National Resources
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National Association of Community Health Centers
To address the widespread lack of access to basic health care, community health centers serve more than 17 million people in more than 6,000 communities around the country each year.
Because those health centers depend in large part on public financial help, they need a unified voice and common source for research, information, training and advocacy.
With the needs of those Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) in mind, the National Association of Community Health Centers organized in 1971.
Working closely with a network of state health center and primary care organizations, the NACHC serves its members in three major ways:
- Research-based advocacy for health centers and their clients.
- Education of the public and training of health center staff and boards.
- Development of alliances with like-minded public and private partners to foster delivery of medical care to those in need.
National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions
We are not-for-profit organizations of children's hospitals, large pediatric units of medical centers and related health systems, including those that specialize in rehabilitative care of children with serious chronic or congenital illnesses. We are a voice for health systems devoted to the well-being of America's 70 million children and their families and we work to ensure children's access to health care and the continuing ability of children's hospitals to provide services needed by children.
The ational Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions is an organization of children's hospitals with 218 members in the United States, Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom, Italy, China, Mexico and Puerto Rico. NACHRI promotes the health and well-being of all children and their families through support of children's hospitals and health systems that are committed to excellence in providing health care to children. NACHRI works to ensure all children’s access to health care and children's hospitals’ continuing ability to provide services needed by children. Children’s hospitals work to ensure the health of all children through clinical care, research, training and advocacy.
United States Department of Health and Human Services
Health Resources and Services Administration Health Center Program
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is the primary Federal agency for improving access to health care services for people who are uninsured, isolated or medically vulnerable.
Comprising six bureaus and 12 offices, HRSA provides leadership and financial support to health care providers in every state and U.S. territory. HRSA grantees provide health care to uninsured people, people living with HIV/AIDS, and pregnant women, mothers and children. They train health professionals and improve systems of care in rural communities.
HRSA oversees organ, tissue and blood cell (bone marrow and cord blood) donation and vaccine injury compensation programs, and maintains databases that protect against health care malpractice and health care waste, fraud and abuse.
Since 1943 the agencies that were HRSA precursors have worked to improve the health of needy people. HRSA was created in 1982, when the Health Resources Administration and the Health Services Administration were merged.
National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare
The National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) association representing 1,300 organizations providing treatment and rehabilitation to help people recover from mental illnesses and addiction disorders.
National Council members serve nearly six million adults, children, and families in communities across America. We offer a vital safety net to some of the poorest and most vulnerable in our society — Medicaid beneficiaries, the uninsured, the destitute and homeless, children in foster care, older adults, those with HIV/AIDS, veterans, and those in our criminal and juvenile justice systems. The people our members treat live with their families or alone; some are in hospitals, jails, or juvenile detention facilities and others are in residential programs, foster care, or group homes.
The National Council is proud of our member organizations. Our job is to help members do their jobs. We advocate for policies that ensure that people who are ill can access services. And we offer state-of-the-science education and practice improvement resources so that services are efficient and effective.
RCHN Community Health Foundation
The mission of the RCHN Community Health Foundation (RCHN CHF) is to support and benefit Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) and the communities and patients they serve.
The RCHN CHF is an operating foundation, seeking to advance its identified priorities through research, education, advocacy and strategic investment.
The Foundation's work focuses on three areas of critical importance to FQHCs and medically underserved communities: access, affordable prescription drugs, and health information technology.
