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Business Responds to AIDS and Labor Responds to AIDS Programs, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Business Responds to AIDS and Labor Responds to AIDS Programs (BRTA/LRTA) help large and small businesses and labor unions meet the challenges of HIV/A... Details >
Center for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
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 >
Corporation for National and Community Service
The Corporation for National and Community Service, created by the National and Community Service Trust Act of 1993, engages Americans of all ages and backgrounds in service to their communities. Thro... Details >
HHS Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives
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 >
Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration
The Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) provides leadership to both the public and private sectors for the delivery of health care services to all mothers and children. MCHB administers a program... Details >
National Consortium on Deaf-Blindness
NCDB is a federally funded information and referral service, and technical assistance project that identifies, coordinates, and disseminates (at no cost) information and services related to children a... Details >
Office of Head Start, Administration for Children and Families
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 >
Office of National Drug Control Policy, The White House
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 >
Office of the Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
The Department of Health and Human Services is the United States government's principal agency for protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services, especially for those ... Details >
President’s Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities
The President's Committee on Mental Retardation (PCMR) advises the President and the Secretary of U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on appropriate ways to provide services for citizens with... Details >
Rural Information Center, U.S. Department of Agriculture
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 >
Action on Smoking and Health
Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) was organized to use the power of the law to protect the rights of nonsmokers. Emphasis is placed on legal efforts to protect nonsmokers and to get courts to suppor... Details >
American Dental Association
The American Dental Association (ADA), through its Catalog Sales Department, develops and distributes educational materials on dental health. Other services include workshops and seminars and sponso... Details >
American Heart Association
The American Heart Association (AHA), a nonprofit, voluntary health agency funded by private contributions, is dedicated to the reduction of death and disability from cardiovascular diseases, includin... Details >
American Museum of Natural History
The American Museum of Natural History presents historical artifacts and Museum exhibitions, as well as for photo and film collections, and scientific publications for viewing and purchase by the gene... Details >
American Society for Deaf Children
The American Society for Deaf Children (ASDC) was founded in 1967 as a parent-helping-parent organization. Today, ASDC is a national, independent non-profit organization whose purpose is providing su... Details >
Asian Pacific Partners for Empowerment, Advocacy and Leadership
Asian Pacific Partners for Empowerment, Advocacy and Leadership (APPEAL) is a national network of organizations and individuals working towards social justice and a tobacco-free Asian American and Pac... Details >
Better Hearing Institute
The Better Hearing Institute (BHI) is a nonprofit, educational organization established in 1973 to inform the public, particularly the hearing-impaired public about hearing loss treatment and preventi... Details >
Children of Aging Parents
Children of Aging Parents (CAPS) was founded in 1977 to assist caregivers of the elderly. It was incorporated as a non-profit, charitable organization in 1980 and today has a national mission to provi... Details >
Compassionate Friends
The Compassionate Friends, Inc. (TCF) is a nationwide nonprofit self-help organization offering support to bereaved families following the death of a child. TCF's mission is to assist families toward ... Details >
Education Development Center, Inc.
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 >
Farmworker Health Services, Inc.
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 >
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 >
Health Resource Center on Domestic Violence, Family Violence Prevention Fund
The Health Resource Center on Domestic Violence, a project of the Family Violence Prevention Fund, focuses on strengthening the health care response to domestic violence. The Center provides resource... Details >
HIV/AIDS Ministries Network
The HIV/AIDS Ministries Network is a network of United Methodists and others who care about the global HIV/AIDS pandemic and those whose lives have been touched by it.... Details >
Hmong American Partnership
Hmong American Partnership (HAP) was founded in 1990 as a Hmong community-based organization that would draw equally on the strengths of the Hmong culture and those of other American communities. HAP’... Details >
International Healthy Cities Foundation
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 >
Join Together
Founded in 1991, Join Together works to advance effective alcohol and drug policy, prevention, and treatment. This is a nonprofit organization funded primarily by a grant from The Robert Wood Johnson ... Details >
Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics
LEAP is a nonprofit, educational, community-based organization founded for the purpose of developing, strengthening and expanding leadership roles played by Asian Pacifics in all sectors of American s... Details >
Massachusetts Council on Compulsive Gambling
The mission of the Massachusetts Council on Compulsive Gambling is to provide leadership in reducing the social, financial, and emotional costs of problem gambling and to promote a continuum of preven... Details >
National AMBUCS, Inc.
AMBUCS are dedicated to creating opportunities for independence for people with disabilities by performing community service; providing AmTrykes to children with disabilities; and providing scholarshi... Details >
National Association for Health and Fitness
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 >
National Association for Rural Mental Health
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 >
National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
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 >
National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development
National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development is the first national organization that focuses primarily on the affordable housing, community and economic development needs of Asi... Details >
National Coalition for the Homeless
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 >
National Coalition for the Homeless
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 >
National Crime Prevention Council
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 >
National Fire Protection Association
Established in 1896, the mission of this international, nonprofit, member organization is to reduce the worldwide burden of fire and other hazards on the quality of life by developing and advocating s... Details >
National Lekotek Center
The National Lekotek Center leads the way for accessible play for children with disabilities and their families. The Center is the administrative and training center for a nationwide network of 47 Lek... Details >
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 >
National Recreation and Park Association
The National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA), founded in 1965 by the merger of seven organizations, promotes the interests of the park and recreation movement through public information, politi... Details >
National Self-Help Clearinghouse
The National Self-Help Clearinghouse was established to disseminate information relating to self-help mutual aid groups and to provide support services for such groups. Clearinghouse functions includ... Details >
National Women's Health Network
The National Women's Health Network, established in 1975, is an independent, member-supported organization dedicated to safeguarding women's health rights and interests by providing accurate, unbiase... Details >
NCOA Headquarters
Founded in 1950, The National Council on the Aging is the nation's first charitable organization to serve as a national voice and powerful advocate on behalf of older Americans. NCOA is an innovator, ... Details >
Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board
The Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board (NPAIHB) is a non-profit tribal organization serving the forty-three federally recognized tribes of Oregon, Washington, and Idaho. NPAIHB provides suppo... Details >
Post-Polio Health International
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 >
Stanford Prevention Research Center
The Stanford Prevention Research Center was formed at Stanford University in 1984 to conduct interdisciplinary research into the prevention and control of chronic disease. Funded by Stanford Universit... Details >
United Way of America
United Way of America is the national organization dedicated to leading the United Way movement in making measurable impact in every community across America. The United Way movement includes approxim... Details >
Us Too International, Inc.
Us Too International was founded to provide support group services and information to patients and their families affected by prostate cancer. The organization has over 500 chapters across the United... Details >