Other Web Sites

AARP
Provides timely and useful information on a range of programs and activities affecting older Americans including Medicare and Medicaid.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
This government agency is a key source of information on health data collection.

Alliance for Health Reform
A non-partisan, non-profit group, the Alliance advocates no particular blueprint for changing American health care. The organization pursues the tandem goals of extending health coverage to all Americans and containing health care costs.

American Legacy Foundation
The American Legacy Foundation, established to reduce tobacco usage in the United States as outlined in the Master Settlement Agreement, will set in motion a new legacy through a public education campaign driven by a single premise: Promoting Tobacco Free Generations.

Census Bureau
A wealth of data and statistics on health, economic and social issues.

Center for Community Change
The Center for Community Change is a national non-profit organization whose mission is to provide assistance to community organizations working in low-income and predominantly minority communities across the country to build their power and capacity to change the institutions and policies that shape their lives.

Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP)
The Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP), a national, nonprofit organization founded in 1968, conducts research, policy analysis, technical assistance, and advocacy on issues related to economic security for low-income families with children.

Center for Mental Health Services
Examine effort to treat mental illness and improve mental health.

Center for Policy Alternatives
The Center for Policy Alternatives (CPA) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan policy and leadership center committed to finding and promoting ideas that work; identifying and developing leaders; creating and nurturing effective alliances; and connecting people with progressive ideas across the 50 states.

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities conducts research, analysis, and outreach activities on federal and state-level public policy issues affecting low-income families and individuals. In addition to particular poverty programs and policies, the Center examines broader issues of budget priorities, trends in poverty and income distribution, and related tax policies.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
This federal clearinghouse of information provides important health data on a range of issues.

Children's Defense Fund
The mission of the Children's Defense Fund is to Leave No Child Behindr and to ensure every child a healthy start, a Head Start, a fair start, a safe start and a moral start in life and successful passage to adulthood with the help of caring families and communities.

Children's Health Insurance Program
The federal government's special website for information on the State Children's Health Insurance program.

Community Catalyst
National organization involved in nonprofit health conversions and other community-based issues.

Espanol
Esta sección del healthfinderr contiene una selección de fuentes de información en español. Esta información le puede servir de guía al tomar decisiones acerca de su salud.

Families USA Foundation
Families USA Foundation is a national nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to the achievement of high-quality, affordable health and long-term care for all Americans.

Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies
The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies is a nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy research institution whose mission is to improve the socioeconomic status of African Americans, increase their effective political participation, and build constructive relationships across racial and ethnic lines.

National Association of County and City Health Officials
NACCHO is a nonprofit membership organization serving all of the nearly 3,000 local health departments nationwide-in cities, counties, townships, and districts.

National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information (NCADI)
The website of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration provides a range of articles and detailed information.

National Coalition on Health Care
Founded in 1990, the National Coalition on Health Care (NCHC) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization of almost 100 member groups who share concerns about the current state of America's health care.

National Criminal Justice Reference Service
Information on victims of violence, race profiling and other issues impacting on the health of a community.

National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
Part of the National Institutes of Health, provides the latest in research and government programs in oral health.

National Lead Information Center
Provides specific information about a key issue affecting many urban communities.

Oral Health America
A fully independent, non-profit national charity, working for more than forty years to educate the public, improve access to services, and support for research and dental education. Site features a national report card on oral health and The Disparity Cavity.

Urban Institute
The staff investigates the social and economic problems confronting the nation, as well as the government policies and public and private programs designed to alleviate them.

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