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 Legislatures (NCSL) is a forum for advancing ideas in your home state, across other states, and on Capitol Hill, and for promoting information-sharing, one-on-one and collectively. This site includes comprehensive information, research on critical state issues, informative publications, meetings and seminars.
National Governors Association (NGA) is the collective voice of the nation's governors and one of Washington, D.C.'s, most respected public policy organizations. NGA provides governors and their senior staff members with services that range from representing states on Capitol Hill and before the Administration on key federal issues to developing policy reports on innovative state programs and hosting networking seminars for state government executive branch officials.
Steps to a HealthierUS Grantees (Funded by the CDC)
On September 18, 2003, HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson announced 12 grants totaling $13.7 million under Steps to promote community initiatives to promote better health and prevent disease (HHS press release). The grantees were approved for a five-year project period, with the initial year's funding amount. Recipients of the grants reach 23 communities, including one tribal consortium, 15 small cities or rural communities and seven large cities. Continuation award amounts will be determined toward the end of the first budget period.
State Legislation Searchable Database the Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity at CDC is pleased to announce the launch of the state legislation searchable database. The database allows users to search for state bills from 2001 to present related to nutrition and/or physical activity. Users are asked to pick either nutrition or physical activity on the first page or they may select the either option for the whole database. Users can use search fields, enter keywords, or search the entire database. There are no required search fields, so if the user simply hits "search" they will be able to access all bills in that subject area. This database is available to the general public and no registration or password is required. This database was created after requests from state partners and is the first public access database of its kind. It can also be accessed on the DNPA home page, Nutrition home, Physical Activity Home and 5 A Day Coordinators sections.
Henry Kaiser Family Foundation State Health Facts is a project of the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation and is designed to provide free, up-to-date, and easy-to-use health data on all 50 states. Statehealthfacts.org provides data on more than 500 health topics and is linked to both the Kaiser Family Foundation website and KaiserNetwork.org.
Action for Healthy Kids State Teams
