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The American Case Management Association (ACMA)
A non-profit organization that has been established as THE Professional Association that offers solutions to support the evolving collaborative practice of Hospital/Health System Case Management.

The Case Management Society of America
Promoting the growth & value of case management and supporting the evolving needs of the case management professional.

Child & Adolescent Health

Academy for Educational Development
Rather than viewing young people as problems that need to be "fixed," AED sees them as assets -- resources -- that need access to opportunities to learn and mature as they become adults. AED has pioneered many approaches to working constructively with youth in our Center for Youth Development and Policy Research and the National Training Institute for Community Youth Work. CYD has created seven elements of a youth development infrastructure in an effort to support the positive development of America's youth. In addition, AED works to design, guide, and evaluate initiatives and programs that involve youth in many issues of critical concern.

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.

The Board on Children, Youth, and Families
The Board on Children, Youth, and Families addresses a variety of policy-relevant issues related to the health and development of children, youth, and families. It does so by convening experts to weigh in on matters from the perspective of the behavioral, social, and health sciences. The Board's Committee on Adolescent Health and Development focuses attention on critical national issues of importance to youth and their families. The Board operates under the National Research Council and the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.

National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health
The 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.

The Society for Adolescent Medicine
A multidisciplinary organization of professionals committed to improving the physical and psychosocial health and well-being of all adolescents.

The Urban Institute
The Urban Institute measures effects, compares options, shows which stakeholders get the most and least, tests conventional wisdom, reveals trends, and makes costs, benefits, and risks explicit.

Child Trends
Child Trends is a nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization that collects and analyzes data; conducts, synthesizes, and disseminates research; designs and evaluates programs; and develops and tests promising approaches to research in the field.

Department of Health & Human Services - Families & Children
DHHS's information on Medicaid, other health insurance, Child Support, Child Care, Adoption, Domestic Violence, Child Abuse, Vaccines, etc.

Federal Interagency Council on Statistical Policy
The gateway to statistics from over 100 U.S. Federal agencies.

Kids Count
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.

National Center for Education Statistics
NCES is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data that are related to education in the United States and other nations.

Children's Defense Fund
The mission of the Children's Defense Fund (CDF) is to Leave No Child Behind® 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.

The Children's Partnership
The Children's Partnership is a national nonprofit, nonpartisan organization. We undertake research, analysis, and advocacy to place the needs of America's nearly 70 million children and youth, particularly the underserved, at the forefront of emerging policy debates.

National Academy for State Health Policy
The National Academy for State Health Policy is a non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to helping states achieve excellence in health policy and practice.

National Conference of State Legislators
The National Conference of State Legislatures is a bipartisan organization that serves the legislators and staffs of the nation's 50 states, its commonwealths and territories. NCSL provides research, technical assistance and opportunities for policymakers to exchange ideas on the most pressing state issues. NCSL is an effective and respected advocate for the interests of state governments before Congress and federal agencies.

Public Policy Analysis and Education Center for Middle Childhood and Adolescent Health
The goal of the Policy Center is to assist the Maternal and Child Health Bureau in identifying, analyzing and developing policy options and programs to enhance the health and well being of school-aged children, adolescents, young adults and their families.

The Southern Institute on Children & Families
The Southern Institute on Children and Families is an independent non-profit organization that improves the well-being of children and families through knowledge, leadership and action.

Community Health Workers

Community Health Works of San Francisco
A nationally recognized center for innovation in community health.

Community Toolbox
Our goal is to support your work in promoting community health and development. The Tool Box provides over 6,000 pages of practical skill-building information on over 250 different topics. Topic sections include step-by-step instruction, examples, check-lists, and related resources.

Family Support America
Promotes family support as the nationally recognized movement to strengthen and support families and places the principles of family support practice at the heart of every setting in which children and families are present.

Families USA
Families USA is a national nonprofit, non-partisan organization dedicated to the achievement of high-quality, affordable health care for all Americans. Working at the national, state, and community levels, we have earned a national reputation as an effective voice for health care consumers for over 20 years.

Health Care Coach
Packed with facts and do-it-yourself tips on everything from health insurance to patient care - to help you help yourself. For over three decades, our independent, non-profit group of health law specialists has given consumers the information they need to get the best out of the system.

Health Policy - General

Academy Health
AcademyHealth is the professional home for health services researchers, policy analysts, and practitioners, and a leading, non-partisan resource for the best in health research and policy. AcademyHealth promotes interaction across the health research and policy arenas by bringing together a broad spectrum of players to share their perspectives, learn from each other, and strengthen their working relationships.

Center for Health Care Strategies
Promotes the delivery of high-quality health care servies to low income populations and people with chronic illnesses and disabilities.

Center for Health Policy Research
The mission of the SPHHS Department of Health Policy is to prepare students, through rigorous teaching, research, and service, to analyze and engage in all phases of health policy in a broad, cross-cutting, and real world context.

Center for Studying Health System Change
The mission of the Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC) is to inform health care decision makers about changes in the health care system at both the local and national levels and the effects of such changes on people. HSC seeks to provide objective, incisive analyses that lead to sound policy and management decisions, with the ultimate goal of improving the health of the American public.

National Committee for Quality Assurance
NCQA is an independent, 501(c)(3) non-profit organization whose mission is to improve health care quality everywhere. This Web site is a key part of that effort. It allows us to provide you and millions of other visitors with information you can use to help decide which health plan you want to cover you, your family, or your employees.

National Health Policy Forum
The National Health Policy Forum (NHPF) has conducted more than 800 workshops, technical briefings, and site visits since its founding in 1971. The Forum's activities give its audience ready access to the most knowledgeable people in different levels of government, the health professions, business, labor, academia, and consumer groups, providing both information on important research findings and an infusion of practical experience into national and regional policymaking.

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