Links & Resources: Organizations

• 100K Lives Campaign
  A nationwide initiative of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) to radically reduce morbidity and mortality in American health care.
• Academy of General Dentistry
  Strives to represent the interests of general dentists and improve the quality of comprehensive dental services, health promotion and wellness.
• Action for Healthy Kids
  Nationwide initiative dedicated to improving the health and educational performance of children through better nutrition and physical activity in schools. Provides tools and resources to support healthy schools.
• AHEC South Arkansas
  The mission of AHEC South Arkansas is to provide state-of-the-art comprehensive, accessible health care for the people of South Arkansas by educating, nurturing, and supporting present and future healthcare professionals.
• AIDS Education and Training Centers National Resource Center
  The AIDS Education and Training Centers (AETC) Program of the Ryan White CARE Act currently supports a network of 11 regional centers that conduct targeted, multi-disciplinary education and training programs for health care providers treating persons with HIV/AIDS.
• Alabama Rural Health Association
  Strives to preserve and enhance the health of the rural citizens of Alabama.
• Alabama Department of Public Health
  Works closely with the community to preserve and protect the public's health, to provide caring, quality services and serve the people of Alabama by assuring conditions in which they can be healthy.
• Alabama Department of Public Health: Office of Primary Care and Rural Health
  Facilitates and supports activities which improve access to primary medical care throughout Alabama and promotes the health of rural residents, with special concern for medically underserved populations.
• American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry
  Represents the specialty of pediatric dentistry. Advocates policies, guidelines and programs that promote optimal oral health and oral health care for children.
• American Academy of Pediatrics
  Committed to the attainment of optimal physical, mental, and social health and well-being for all infants, children, adolescents, and young adults.
• American Association of Grants Professionals
  Builds and supports an international community of grant professionals. Acts as a resource for the practice of grantsmanship in all sectors of the field.
• American Association of Public Health Dentistry
  Promotes effective efforts in disease prevention, health promotion and service delivery and educates the public, health professionals and decision-makers regarding the importance of oral health to total well-being.
• American Dental Association
  Professional association of dentists committed to the public's oral health, ethics, science and professional advancement. Includes state directory of dental organizations.
• American Heart Association
  Works to reduce disability and death from cardiovascular diseases and stroke. Information available in Spanish.
• American Legacy Foundation
  The American Legacy Foundation is dedicated to building a world where young people reject tobacco and anyone can quit. The foundation is a 501(c)(3) organization that was established in March 1999 as a result of the Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) between a coalition of attorneys general in 46 states and five U.S. territories and the tobacco industry, and is funded primarily by payments designated by the settlement.
• American Lung Association
  Fights lung disease in all its forms, with special emphasis on asthma, tobacco control and environmental health.
• American Telemedicine Association
  Promotes access to medical care for consumers and health professionals via telecommunications technology.
• Arkansas Office of Rural Health & Primary Care
  Promotes the development of community-based health care services and systems throughout Arkansas to ensure that well managed, quality health services are available to all citizens. This is a component of the Arkansas Department of Health (William Rodgers) and Human Services, Division of Health.
• Association for Community Health Improvement
  National individual membership association for community health and healthy communities. Works to strengthen community health through education, peer networking and practical tools.
• Association of Fundraising Professionals
  Works to advance philanthropy through advocacy, research, education, and certification programs.
• Benton Foundation
  Works to build a public interest vision for the digital age and to demonstrate the value of communications for solving social problems.
• Bright Futures
  National health promotion initiative dedicated to the principle that every child deserves to be healthy and that optimal health involves a trusting relationship between the health professional, the child, the family, and the community as partners in health practice.
• Bureau of Health Professions
  Works to assure access to quality health care professionals in all geographic areas and to all segments of society. Part of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.
• Bureau of Primary Health Care
  Supports access to primary care services. Part of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.
• CDC's Office of Minority Health & Health Disparities
  Aims to accelerate CDC’s health impact in the U.S population and to eliminate health disparities for vulnerable populations as defined by race/ethnicity, socio-economic status, geography, gender, age, disability status, risk status related to sex and gender, and among other populations identified to be at-risk for health disparities.
• Center for Applied Research and Environmental Systems
  Addresses the spatial and temporal dimensions of issues impacting rural America, by incorporating Internet-based geographic information systems, remote sensing technologies, and other data visualization and analytic tools. One of CARES's primary roles is to support the needs of others wishing to utilize geographic information technologies. Part of the Rural Policy Research Institute (RUPRI).
• Center for Health and Health Care in Schools
  Nonpartisan policy and program resource center located at The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services. CHHCS was established to explore ways to strengthen the well being of children and youth through effective health programs and health care services in schools.
• Center for Health Care Strategies
  Works to promote high quality health care services for low-income populations and people with chronic illnesses and disabilities.
• Center for Rural Affairs
  Works to strengthen small businesses, family farms and ranches, and rural communities throughout the nation. Foundation is based in Nebraska.
• Center for Rural Strategies
  Works to improve rural life by increasing public understanding about the importance and value of rural communities.
• Center for the Health Professions
  Works to help health care professionals, schools, organizations and policymakers respond to the challenges of educating and managing the health care workforce. Part of the University of California, San Francisco.
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  Lead federal agency for protecting the health and safety of people at home and abroad. Work includes disease prevention and control, environmental health, and health promotion and education activities designed to improve the health of the people of the United States.
• Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
  Runs the Medicare and Medicaid programs - two national health care programs that benefit about 75 million Americans. Part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
• Central Louisiana Area Health Education Center
  Dedicated to increasing the number of primary health care professionals and improving access to quality health care in Central Louisiana.
• Children's Dental Health Project
  Promotes public and clinical policies to improve health and increase access to comprehensive dental care for children and other vulnerable populations. Includes publications, news, resources, and projects.
• CIGNA Foundation
  Giving is directed primarily to the area of health care.
• Clinical Directors Network
  Network of primary care clinicians in Community/Migrant Health Centers. Works to provide and improve comprehensive and accessible community-oriented primary and preventive health care services for poor, minority, and underserved populations.
• Commission on Accreditation of Ambulance Services
  Encourages and promotes quality patient care in America's medical transportation system. Sponsored by the American Ambulance Association, American College of Emergency Physicians, National Association of EMS Physicians, National Association of State EMS Officials, National Association of EMTs, and International Association of Fire Chiefs, with liaison representation from The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration.
• Commission on Accreditation of Medical Transport Systems
  Provides the highest possible quality to professionals involved with air medical services and ground interfacility transport services, giving priority to patient care and safety of the transport environment.
• Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America
  Works to build and strengthen the capacity of community coalitions to create safe, healthy and drug-free communities.
• Community Resource Group
  Works in rural areas to expand the opportunities for families to build assets, improve their lives, and strengthen their communities.
• Community Transportation Association of America
  Provides a wide variety of information on economic development, financing, technical assistance, and a resource depot of publications. Current and future issues of rural and urban public and community transportation are a concern of the CTAA.
• Community Voices: HealthCare for the Underserved
  Works to make health care available to all, through work at eight sites throughout the country. Helps ensure the survival of safety-net providers and strengthens community support services.
• Community-Based Public Health Caucus
  Promotes the development of community-based public health programs and research.
• Congressional Budget Office
  
• Congressional Rural Caucus
  A bipartisan coalition of Members of Congress who are committed to helping agricultural and rural America build stronger, more prosperous futures for current and future generations of Americans living on the family farms and ranches and in rural communities.
• Critical Illness and Trauma Foundation
  Focuses on improving outcomes for people who become suddenly ill or who are injured in rural areas of the U.S. and around the world. Dedicated to the prevention of injury and illness, research into rural injury and illness and training for rural emergency medical care providers.
• Delta Area Health Education Center
  The Delta AHEC mission is to enhance health care access and health status, through recruitment and retention of health care professionals, professional education, and public health education in a seven county area of the Arkansas Delta.
• Delta Health Education Partnership
  Delta Health Education Partnership (DHEP) is a multi-state consortium funded by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to provide community-based educational programs for primary health care providers within the lower Mississippi Delta Region.
• Delta Regional Authority
  Consists of a federal-state partnership serving a 240-county/parish area in an eight-state region, designed to remedy severe and chronic economic distress by stimulating economic development and fostering partnerships that will have a positive impact on the region's economy.
• Delta Rural Hospital Performance Improvement Project
  Brings technical expertise, information and business tools to small rural hospitals in the Mississippi Delta.
• Donated Dental Services
  A program in Wisconsin, directed at those people who are unable to afford needed dental care because of a limited income which is clearly linked to a permanent disability, chronic illness or advanced age (65 or over).
• Drug Abuse Resistance Education
  Teaches kids how to recognize and resist the direct and subtle pressures that influence them to experiment with alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, and other drugs.
• Economic Development Administration
  Works to generate jobs, help retain existing jobs, and stimulate industrial and commercial growth in economically-distressed rural and urban areas of the United States. Part of the U.S. Department of Commerce.
• Economic Research Initiative on the Uninsured
  Initiates, commissions, and disseminates original research to spark new discussions on health coverage issues. Located at the University of Michigan and funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
• eHealth Initiative
  Membership organization seeking to drive improvement in the quality, safety and efficiency of healthcare through information and information technology.
• Emergency Medicine Learning & Resource Center
  
• Families USA
  Families USA is a national nonprofit, non-partisan organization dedicated to the achievement of high-quality, affordable health care for all Americans.
• Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics
  Fosters coordination, collaboration, and integration of collection and reporting of Federal data on child and family issues and conditions.
• Firehouse.com
  Contains information for Fire, Rescue, and EMS personnel. Provides updates on news, education, funding, jobs, training and more.
• Flex Monitoring Team
  Performance monitoring project for the Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program (Flex Program) conducted by the Rural Health Research Centers at the Universities of Minnesota, North Carolina, and Southern Maine.
• Foundation Center
  Collects, organizes, and communicates information on U.S. philanthropy. Provides education and training on the grantseeking process. Provides free and fee-based information on grantseeking and foundation giving.
• Gardener's Supply
  
• General Mills Foundation
  Charitable foundation of the General Mills corporation that awards grants to improve youth fitness and nutrition among other things.
• Grantmakers in Health
  A nonprofit, educational organization dedicated to helping foundations and corporate giving programs improve the nation's health.
• GSK/TUMS-First Responder Institute
  First Responder Institute, Inc. is a not-for-profit organization whose objective is to provide assistance to emergency personnel to help them make their communities safer.
• Health Care for the Homeless Information Resource Center
  Offers an overview of homelessness in the U.S. and a description of the federal Health Care Homeless (HCH) Program's response to the problem, including statistics on annual funding and demographic characteristics of persons served by HCH projects.
• Health Literacy Institute
  
• Health Resources and Services Administration
  Works to improve and expand access to quality health care for all. Part of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.
• Healthy Vision 2010
  Represents the vision objectives in Healthy People 2010, the nation's public health agenda.
• HHS Office of Minority Health
  Serves as a national resource and referral service on minority health issues. Part of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.
• HRSA Office of Women's Health
  Coordinates women's activities across more than 80 Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) programs.
• Human Services Research Institute
  Assists states and the federal government to enhance services and support to people with mental illness and mental retardation, and to support the development of alternatives to congregate care facilities. Acts as a coordinating center for the evaluation of managed care for vulnerable populations. Assists in the dissemination of research necessary to ensure that public systems continue to be responsive to the needs of those they serve.
• Illinois Center for Rural Health
  Provides consultation and technical assistance to community-based organizations and health care providers, identifies health care issues, discusses potential solutions, and develops and implement plans of action. The Center for Rural Health is also the Primary Care Office for Illinois and is responsible for designation of provider shortage areas. A division of the Department of Public Health.
• Illinois Children's Healthcare Foundation
  This foundation awards grants to those organizations that are working to remove the barriers that prevent children from receiving the health care they need.
• Illinois Health Education Consortium
  Works to improve health care for the underserved through community health promotion activities, health professions education and health careers development.
• Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs
  Works to improve the quality of life in rural areas by developing public-private partnerships with local agencies on community development projects in rural areas. Located at Western Illinois University.
• Illinois Public Health Preparedness Center
  National organization which enhances the readiness of the public health workforce in responding to routine and urgent public health threats, including bioterrorism events.
• Illinois Rural Health Association
  The IRHA is a membership organization that works to improve access to health care for rural Illinois residents through education programs, legislative advocacy, public awareness and networking.
• Institute for Healthcare Improvement
  Drives the improvement of health by advancing the quality and value of health care. Provides conferences, seminars, and practices that can be implemented and measured to help facilitate improvement of health care quality.
• Institute for Safe Medication Practices
  Mission is to understand the causes of medication errors and provide time-critical error-reduction strategies to the healthcare community, policy makers, and the public.
• Institute of Medicine
  Works to advance and disseminate scientific knowledge to improve human health. Part of the National Academy of Sciences.
• Intercultural Cancer Council
  The Intercultural Cancer Council (ICC) promotes policies, programs, partnerships, and research to eliminate the unequal burden of cancer among racial and ethnic minorities and medically underserved populations in the United States and its associated territories.
• Joint Commission
  Works to improve safety and quality of care provided to the public through health care accreditation and related services that support performance improvement in health care organizations. Evaluates and accredits nearly 17,000 health care organizations and programs in the United States.
• KaBOOM!
  Non-profit volunteer organization to build playgrounds in the U.S.
• Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured
  Provides information and analysis on health care coverage and access for the low-income population, with a special focus on Medicaid's role and coverage of the uninsured.
• Kaiser Family Foundation
  An independent philanthropy focusing on the major health care issues facing the nation. Acts as a source of facts and analysis for policymakers, the media, the health care community, and the general public.
• Kentucky Rural Health Association
  Educates providers and consumers on rural health issues and advocates actions by private and public leaders to assure equitable access to health care for rural Kentuckians.
• Kentucky State Office of Rural Health
  Partners with hospitals, community organizations, and non-profit groups, in promoting health care in rural Kentucky. Part of the Center of Excellence in Rural Health run by the University of Kentucky Medical Center.
• Kentucky Youth Advocates
  Promotes positive changes in programs and policies that affect large numbers of children in Kentucky.
• KIDS COUNT
  A project of the Annie E. Casey Foundation, is a national and state-by-state effort to track the status of children in the U.S. By providing policymakers and citizens with benchmarks of child well-being, KIDS COUNT seeks to enrich local, state, and national discussions concerning ways to secure better futures for all children.
• Leapfrog Group
  Composed of more than 150 public and private organizations that provide health care benefits. Works with medical experts throughout the U.S. to identify problems and propose solutions that will improve hospital systems that could break down and harm patients. Representing more than 34 million health care consumers in all 50 states, Leapfrog provides information and solutions for consumers and health care providers.
• Local Technical Assistance Program
  LTAP's mission is to foster a safe, efficient, environmentally sound transportation system by improving the skill and knowledge of local transportation providers through training, technical assistance and technology transfer.
• Louisiana Assembly on School-Based Healthcare
  Promotes the health and academic success of Louisiana students and the economic development of communities by increasing access to quality healthcare and support services provided by school health centers.
• Louisiana Bureau of Primary Care and Rural Health
  Works to improve the health status of Louisiana residents in rural and underserved areas by working proactively to build community health systems' capacity to provide integrated, efficient and effective health care services. A division of Louisiana Department of Health & Hospitals.
• Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals
  Strives to protect and promote health and to ensure access to medical, preventive, and rehabilitative services for all citizens of the State of Louisiana.
• Louisiana Office of Community Development
  Awards and administers federal financial assistance to units of general local government in the state of Louisiana.
• Louisiana Rural Health Association
  Serves as a unified voice for the promotion of rural health care through advocacy, education, and leadership.
• Lower Mississippi Delta Nutrition Intervention Research Initiative
  The mission of the Lower Mississippi Delta NIRI is to improve the nutrition and health of families of the Lower Mississippi River Delta region.
• Maternal and Child Health Bureau
  Works to assure the health of American mothers and children. Part of the Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
• Mattel Children's Foundation
  Mattels Children's Foundation is committed to helping children in need.
• Medtronic Foundation
  Foundation to improve the health of people and communities.
• Mental Health America
  A nonprofit organization addressing all aspects of mental health and mental illness. With more than 320 affiliates nationwide, MHA works to improve the mental health of all Americans, with mental disorders, through advocacy, education, research and service.
• Mississippi (UMC) AHEC Program
  Mississippi Area Health Education Center at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, MS. Stephen Silberman, DMD, DrPH, is the contact person.
• Mississippi Health Policy Research Center
  Conducts research on the most critical health policy issues confronting the state of Mississippi.
• Mississippi Office of Rural Health
  Serves to understand and improve rural health conditions within Mississippi through collecting and evaluating data, providing technical assistance, and updating a rural health care information clearinghouse. A division of the Mississippi State Department of Health.
• Mississippi Rural Health Association
  Works to improve the health of rural Mississippians through forums, networking, and communication.
• Mississippi State University Social Science Research Center
  Conducts research on issues facing Mississippians.
• Missouri Association for Community Action
  Conducts Community Action Poverty Simulations, and advocates Community Action Network priorities, including health care, child care, transportation, housing and emergency assistance, and the weatherization assistance program.
• Missouri Department of Economic Development: Division of Workforce Development
  Operates programs for job training and skills development through the Missouri Career Centers located throughout the state.
• Missouri Department of Elementary & Secondary Education: Division of Special Education
  Administers state and federal funds to support services for students and adults with disabilities, works with other state and local agencies to coordinate the First Steps Program which provides early intervention services for infants and toddlers with disabilities. The division works with local school districts to improve services for students (ages 3-21) with disabilities. It provides financial and technical support for approved Sheltered Workshops in the state.
• Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services
  Provides information on public health including nursing homes, lead poisoning, nursing, emergency response, and safety.
• Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services: Primary Care and Rural Health
  Helps communities provide access to necessary health care services to their residents through community-based systems of care. A division of the Department of Health and Senior Services.
• Missouri Department of Mental Health
  Works toward the prevention of mental disorders, developmental disabilities, substance abuse, and compulsive gambling; the treatment, habilitation, and rehabilitation of Missourians who have those conditions; and the improvement of public understanding and attitudes about mental disorders, developmental disabilities, substance abuse, and compulsive gambling.
• Missouri Department of Mental Health: Division of Alcohol and Drug Abuse
  Provides funding for prevention, outpatient, residential, and detoxification services to community-based programs that work with communities to develop and implement comprehensive coordinated plans. Provides technical assistance to these agencies and operates a certification program that sets standards for treatment programs, qualified professionals, and alcohol and drug related educational programs.
• Missouri Department of Mental Health: Division of Developmental Disabilities
  Serves a population that has developmental disabilities such as mental retardation, cerebral palsy, head injuries, autism, epilepsy, and certain learning disabilities. Works to improve the lives of persons with developmental disabilities through programs and services to enable those persons to live independently and productively.
• Missouri Department of Social Services: Child Support Enforcement
  Locates parents, establishes paternity, establishes child and medical support orders, monitors and enforces compliance with child and medical support orders, reviews and initiates modification of support orders and distributes support collections.
• Missouri Foundation for Health
  Provides information and grants to improve the health of Missourians.
• Missouri Rural Health Association
  Works to improve the health of rural Missourians through partnerships and providing leadership on rural issues through advocacy, communication, education, and research.
• Mithoefer Center for Rural Surgery
  Studies, advocates for and works to improve the practice of rural surgery in the United States.
• National Academy for State Health Policy
  Works to help states achieve excellence in health policy and practice. Conducts policy analysis, provides training and technical assistance to states, and convenes state, regional, and national forums.
• National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
  21-member citizens' panel of nationally recognized rural health experts that provides recommendations on rural issues to the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.
• National Assembly on School-Based Health Care
  Encourages collaborations between schools and communities to ensure that all children and adolescents have access to health care.
• National Association for Healthcare Quality
  An organization that promotes the continuous improvement of quality in healthcare by providing educational and development opportunities for professionals at all management levels and within all healthcare settings.
• National Association for Rural Mental Health
  Works to develop and enhance rural mental health and substance abuse services, and to support mental health providers in rural areas.
• National Association of Area Agencies on Aging
  Serves as the umbrella organization for the 655 area agencies on aging and more than 230 Title VI Native American aging programs in the U.S. Advocates on behalf of the local aging agencies to ensure that needed resources and support services are available to older Americans. Works to provide services which make it possible for older individuals to remain in their home.
• National Association of Community Health Centers
  Provides services and technical assistance to community, migrant, and homeless health centers.
• National Association of County and City Health Officials
  Provides education, information, research, and technical assistance to local health departments.
• National Association of EMS Educators
  Promotes EMS Education, develops and delivers educational resources, and advocates research and lifelong learning.
• National Association of EMS Physicians
  Consists of physicians and other professionals partnering to provide leadership and foster excellence in out-of-hospital emergency medical services.
• National Association of EMTs
  Serves its professional membership through educational programs, liaison activities, development of national standards and reciprocity and the development of programs to benefit pre-hospital care personnel.
• National Association of Health Data Organizations
  The National Association of Health Data Organizations (NAHDO) is a not-for-profit national membership organization dedicated to improving health care through the collection, analysis, dissemination, public availability, and use of health data.
• National Association of Local Boards of Health
  Works to strengthen local boards of health, enabling them to promote and protect the health of their communities, through education, technical assistance and advocacy.
• National Association of Rural Health Clinics
  Works to improve the delivery of quality, cost-effective health care in rural underserved areas through the Rural Health Clinics (RHC) Program.
• National Association of State EMS Officials
  Provides leadership and support to develop effective EMS systems throughout the nation and formulate national EMS policy, and to foster communication and sharing among state EMS directors.
• National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors
  Advocates for the collective interests of State Mental Health Authorities and their directors at the national level. Analyzes trends in the delivery and financing of mental health services.
• National Black Nurses Association Research Institute
  A professional nursing organization representing African American nurses in the United States.
• National Cancer Institute
  The principal agency for cancer research and training. Part of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services' National Institutes of Health (NIH).
• National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health
  Provides national leadership to the maternal and child health community in three key areas--program development, education, and state-of-the-art knowledge--to improve the health and well-being of the nation's children and families.
• National Center for Frontier Communities
  Serves as a national clearinghouse, conducts research, and provides education on issues of importance to frontier communities.
• National Center for Health Statistics
  The United States' principal health statistics agency. Compiles statistical information to guide actions and policies to improve health. Part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.
• National Center for Health Workforce Analysis
  Collects, analyzes and disseminates health workforce information and facilitates national, state and local workforce planning efforts. Part of the Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
• National Center for Rural Health Professions
  Provides rural interdisciplinary preceptorships and a rural training program for primary care physicians. Conducts research on healthcare workforce issues and is a Center for Excellence in Rural Health. Located at the University of Illinois College of Medicine in Rockford.
• National Center for Rural Health Works
  Develops tools for local residents to measure the economic impact of their health care system and to identify new health care services needed by their community. Provides training workshops and technical assistance to help clients understand and use these tools.
• National Coalition on Health Care
  Supports better, more affordable health care for all Americans.
• National Consortium for Rural Geospatial Innovations
  The National Consortium for Rural Geospatial Innovations (RGIS) assists state, tribal, regional and local governments, and non- and for-profit organizations in implementing advanced geospatial information technologies.
• National Cooperative of Health Networks
  Supports and strengthens health alliances through collaborative efforts, networking, and educational opportunities. NCHN's membership currently includes 46 networks (mostly rural) representing over 600 hospitals, clinics, nursing homes and community-based health programs.
• National Council on Aging
  Serves as a strong public advocate on behalf of older adults living in rural America. Develops, recommends, and promotes social policy to enhance the quality of life for rural older adults.
• National Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC) Data Analysis Resource Center
  Helps EMSC grantees and state EMS offices develop their own capabilities to collect, analyze, and utilize EMS and other healthcare data to improve the quality of care in state EMS and trauma systems.
• National Health Information Center
  Health information referral service which puts health professionals and consumers who have health questions in touch with those organizations that are best able to provide answers.
• National Health Service Corps
  Works to improve the health of the underserved by recruiting and retaining the health professionals to deliver health care in underserved communities. Provides technical assistance to federally designated Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) on projects that enhance the NHSC's site development mission. Part of the Bureau of Health Professionals, Health Resources and Services Administration.
• National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
  Provides leadership for a national program in diseases of the heart, blood vessels, lung, and blood; blood resources; and sleep disorders. Part of the National Institutes of Health.
• National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
  Works to ensure that every person is born healthy and wanted, that women suffer no harmful effects from the reproductive process, and that all children have the chance to fulfill their potential for a healthy and productive life, free of disease or disability. Part of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services' National Institutes of Health.
• National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
  Conducts and supports research on diabetes, endocrine disorders, digestive diseases, nutrition, urology and renal disease, hematology, and other diseases.
• National Institute of Mental Health
  A biomedical and behavioral research agency that conducts research on mental and behavioral disorders, supports research on these topics at universities and hospitals in the U.S., collects, analyzes, and disseminates information on the causes, occurrence, and treatment of mental illnesses, and communicates information to scientists, the public, the news media, and primary care and mental health professionals about mental illnesses. Some information available in Spanish.
• National Institute on Drug Abuse
  Provides education resources and materials on drugs of abuse, information & facts, curriculum guides, classroom tools, grants & funding, research, clinical trials, and meetings.
• National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center
  Responds to the needs of states and communities in addressing current and emerging public oral health issues. Supports health professionals, program administrators, educators, policymakers, and others with the goal of improving oral health services for infants, children, adolescents, and their families.
• National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health
  Works to foster and promote legislation, information exchange, education, and liaison activities with all State Offices of Rural Health, the federal Office of Rural Health Policy, the National Rural Health Association, and other organizations.
• National Quality Forum
  Works to develop and implement a national strategy for health care quality measurement and reporting.
• National Resident Matching Program
  Provides a uniform date of appointment to positions in graduate medical education (GME) in the United States.
• National Rural Behavioral Health Center
  Focuses on four components of rural behavioral health: Rural Disaster and Trauma, Violence Prevention, Occupational Health, and Health Service Delivery. Houses a team of behavioral health scientists, educators, scholars, and practitioners dedicated to improving the health care status of rural Americans.
• National Rural Development Partnership
  Works to strengthen rural America through collaborative partnerships among key institutions. The NRDP brings together partners from local, state, tribal, and federal governments, and from the for-profit and nonprofit private sector, through State Rural Development Councils. USDA Rural Development's Office of Community Development (OCD) administers the National Rural Development Partnership.
• National Rural Funders Collaborative
  A partnership of national and regional funders and investors, grass roots practitioners, policymakers, and public sector agencies working together to expand resources for communities and families in rural areas facing persistent poverty.
• National Rural Health Association
  Promotes leadership, ideas, information, communication, education, research, advocacy, and methods to improve rural health. Composed of individual and organizational members who share a common interest in rural health.
• National Rural Health Association: Minority and Multicultural Affairs
  Focuses on minority health issues in rural areas. This is a committee of NRHA.
• National Rural Recruitment & Retention Network
  Works to help health care professionals, including dentists and dental hygienists, find practice opportunities in rural areas throughout the country. Includes state information and a list of state contacts.
• National Rural Transit Assistance Program
  National RTAP is a federal-state-local partnership that provides training and technical assistance products and services, that are developed nationally, for distribution and replication by the states to local transit agencies. A National Transit Resource Center is supported, which offers access to information and expertise, including an online list of state RTAP contacts.
• National Rural/Frontier Women's Health Coordinating Centers
  Identifies and coordinates a network of existing resources to provide a full range of appropriate health services to women and their families in rural and frontier communities.
• Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services: Disabilities Services
  Provides certification, technical assistance, regulations and payment for providers of community-based developmental disabilities services and provides specialized services for Nebraskans with developmental disabilities.
• NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis
  Focuses on changes in Medicare payments to rural providers, access to care for rural residents, and rural public health infrastructure.
• North Louisiana Area Health Education Center
  Works to bring healthcare education and resources to rural and underserved communities throughout North Louisiana.
• Obesity Society
  Promotes research, education and advocacy to better understand, prevent, and treat obesity and improve the lives of those affected.
• Office for the Advancement of Telehealth
  Promotes wider adoption of advanced technologies in the provision of health care services and education. Part of the Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
• Office of Children's Health Protection
  EPA established the Office of Children's Health Protection (OCHP) in May 1997 to make the protection of children's health a fundamental goal of public health and environmental protection in the United States.
• Office of Pharmacy Affairs
  Administers the 340 Drug Pricing Program, through which certain federally funded grantees and other safety net health care providers may purchase prescription medication at significantly reduced prices. A federal resource on pharmacy services. Part of the Health Resources and Services Administration.
• Office of Population Affairs
  The Office of Population Affairs (OPA) advises the HHS Secretary and the Assistant Secretary for Health on a wide range of reproductive health topics, including adolescent pregnancy, family planning, and sterilization, as well as other population issues. The OPA also provides policy and administrative direction for Title X Family Planning Program and the Title XX Adolescent Family Life Program.
• Office of Rural Health Policy
  Promotes better health care service in rural America. Part of the Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Focuses on matters affecting rural hospitals and health care, coordinating activities within the department that relate to rural health care, and maintaining a national information clearinghouse.
• Office of Rural Mental Health Research
  Supports research activities and information dissemination on mental health issues in rural areas, including the delivery of mental health services in rural areas.
• Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools
  Administers, coordinates, and recommends policy for improving quality and excellence of programs and activities for drug and violence prevention that promote the health and well being of students in elementary and secondary schools, and institutions of higher education.
• Office on Women's Health
  Coordinates women's health efforts in the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services to eliminate disparities in health status. Supports educational programs that encourage women to take personal responsibility for their own health and wellness.
• Oral Health America
  Develops, implements, and facilitates educational and service programs designed to raise awareness of oral health's importance to total health. Includes programs such as Smiles Across America, National Sealant Alliance, National Fluoridation Center, and National Spit Tobacco Education Program.
• President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health
  Presidential commission that works to identify policies to maximize the utility of existing resources, improve coordination of treatments and services, and promote successful community integration for adults with a serious mental illness and children with a serious emotional disturbance.
• Project Relate
  A public service campaign that strives to break down the stigma and stereotypes associated with mental illness and help the public relate to those who cope with these issues.
• Purchase Area Health Education Center
  Addresses health care, educational, and cultural issues in a 12 county region in western Kentucky.
• Regional, Public and Community Affairs Division, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
  Studies the factors underlying growth and development in the regional economy, spanning rural, suburban, and urban places. Formerly named the Center for the Study of Rural America. Part of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City.
• Remote Area Medical Foundation
  A non-profit, volunteer, airborne relief corps dedicated to serving mankind by providing free health care, dental care, eye care, veterinary services, and technical and educational assistance to people in remote areas of the United States and the world.
• Research and Training Center on Family Support and Children's Mental Health
  Dedicated to promoting effective community-based, culturally competent, family-centered services for families and their children who are, or may be affected by mental, emotional or behavioral disorders through collaborative research partnerships.
• RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
  Focuses on rural health care financing/system reform, rural systems building, and meeting the health care needs of special rural populations.
• Rural Assistance Center
  Helps rural communities and other rural stakeholders access the full range of available programs, funding, and research that can enable them to provide quality health and human services to rural residents.
• Rural Center for AIDS/STD Prevention
  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.
• Rural Emergency Medical Services & Trauma Technical Assistance Center
  Serves as a national focal point for the dissemination of information on rural and frontier emergency medical services (EMS) and trauma care. REMSTTAC can be accessed by a broad range of rural and frontier EMS providers including federal grant recipients, state EMS and rural health offices, and their constituencies including rural hospitals and communities.
• Rural Families Speak Project
  Multi-state project assessing changes in the well-being and functioning of rural families related to welfare reform.
• Rural Health Resource Center
  Provides technical support for the State Offices of Rural Health and their flex coordinators for the Rural Hospital Flexibility Program, focuses on rural practice opportunities for healthcare providers in Minnesota and the surrounding region, does performance improvement with hospitals across the country, and develops the Rural Health Resource Directory of rural consultants and speakers found throughout the United States.
• Rural Health Resource Center Technical Assistance and Services Center
  Assists states with all aspects of the Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program (Flex Program), including CAH conversion, networking, EMS and performance improvement. TASC is the technical assistance center for the Flex Program.
• Rural Information Center
  Provides information services for rural communities, officials, organizations and citizens. A page defining what is rural with links to related informational resources is included in their web site.
• Rural Nurse Organization
  Supports the needs of rural nurses.
• Rural Policy Research Institute
  Conducts policy-relevant research and facilitates public dialogue to assist policymakers in understanding the rural impacts of public policies and programs.
• RuralTransportation.org
  Serves as a web-based resource tool for rural transportation stakeholders, including local elected officials and regional development professionals. Is the result of a collaboration of the National Association of Counties (NACo) and the National Association of Development Organizations (NADO).
• School-Based Health Care Policy Program
  Works to increase the sustainability of school-based health centers.
• Society for Women's Health Research
  Works to improve the health of women through research.
• South Carolina Rural Health Research Center
  One of six Rural Health Research Centers funded by the Office of Rural Health Policy. Focuses on investigating persistent inequities in health status within the population of the rural U.S., with an emphasis on inequities stemming from socioeconomic status, race and ethnicity, and access to healthcare services.
• Southeast Community Research Center
  Conducts research in the southeastern United States using community-based participatory research methodology.
• Southeast Missouri Area Health Education Center
  The mission of SEMO AHEC is to create an educational environment in the 25 county region of Southeastern Missouri in order to improve the distribution of healthcare professionals to underserved populations, and to improve access to healthcare services in the region.
• Southern Institute on Children and Families
  Works to improve opportunities for children and families in the South, with a focus on disadvantaged children.
• Southern Rural Development Center
  The Southern Rural Development Center seeks to strengthen the capacity of the region's 29 land-grant institutions to address critical contemporary rural development issues impacting the well-being of people and communities in the rural South.
• Southern Rural Development Initiative
  Regional collaborative of 34 member organizations working together to increase the flow of philanthropic and development capital to the South's poorest rural communities.
• Special Care Dentistry
  Promotes the oral health of special needs patients. Comprised of dentists from the American Association of Hospital Dentists, American Society for Geriatric Dentistry who treat geriatric, homebound and cognitively impaired adults, and the Academy of Dentistry for Persons with Disabilities who are dental professionals who treat physically challenged individuals.
• State Health Access Data Assistance Center
  Helps states monitor rates of health insurance coverage and understand factors associated with uninsurance. Provides policy analysis and technical assistance to states that are conducting their own health insurance surveys and/or using data from national surveys.
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
  Works to improve the quality and availability of prevention, treatment, and rehabilitative services in order to reduce illness, death, disability, and cost to society resulting from substance abuse and mental illnesses. Part of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.
• Tennessee Office of Rural Health
  Works to improve and enhance the accessibility, availability, and affordability of quality health care in Tennessee by creating a central focus and coordination of rural health care resources. A division of the Tennessee Department of Health.
• Tennessee Rural Health Association
  The Rural Health Association of Tennessee works to improve the policies and practices of health programs and services in Tennessee.
• TimeLine Recruiting
  Aligns candidates and opportunities for physicians and healthcare providers on a national level. Specializes in rural physician searches. Offers loan assistance.
• Trust for America's Health
  Works to protect the health of every community and to make disease prevention a national priority.
• U.S. Census Bureau
  The U.S. Census Bureau provides statistics, data, surveys and other programs on the population, economics, education, foreign trade, housing, construction, transportation, manufacturing, agriculture and more of the United States.
• UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs
  Coordinates substance abuse research to develop, evaluate, and initiate treatment programs for substance abuse disorders.
• United Way 2-1-1 of Missouri
  Assists people with finding and giving help. It is a central phone number connecting people with available community resources and volunteer opportunities. This service, available 24-hours-a-day, 7-days-a-week will cover a 23-county area in and surrounding metropolitan Kansas City. United Way 2-1-1 spans a 23-county area-7 counties in Kansas and 16 in Missouri and has access to thousands of resources.
• UnitedHealthcare Children's Foundation
  The UnitedHealthcare Children's Foundation is committed to enhancing the quality of life for children who have health care needs not covered by their commercial health insurance.
• University of Kentucky Center for Poverty Research
  Research institute focused on a multidisciplinary approach to the causes, consequences, and correlates of poverty and inequality in the southern United States. One of three federally designated Area Poverty Research Centers.
• University of Kentucky Center of Excellence in Rural Health
  Created to address the unique and growing problems of rural health.
• University of Missouri - Columbia, Nursing Outreach and Distance Education
  The University of Missouri-Columbia is a nationally recognized institution and the school of nursing provides a rich and rewarding learning environment for students.
• University of Missouri Extension Community Development Program
  Helps people create communities of the future. Community development education helps Missouri citizens tap into local strengths and University resources.
• USDA Rural Development
  Helps improve the economy and quality of life in all of rural America through programs that support essential public facilities and services, encourage economic development and offer technical assistance and information.
• Vodaphone America's Foundation
  The Foundation is at the centre of a network of global and local social investment programmes.
• Voices for America's Children
  An organization that works to improve policies and programs, and enhance advocacy efforts affecting children at the state and local levels.
• Volunteers of America Southeast
  Provides programs and opportunities for individual and community involvement, including a faith-based and community resource center. Works to serve people along the Alabama-Mississippi-Georgia Gulf Coast who are hungry, homeless, and otherwise in need of assistance. Offers programs for children, chronic mental illness, hard of hearing, community enhancement, elderly, housing, and substance abuse.
• West Area Health Education Center
  Works to improve the recruitment, distribution and retention of health care professionals in our region and to improve the health of the communities we serve.
• Women, Infants, and Children
  Protects the health of low-income women, infants, and children up to age five by providing nutritious foods to supplement diets, information on healthy eating, and referrals to health care.
• X PRIZE Foundation
  The mission of the X PRIZE Foundation is to bring about radical breakthroughs for the benefit of humanity.
• YouthBuild
  An alternative education program that assists youth who are behind in basic skills with obtaining a high school diploma or GED credential. Also provides disadvantaged youth with opportunities for meaningful work, service to communities and employment opportunities.