the 87 State details... List Web Resources National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center - NYVPRC The National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center Web site is designed to share information about prevention programs, publications, research, and statistics on violence committed by and against details... List Web Resources Nebraska Health and Human Services System The Nebraska Health and Human Services System is composed of three departments: the department of Health & Human Services, P.O. Box 95044, Lincoln, NE 68509, (402) 471-2306; the Department of Health & details... List Web Resources Nevada State Health Division The Nevada Health Division develops and administers the public health programs for the State of Nevada. The Division maintains a pamphlet library of various health information materials, and provide details... List Web Resources New Hampshire Office of Community and Public Health Services - DPHS The New Hampshire Office of Community and Public Health, located within the Department of Health and Human Services, is the state's public health agency with responsibility for assuring the health and details... List Web Resources New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services The mission of the State of New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services is to foster accessible and high-quality health and senior services to help all people in New Jersey achieve optimal hea details... List Web Resources New Mexico Department of Health The New Mexico Department of Health coordinates the delivery of health services through its 50 local health offices. Services are generally free of charge and include health screening, counseling, inf details... List Web Resources New York State Department of Health - NYSDOH The New York State Department of Health is responsible for safeguarding the health of New York's residents. To achieve this goal, the Department includes a network of regional and district offices an details... List Web Resources Noise Pollution Clearinghouse - NPC The mission of the Noise Pollution Clearinghouse, (NPC) is to create more civilized cities and more natural rural and wilderness areas by reducing noise pollution at the source. NPC seeks to raise aw details... List Web Resources North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services The mission of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is to serve the people of North Carolina by enabling individuals, families, and communities to be healthy and secure, and to a details... List Web Resources North Dakota Department of Health The primary goal of the North Dakota Department of Health is to ensure that the state is a healthy place to live and that each person has an equal opportunity to enjoy good health. The Department is details... List Web Resources Nutrition Screening Initiative - NSI The Nutrition Screening Initiative is a broad multidisciplinary effort led by the American Academy of Family Physicians, American Dietetic Association, National Council on the Aging, Inc. and a divers details... List Web Resources Office of Adolescent Pregnancy Programs, Office of Population Affairs - OAPP The Adolescent Family Life (AFL) Demonstration and Research program, created in 1981 as Title XX of the Public Health Service Act, supports both demonstration and research grants. Within OPA, the Offi details... List Web Resources Office of Children’s Health Protection, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - OCHP/EPA The mission of this office is to make the protection of children’s environmental health a fundamental goal of public health and environmental protection in the United States. The OCHP will support and details... List Web Resources Office of Environmental Justice, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - OEJ The Office of Environmental Justice (OEJ) was established in November 1992 with a broad mandate to serve as a focal point for ensuring that communities comprised predominately of people of color or l details... List Web Resources Office of National Drug Control Policy, The White House - ONDCP The principal purpose of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) is to establish policies, priorities, and objectives for the Nation's drug control program. To achieve this, the Director of details... List Web Resources Office of Pesticide Programs, Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances/EPA - OPP The mission of EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) is to protect public health and the environment from the risks posed by pesticides and to promote safer means of pest control. details... List Web Resources Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - OSWER The Office of the Assistant Administrator for Solid Waste and Emergency Response provides Agency-wide policy, guidance and direction for the Agency's solid waste and emergency response programs. The details... List Web Resources Office on Violence Against Women - VAWO The Violence Against Women Office (VAWO) of the Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice was created in 1995 to implement the 1994 Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) and to lead the natio details... List Web Resources Ohio Department of Health The Ohio Department of Health coordinates and plans health services, offers consultation and technical assistance to service providers, directly provides a variety of health services, and conducts pub details... List Web Resources Oklahoma State Department of Health The Oklahoma Department of Health provides consultation, information, and diagnostic and treatment services through programs in local health departments and through its central office. The Health Edu details... List Web Resources Oregon Department of Human Services- Health Services The mission of the public health office of the Department of Human Services is to protect, preserve and promote the health of all the people of Oregon. To prevent unnecessary death and disability, imp details... List Web Resources Pacific American Foundation - PAF The Pacific American Foundation (PAF) is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lives of Pacific Americans through self-help. In addition, PAF educates and informs decision-maker details... List Web Resources Paget's Foundation for Paget's Disease of Bone and Related Disorders - PDF Established in 1978, The Paget Foundation for Paget's Disease of Bone Related Disorders is a voluntary health agency that provides information and programs for consumers and health professionals on details... List Web Resources Pan American Health Organization - PAHO The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Regional Office for the Americas of the World Health Organization (WHO), was formerly known as the International Sanitary Bureau. It is composed of 35 mem details... List Web Resources Partnership for a Drug-Free America - PDFA The main focus of this organization is to prevent illicit drug use among the Nation's youth through the use of media communication. PDFA has launched several well-known national, anti-drug advertising details... List Web Resources Pennsylvania Department of Health The Pennsylvania Department of Health's mission is identified through its slogan "....in pursuit of good health," and all its activities are defined by its functions: health needs assessment, resource details... List Web Resources Physicians For A Violence-Free Society - PVS This non-profit organization was established in 1993 by two emergency physicians to support and train people in the medical profession to incorporate violence prevention and intervention into their ow details... List Web Resources Population Connection - ZPG Population Connection (Formerly Zero Population Growth), formed in 1968, advocates achieving a sustainable balance between the Earth's people and its resources through population stabilization. Major details... List Web Resources Post-Polio Health International - I.P.N./G.I.N.I. The mission of Post Polio Health International, including International Ventilator Users Network is to enhance the lives and independence of polio survivors and home mechanical ventilator users by pro details... List Web Resources President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports - PCPFS The President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports promotes, encourages and motivates the development of physical fitness and sport participation for americans of all ages through its work with pa details... List Web Resources PRIDE Youth Programs - PRIDE For more than two decades, PRIDE has been a leader in the prevention field with innovative programms that encourage youth to take the lead in drug and violence prevention. Founded in 1977, PRIDE bega details... List Web Resources Project Concern International - PCI Project Concern International (PCI) helps communities improve their health conditions and establish self-reliant systems for access to needed health care. PCI works in partnership with local communit details... List Web Resources Project HOPE (Health Opportunities for People Everywhere) Project HOPE (Health Opportunities for People Everywhere) was founded in 1958 to improve the health of and health services to medically underserved people throughout the world. Originally functionin details... List Web Resources Rhode Island Department of Health The Department of Health is a multifaceted state agency with broad-ranging public health responsibilities. The vision statement of the Department of Health is for all people in Rhode Island to have th details... List Web Resources Rural Center for AIDS/STD Prevention - RCAP The major focus of the Rural Center for AIDS/STD Prevention (RCAP) is the promotion of HIV/STD prevention in rural America, with the goal of reducing HIV/STD incidence. The RCAP develops and evaluates details... List Web Resources Rural Information Center, U.S. Department of Agriculture - RIC The Rural Information Center (RIC) provides information and referral services to local, state, and federal government officials; community organizations; rural electric and telephone cooperatives; lib details... List Web Resources SAMHSA's National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information - NCADI SAMHSA's National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information (NCADI) is the Nation's one-stop resource for information about substance abuse prevention, intervention, and treatment policies, progr details... List Web Resources Sexual Minority Youth Assistance League - SMYAL The mission of the Sexual Minority Youth Assistance League (SMYAL) is to support and enhance the self esteem of sexual minority youth (13-21) who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT), or who details... List Web Resources Sierra Club The Sierra Club, founded in 1892, is a nonprofit, member-supported, public interest organization that promotes enjoyment and preservation of the nation's forests, waters, wildlife, and wilderness. In details... List Web Resources Skin Cancer Foundation This nonprofit, public foundation is concerned with increasing public awareness of the sun's harmful rays and stresses the importance of preventive measures against the damaging effects of ultraviolet details... List Web Resources Society for Adolescent Medicine - SAM The Society for Adolescent Medicine, established in 1968, promotes research and disseminates information on adolescent medicine to interested organizations and professionals. It holds one scientific details... List Web Resources Society for Nutrition Education - SNE The Society for Nutrition Education (SNE) promotes the nutritional well-being of the public through improved practice in education, research, and public policy. The Society conducts and promotes nutr details... List Web Resources Society for Occupational and Environmental Health - SOEH The Society for Occupational and Environmental Health (SOEH) was formed in 1972 to provide a neutral forum where occupational safety and health and environmental issues could be discussed and resolved details... List Web Resources Society of Behavioral Medicine - SBM A non-profit organization founded in 1978, the mission of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, Inc. is to foster the development and application of knowledge on the relationships among health, illness, details... List Web Resources South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) was formed in 1973 as the agency responsible for advising the State in matters pertaining to healthand the environment. It has details... List Web Resources South Dakota Department of Health The South Dakota Department of Health's mission is to prevent disease and promote health, ensure access to needed, high-quality health care, and efficiently manage public health resources. The depart details... List Web Resources Students Against Destructive Decisions - SADD Founded in 1981 as Students Against Driving Drunk, SADD's focus initially was to combat teen deaths due to drinking and driving. SADD has expanded its mission and name and now sponsors chapters called details... List Web Resources Surgical Eye Expeditions International - SEE Founded in 1974, this international, non-profit humanitarian organization recruits, coordinates and deploys volunteer ophthalmologists, nurses and technicians to perform free, sight-restoring surgery details... List Web Resources Technology Innovation Office, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - TIO This office of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency was created in 1990 to act as an advocate for new technologies. TIO's mission is to advance the use of new technologies for characterization and details... List Web Resources Telemedicine Research Center - TRC A non-profit research and education organization, TRC 's mission is to promote telemedicine research and to create, manage and disseminate information about telemedicine related issues. The Center is details... List Web Resources Tennessee Department of Health The Department of Health works to insure the quality care through the licensure and regulation of health professionals, such as doctors, nurses, and dentists, and of health care facilities, such as ho details... List Web Resources Texas Department of Health Texas Department of Health services focus on preventing disease, protecting health, and promoting safe and healthy living. The Department consists of a public health network that includes local, regio details... List Web Resources Texas Department of Human Services - DHS The Texas Department of Human Services (DHS) administers state and federal programs for people who are needy, aged, or disabled while promoting the greatest possible independence for all clients. Thr details... List Web Resources THINK FIRST Foundation The mission of the THINK FIRST Foundation is to prevent brain and spinal cord injuries among teens and young adults through the education of individuals, community leaders and the creators of public p details... List Web Resources U.S. Department of Agriculture - USDA The mission of the USDA is to enhance the quality of life for the American people by supporting production of agriculture; ensuring a safe, affordable, nutritious, and accessible food supply; caring f details... List Web Resources U.S. Department of Energy - DOE The Department of Energy, in partnership with our customers, is entrusted to contribute to the welfare of the Nation by providing the technical information and scientific and educational foundation fo details... List Web Resources U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development - HUD The mission of this Federal agency is to help the nation's communities meet their development needs, spur economic growth in distressed neighborhoods, provide housing assistance for the poor, help reh details... List Web Resources U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - EPA The mission of the EPA is to protect human health and to safeguard the natural environment--air, water, and land--upon which life depends. Through the work of its many projects and programs the EPA's details... List Web Resources U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Information Sources - IRC/EPA Request technical information, reports, and documents or get assistance with your questions about environmental issues. details... List Web Resources U.S. National Committee for World Food Day World Food Day (WFD) is a worldwide event designed to increase awareness, understanding and informed, year-round, long-term action on the complex issues of food security for all. WFD is observed in details... List Web Resources U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission - NRC The mission of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is to ensure adequate protection of the public health and safety, the common defense and security, and the environment in the use of nuclear details... List Web Resources United States Conference of Mayors - USCM The official nonpartisan organization of cities with populations of 30,000 or more, this group speak with a united voice on matters pertaining to organizational policies and goals. Conference policies details... List Web Resources Utah Department of Health The Utah Department of Health offers health services and protection to Utah residents. The divisions include Community Health Services, Health Care Resources, Health Care Financing, Family Health Ser details... List Web Resources Vermont Department of Health The Vermont Department of Health (VDH) is the state's public health agency. The Department provides preventive and promotional maternal and child health services; prenatal care; diagnostic, counseling details... List Web Resources Vietnamese Community Health Promotion Project The mission of the Vietnamese Community Health Promotion Project is to identify health problems specific to the Vietnamese community; develop community-based, culturally appropriate interventions with details... List Web Resources Virginia Department of Health The Virginia Department of Health is an umbrella organization responsible for comprehensive planning and delivery of a wide variety of public health programs and family health services. Specific progr details... List Web Resources Washington State Department of Health The Washington State Department of Health has responsibility for the administration of public health programs for Washington. The following community-based programs and services are funded or provided details... List Web Resources Welfare Information Network This is a foundation funded project that assists states and communities to obtain the information, policy analysis, and technical assistance they need to develop and implement welfare reforms that wil details... List Web Resources West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, Bureau for Public Health The Bureau for Public Health directs public health activities at all levels within the state to fulfill the core functions of public health: the assessment of community health status and available re details... List Web Resources Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services The Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services administers health programs to promote the health of Wisconsin residents in the areas of maternal and child health, dental health, and disease (a details... List Web Resources World Hunger Education Service The World Hunger Education Service is a nonprofit organization with a small paid staff, assisted by volunteers, that disseminates information on the world hunger problem. The Service sees food in a b details... List Web Resources Wyoming Department of Health - WDH The Department administers and provides services in vital statistics, health planning, community mental health, dental health, preventive medicine, and child health. Administrative services include p details... List Web Resources Xeroderma Pigmentosum Society - XPS The Xeroderma Pigmentosum Society was founded to raise awareness about XP, a life-threatening, sun-sensitive, genetic disorder; to provide support to victims and their families through information, pr details... List Web Resources Zero to Three: National Center for Infants, Toddlers and Families Zero to Three's urgent mission is to advance the healthy development of America's babies and young children. 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