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VIRGINIA FREE CLINICS

• Virginia Association of Free Clinics - supporting health care delivered by free clinics to low-income, uninsured and underinsured Virginians

COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS

• Southwest Virginia Community Health Systems (SVCHS) - network of Community health centers in southwest Virginia
• Migrant Health Network of Southwest Virginia, Saltville, VA
• Stone Mountain Health Services (SMHS) - network of Community health centers in southwest Virginia
• National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC)

VIRGINIA

• Virginia Rural Health Resource Center (VRHRC) - local, state and national rural health information
• Virginia Health Care Foundation (VHCF) - promoting access to primary health care for uninsured and medically underserved Virginians
• Virginia Public Health Association (VPHA) - promoting health of Virginians through advocacy and professional activities
• Southwest Virginia Alliance for Telemedicine - telemedicine services in southwest Virginia
• Virginia Center for Health Outreach - promoting healthy behavior and appropriate access of health services
• Virginia Rural Health Association (VRHA) - advocating rural health development
• Virginia Department of Medical Assistance Services (DMAS) - Virginia Medicaid
• Family Access to Medical Insurance Security Plan (FAMIS) - health insurance for children of Virginia's families
• Virginia Community Healthcare Association - association of community health centers, nonprofit rural health clinics, and other providers of primary care services
• Virginia Health Information (VHI) demographic information by counties

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

• U.S. Census Bureau - leading source of quality data about the nation's people and economy
  
  
• Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) - primary Federal agency for protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services, especially for those who are least able to help themselves

  National Health Information Center (NHIC) - portal to the Web sites of a number of multi-agency health initiatives and activities of HHS

HHS Divisions

National Institutes of Health (NIH) - world's premier medical research organization

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) - concerned with the safety of foods, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, biological products, and medical devices

Center for Disease Control (CDC) - system of health surveillance to monitor and prevent disease outbreaks (including bioterrorism), implement disease prevention strategies, and maintain national health statistics

• National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)

Indian Health Service (IHS) - providing health services to Native Americans

Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) - primary Federal agency for improving access to health care services for people who are uninsured, isolated or medically vulnerable

• Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP) - promotes better health care service in rural areas
• Bureau Of Primary Health Care (BHPC) - agency responsible for network of community health centers
• Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) - assuring the health of American mothers and children
• HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB) - working to improve the quality and availability of care for people with HIV/AIDS and their families
• Bureau of Health Professions (BHPR) - national leadership in the development, distribution and retention of a diverse, culturally competent health workforce that provides the highest quality care for all

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

COLLEGES

• Peeke School of Christian Mission - King College, Bristol, TN
• ETSU Quillen College of Medicine - Johnson City, TN
• ETSU College of Nursing / ETSU Nursing Clinics
• Southwest Virginia Graduate Medical Education Consortium (GMEC) - facilitating partnerships between communities, local physicians, and primary care residency programs in VA, TN, NC, KY, WV
• Virginia Area Health Education Consortium (AHEC) - promoting health careers and primary care access for medically underserved populations through community-academic partnerships

PHARMACY ASSISTANCE

• Partnership for Prescription Assistance - providing access to patient assistance programs
• Pharmacy Connection - facilitating access to patient assistance programs for Virginians
• Needy Meds - directory of patient assistance programs
• RxAssist - directory of patient assistance programs

SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROGRAMS

• Substance Abuse Treatment Facility Locator - searchable database of programs throughout the U.S.
• Teen Challenge - faith-based residential and non-residential treatment men and women

MISCELLANEOUS

• Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC) - following how changes in the financing and delivery of health care affects people
• Mountain Empire Older Citizens, Inc (MEOC) - serving senior in Lee, Wise, Scott Counties
• Cumberland Mountain Community Services (CMCS) - providing mental health, substance abuse, and MR services in Buchanan, Russell, and Tazewell counties in VA
  
• Oxbow Center (St. Paul, VA) - providing health and human services to Southwest Virginians
• Appalachian Agency for Senior Citizens (AASC) - serving seniors for Buchanan, Dickenson, Russell, and Tazewell counties
• Christian Medical and Dental Association - Bristol, TN

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