LINKS TO SELECT GOVERNMENTAL RESOURCES:

Office of Faith Based Initiatives Information and Links

Department of Health and Human Services:
Website for the United States Department of Health and Human Services, led by Secretary Mike Leavitt, and based in Washington, D.C.

Centers for Disease Control
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is one of the 13 major operating components of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), which is the principal agency in the United States government for protecting the health and safety of all Americans and for providing essential human services, especially for those people who are least able to help themselves.

Select Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Links:

Subscribe to a CDC Mailing List
Allows individuals to subscribe to a Clinicians listserv on various health related topics.

CDC NPIN
This site provides technical support to individuals participating in select satellite broadcasts sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Center for Disease Control (CDC) Prevention News Mailing List
Subscribe to the Prevention News Mailing List

CDC/Public Health Training Network Satellite Teleconferences
Upcoming and archived PHTN distance learning opportunities sponsored by CDC and other PHTN partners. Satellite teleconferences, video streaming, audio conference and other meetings of interest.

CDC Publications
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is recognized as the lead federal agency for protecting the health and safety of people - at home and abroad, providing credible information to enhance health decisions, and promoting health through strong partnerships. CDC serves as the national focus for developing and applying disease prevention and control, environmental health, and health promotion and education activities designed to improve the health of the people of the United States.

Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) provides national leadership, program resources and services needed to improve access to culturally competent, quality health care. HRSA envisions optimal health for all, supported by a health care system that assures access to comprehensive, culturally competent, quality care.

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) was created to focus attention, programs, and funding on improving the lives of people with or at risk of mental and substance abuse disorders.

Administration for Children and Families (ACF)
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is a federal agency funding state, territory, local, and tribal organizations to provide family assistance (welfare), child support, child care, Head Start, child welfare, and other programs relating to children and families.

Actual services are provided by state, county, city and tribal governments, and public and private local agencies. ACF assists these organizations through funding, policy direction, and information services.

Office of Minority Health (OMH)
The Office of Public Health and Science (OPHS) is under the direction of the Assistant Secretary for Health (ASH), who serves as the Secretary's primary advisor on matters involving the nation's public health and oversees HHS' U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) for the Secretary.

Office on Women’s Health (OWH)
The Office of Public Health and Science (OPHS) is under the direction of the Assistant Secretary for Health (ASH), who serves as the Secretary's primary advisor on matters involving the nation's public health and oversees HHS' U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) for the Secretary.

Office of Population Affairs (OPA)
The Office of Population Affairs (OPA) serves as the focal point to advise the 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.

Indian Health Services (IHS)
The Indian Health Service (IHS), an agency within the Department of Health and Human Services, is responsible for providing federal health services to American Indians and Alaska Natives. The provision of health services to members of federally-recognized tribes grew out of the special government-to-government relationship between the federal government and Indian tribes. This relationship, established in 1787, is based on Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution, and has been given form and substance by numerous treaties, laws, Supreme Court decisions, and Executive Orders. The IHS is the principal federal health care provider and health advocate for Indian people, and its goal is to raise their health status to the highest possible level. The IHS currently provides health services to approximately 1.5 million American Indians and Alaska Natives who belong to more than 557 federally recognized tribes in 35 states.

GRANTS:

Government Grants
Grants.gov allows organizations to electronically find and apply for competitive grant opportunities from all Federal grant-making agencies. Grants.gov is THE single access point for over 900 grant programs offered by the 26 Federal grant-making agencies. The site allows grant seekers to conduct detailed searches for applicable grants. Additionally, the site allows individuals to receive a daily e-mail containing information on newly available grants, custom tailored to their areas of interest. For additional information on the daily email service, follow this link.

OPHS eGrants System
eGrants is the Office of Public Health & Science's comprehensive grants management automation system - an E-Gov business solution. A pioneer grants automation system for the Federal Government, eGrants automates the full grants business-cycle.