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Accrediting Agencies
Funders
Government
Agencies
Health
Careers Education
Labor Unions
Professional
& Trade Associations
Publications
Workforce Policy,
Research & Data
Accrediting Agencies
National
- Accrediting Commission
for Career Schools/Colleges of Technology - ACCSCT is a private,
nonprofit, independent accrediting agency that assists schools and colleges
in keeping abreast of employment trends, technological advances, and
educational innovations.
- Association
of Specialized and Professional Accreditors - ASPA-member
accreditors set national educational standards for entry into about
40 specialized disciplines or defined professions.
- Commission on
Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs - CAAHEP
is a nonprofit allied health education organization that accredits entry-level
allied health education programs, and promotes information about accredited
programs and allied health careers.
- Council for Higher
Education Accreditation - CHEA coordinates higher education
accreditation activity in the U.S. and provides information about regional,
national, and specialized accreditors.
- Distance Education
and Training Council - DETC is a nonprofit educational association
and accrediting agency for distance learning institutions.
Regional
- Western Association
of Schools and Colleges - WASC accredits public and private
schools, colleges, and universities in California and Hawaii.
Funders
National
- Grantmakers in Health
- GIH is a resource for grantmakers and others seeking expertise and
information on the field of health philanthropy.
California
- The
Foundation Center, San Francisco - The Foundation Center
promotes public understanding of institutional philanthropy and helps
grantseekers succeed by making information available, so that they can
identify appropriate funders and develop targeted proposals.
Regional Grantmaker Associations
- Northern California
Grantmakers - An association of foundations, corporate contributions
programs, and other private grantmakers, NCG provides education and
technical assistance to grantmakers, and facilitates connections between
philanthropy and its many stakeholders.
- Southern California
Association for Philanthropy - SCAP is a regional membership
association of private-sector grantmakers whose mission is to support
and advance effective and responsible philanthropy for the public good.
- San Diego
Grantmakers - San Diego Grantmakers' mission is to connect,
teach, and inspire a diverse group of foundations and corporations to
develop and implement successful philanthropy in the San Diego region.
Government Agencies
Federal Government Agencies
- U.S. Department
of Commerce - DOC promotes job creation, economic growth,
sustainable development, and improved living standards for all Americans
by working in partnership with business, universities, communities,
and workers.
- Bureau of
the Census - Tables, maps, data highlights, and documentation
of Census 2000 data for the U.S., states, counties, places (cities
& towns), including Puerto Rico and Island Areas.
- U.S. Department of
Education - ED ensures equal access to education and promotes
educational excellence for all Americans.
- U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services - HHS provides resources for
essential human services, including Medicare and Medicaid, as well as
for health and social science research.
- Health Resources
and Services Administration - HRSA provides health resources
for medically underserved populations, supporting a nationwide network
of community and migrant health centers, and primary care programs
for the homeless, as well as assistance in the education and training
of health professionals.
- Bureau
of Health Professions - HRSA's BHPr provides grants to
support innovations and targeted expansions in health professions
education and training, including allied health, as well as research
grants related to the health professions.
- U.S. Department
of Labor - DOL promotes the welfare of job seekers, wage
earners, and retirees by improving their working conditions, advancing
their employment opportunities, and protecting their retirement and
health care benefits; helping employers find workers; and tracking changes
in employment, prices, and other national economic measurements.
- Bureau
of Labor Statistics - BLS is the fact-finding agency
for the federal government in the broad field of labor economics
and statistics, including information about employment trends for
health occupations and professions.
- Occupational
Outlook Handbook - The Handbook provides career information,
describing what workers do on the job, working conditions, training
and education needed, earnings, and expected job prospects in a
wide range of occupations.
- U.S. House of
Representatives - Information about members, Committees,
and bills, as well as legislative news and important links to congressional
information.
- U.S. Senate
- Information about Senators, Committees, as well as Senate bills.
California State Government Agencies
- California
Home Page - California's home page includes information about
education and training, government, health and safety, and labor and
employment.
Executive Agencies
- California's
Agencies, Departments, and Commissions - This page provides
information about finding a state agency, department, or commission.
- Department of
Consumer Affairs - Protecting the interests of California
consumers, DCA establishes minimum qualifications and levels of competency
for licensure; licenses, registers, and certifies practitioners; investigates
complaints; and disciplines violators.
- Department of
Education - CDE's site provides information about professional
development, funding opportunities, as well as teaching, learning and
technology.
- Department of
Health Services - DHS' mission is to protect and improve
the health of all Californians.
- Division
of Laboratory Science, Laboratory Field Services - Laboratory
Field Services (LFS) ensures quality standards in clinical and public
health laboratories through laboratory inspections, as well as education,
proficiency testing, and licensing of clinical laboratory personnel.
- Licensing
and Certification, Aide and Technician Certification Section
- Information to employers and consumers about requirements for
pre-screening, enrolling, fingerprinting, training, and application
submission for nurse assistants (CNAs), home health aides (HHAs),
and hemodialysis technicians, as well as information on the certification
status of workers.
- Employment Development
Department - EDD provides information about job placement
and referrals; unemployment insurance; disability insurance; payroll
taxes; employment and training; and labor market information in California.
- Office of Statewide
Health Planning and Development - OSHPD plans for and supports
the development of health care systems to meet the current and future
needs of the people of California, and provides support for health professions'
development.
- Health
Professions Development - Offers programs to attract
and enable the state's diverse population to pursue health careers,
creating linkages between health care employers, training institutions,
and funding.
Legislative Agencies
- Legislative Analyst's
Office - LAO provides independent fiscal and policy advice
to the Legislature in program areas including health and higher education.
- Legislative
Counsel - The Legislative Counsel assists the Legislature,
the Governor, and other state officers by providing legal services relating
to the legislative process, which includes drafting legislation and
rendering legal opinions.
- State Assembly
- Information about Assembly members and legislation, as well as mechanisms
for communicating online with members about their bills.
- State
Senate - Information about Senators, legislation, and committees,
as well as reapportionment, and Senate and Congressional districts.
Health Careers Education
- ASSIST Articulation
Repository - ASSIST is the official repository of student
transfer information for California's colleges and universities.
- Bay Area
Health and Bioscience Careers Collaborative - The Bay Area
HBCC increases knowledge of health career options, and improves coordination
between education preparation programs and health care employers in
the San Francisco Bay Area.
- California's
Public Colleges and Universities - Information on the University
of California system, the California State University system, and the
state's Community Colleges.
- Health
Careers Education - From the California Department of Education
(CDE) site, Health Careers Education is a kindergarten through professional
level career pathway, providing students with awareness, exploration,
and preparation necessary to make informed career decisions in health
care.
- Education
Links - This CDE page provides national and California
education links for career development and curriculum leadership.
- Health
Careers Resource Consortium - HCRC provides information to
students interested in health careers, as well as technical assistance
to educators and administrators about integrating health career pathways
across all levels of education.
- HCRC
Resource Directory - Resource database for students,
which includes the Health Career 2005 Planner with expected job
growth information.
- HCRC
Links - Health career links for students to professional
organizations.
- Health
Occupation Programs in California Community Colleges - Information
includes health programs by college and an alphabetical index by program.
- HRSA
Kids Into Health Careers - HRSA Bureau of Health Professions
develops strategies to achieve a diverse, culturally competent health
professions workforce through the Kids Into Health Careers Initiative.
- Jumpstart,
University of Nebraska Medical Center - UNMC provides allied health
careers information, including career outlooks, day in the life snapshots,
as well as health-related games and teasers.
- National Consortium
on Health Science and Technology Education - The Consortium
contributes to effective and efficient delivery of health care and preparation
of a qualified workforce through fostering collaboration among education
agencies, the health care community, policy-making bodies, and labor.
- Regional
Health Occupations Resource Centers - RHORCs, at community
colleges in regions throughout the state, work with state and local
governments and the health care industry to develop creative ways to
meet California's health care workforce needs.
- School-to Career
Information - School-to-Career Information supports reforms
in the educational system that include the integration of school-based
and work-based learning, and the opportunity for students to choose
career-related coursework and workplace experiences.
Labor Unions
- SEIU Local 250
- SEIU Local 250 is the largest local union in California and the second
largest health care workers union in the United States. Its members
include paramedics, emergency medical technicians, respiratory therapists,
laboratory technicians, homecare providers, and other health care workers
in Northern California.
- SEIU Local
399 - SEIU Local 399 is comprised of health care workers
in hospitals, clinics, and dental clinics in Los Angeles, Kern, Orange,
San Bernardino, and Ventura Counties.
- SEIU Local 790
- With regional offices in San Francisco, Oakland, Sacramento, and Stockton,
SEIU Local 790 includes health care and other workers.
Professional and Trade
Associations
- Association of
Schools of Allied Health Professions - ASAHP's mission is
to enhance effectiveness of education for the Allied Health Professions.
- Association of
Schools of Public Health - ASPH is the national organization
representing deans, faculty, and students of the accredited member schools
of public health and other programs seeking accreditation as schools
of public health.
- American Association
for Respiratory Care - AARC members include respiratory therapists,
respiratory technicians, pulmonary laboratory technicians, nurses, physicians,
and home health providers.
- American Association
of Homes and Services for the Aging - AAHSA advances the
vision of healthy, affordable, ethical long-term care for America, representing
not-for-profit nursing homes, continuing care retirement communities,
assisted living and senior housing facilities, and community service
organizations.
- American Dental
Hygienists' Association - Representing registered dental
hygienists (RDHs), ADHA's mission is to advance the art and science
of dental hygiene by increasing the awareness of, and ensuring access
to, quality, cost-effective oral health care.
- American Dietetic
Association - Representing food and nutrition professionals,
ADA's mission is to promote optimal nutrition and well-being for all
people by advocating for its members.
- American Health
Information Management Association - AHIMA represents health
information management professionals who work throughout the health
care industry.
- American Hospital
Association - AHA represents and serves all types of hospitals,
health care networks, and their patients and communities.
- American Medical
Association - AMA promotes professionalism in medicine and
the betterment of public health, as well as setting standards for medical
education, practice, and ethics.
- American Medical
Informatics Association - AMIA is dedicated to developing
and using information technologies to improve health care, with members
including physicians, nurses, computer and information scientists, biomedical
engineers, medical librarians, and academic researchers and educators.
- American Occupational
Therapy Association - AOTA advances the quality, availability,
use, and support of occupational therapy through standard-setting, advocacy,
education, and research on behalf of its members and the public.
- American Physical
Therapy Association - APTA fosters advancements in physical
therapy practice, research, and education.
- American Society
for Clinical Pathology - ASCP promotes the public health
and safety through the appropriate application of pathology and laboratory
medicine, with its members including pathologists, medical technologists,
cytotechnologists, and medical laboratory technicians.
- American Society
for Clinical Laboratory Science - ASCLS promotes clinical
laboratory science practice, education, and management.
- American Society
for Radiologic Technology - ASRT gives technologists in the
radiologic sciences the knowledge, resources, and support they need
to provide quality patient care.
- American Speech-Language-Hearing
Association - ASHA is the professional, scientific, and credentialing
association for speech-language pathologists, audiologists, and speech,
language, and hearing scientists.
- Coalition
for Allied Health Leadership - Information on allied health
associations and professions.
- Health Occupations
Students of America - HOSA promotes career opportunities
in health care and provides leadership development for students enrolled
in health occupations education programs.
- National Association
of Emergency Medical Technicians - NAEMT provides educational
programs, liaison activities, and national standards for pre-hospital
care personnel, and influences the future advancement of EMS as an allied
health profession.
- Society of Diagnostic
Medical Sonographers - SDMS promotes, advances, and educates
its members and the medical community in the science of diagnostic medical
sonography.
- Society of Nuclear
Medicine - The Society promotes the science, technology,
and practical application of nuclear medicine.
Publications
- HRSA
Bureau of Health Professions' Publications - Selected publications
on health professions, including allied health, and workforce analysis/research.
- Healthcare
Policy Links - Links to Health Affairs, Journal of Health
Services Research and Policy, Journal of Health Politics, Policy and
Law, and other journals.
- Health
Professions Career and Education E-Letter - AMA's monthly
newsletter covers educational trends and career-related issues for various
healthcare professions.
- Health
Workforce Newslink - Published by the National Center for
Health Workforce Information and Analysis, newslink issues cover Summer
1995 through Fall 2000.
- National
Academy Press - NAP publishes reports issued by its member
organizations, including the Institute of Medicine. Information includes
health policy, and research issues.
- National Library
of Medicine - Library services, health and research programs
information. Access to MEDLINE/ PubMed, MEDLINEplus, NLM Gateway and
other sources.
- Workforce WebBoard
Digest - Managed listserv of reports on healthcare workforce issues.
Workforce Policy, Research, and Data
- Academy
for Health Services Research and Health Policy - The Academy
serves as a professional home and technical assistance resource for
researchers and health policy professionals.
- Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality - AHRQ's provides policymakers and other
health care leaders with information needed to make critical health
care decisions, including quality assessment, research findings, and
data and surveys.
- Institute of Medicine
- IOM advances and disseminates scientific knowledge to improve human
health, providing information concerning health and science policy to
government, the corporate sector, the professions, and the public.
- National
Center for Health Workforce Information and Analysis - The
National Center for Health Workforce Information and Analysis develops
data and determines how best to increase the diversity and improve the
distribution of the health care workforce. Information on health workforce
resources, including state profiles, analysis and forecasting tools,
personnel factbook, and regional centers.
- Regional
Centers for Health Workforce Policy - The Centers examine
geographic distribution and related health workforce issues across
five health professions disciplines: medicine, nursing, dentistry,
allied health and public health. The Centers conduct research and
develop analytic tools that help states resolve pressing issues
in health professions training:
- California
- Located at the University of California at San Francisco
- Illinois
- Located at the University of Illinois at Chicago
- New
York - Located at the State University of New York
at Albany
- Washington
- Located at the University of Washington
- National Conference
of State Legislatures - A bipartisan organization serving
the lawmakers and staffs of the nation's 50 states, its commonwealths,
and territories, NCSL provides services to help lawmakers tailor policies
that will work for their states and their constituents, including research,
publications, consulting services, meetings, and seminars.
- Paraprofessional
Healthcare Institute - PHI facilitates the creation of quality
jobs for direct-care paraprofessional workers, and the provision of
high-quality, cost-effective care, by shaping provider practice and
public policy.
- Cecil
G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina,
Chapel Hill - The center encompasses an interdisciplinary
program of research, consultation, technical assistance, and training
focusing on the accessibility, adequacy, organization, cost, and effectiveness
of health care services.
- Urban Institute
- UI is a policy research and educational organization, providing information
and analysis to public and private decision-makers to help them address
U.S. social, economic, and governance problems.
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