Disclaimer: This list is for informational purposes only; no endorsement or verification of accuracy is made.

1. SOURCES OF STATE & LOCAL AREA DATA:

Single Point of Entry for All Federal Agency Stats:
http://www.fedstats.gov

The Data Ferrett: http://dataferrett.census.gov/TheDataWeb/index.html
Health Information Tennessee http://hit.state.tn.us
Kaiser Family Foundation http://www.kff.org/

Healthy People 2000 & 2010 Goals & Objectives:

• http://www.health.gov/healthypeople
• http://wonder.cdc.gov/data2010
• http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/hphome.htm
  
  2. HRSA Resources
  

  The HRSA Geospatial Data Warehouse contains information from many data sources including but not limited to HRSA Electronic Handbooks (EHB), PrimeCare, BHCDANET and other systems. The sources are varied since the HRSA mission is broad and covering programs targeting specific areas, populations, diseases or training needs; scholarship and loan programs aimed at placing practitioners in underserved areas or service demonstration programs aimed at enhancing the state of knowledge and quality of care. http://datawarehouse.hrsa.gov/Data_Sources.htm

  
  Medically Underserved Area/Population (MUA/MUP): http://bphc.hrsa.gov/databases/newmua/
  
  Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSA) http://bphc.hrsa.gov/databases/newhpsa/newhpsa.cfm
  
  Shortage Designation in general http://bphc.hrsa.gov/dsd/
  National Health Service Corps http://nhsc.bhpr.hrsa.gov
  Office of Pharmacy Affairs http://www.hrsa.gov/opa/

3. Collegial Organizations:
Nat. Assoc of Health Data Organizations http://www.nahdo.org
Nat. Assoc. Public Health Statistics & Info Systems http://www.naphsis.org
Volunteers in Health Care www.volunteersinhealthcare.org
National Association of Rural Health Clinics http://www.narhc.org/
US Department of Agriculture - Rural Development http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/
National Center for Non-Profit Boards www.boardsource.org
Center for Nonprofit Management www.cnm.org
Public Health Foundation http://www.phf.org

UCSF Community-Campus Partnerships for Health http://www.futurehealth.ucsf.edu/ccph.html

National Network for Health http://www.nnh.org
The Foundation Center (library & resources for private grants, grantmakers) http://www.fdncenter.org
www.Grantproposal.com

4. Census Bureau Data Sites:

• 2000 Census http://www.census.gov/dmd/www/2khome.htm
• 2000 Census Results http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/BasicFactsServlet
• 2000 Census Data Products http://www.census.gov/population
  

5. Special Populations

• http://www.nationalhomeless.org - The National Coalition on Homelessness (NCH) provides the directory for contacting the local homeless coalitions
  
  
• http://www.usmayors.org/ - For selected cities, the Conference of Mayors Report on Hunger and Homelessness releases status report every year.
  
  
• http://www.huduser.org/datasets/assthsg.html - The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) database on public housing residents
  
  
• http://nces.ed.gov/ccdweb/school - Information on Public Schools and School Districts in the United States - This data source is provided by the National Center for Education Statistics. The Public School Locator and the School District Locator will enable you to find the correct name, address, telephone number, NCES ID number, locale (rural, large city, etc.), and other student and teacher information (total classroom teachers (FTE), total students, student/teacher ratio, low grade, high grade, total eligible students for free/reduced price lunch) for public schools or school districts for school year 1999-2000 as reported to NCES by state education officials in each state.
  
  
• http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dash/shpps/index.htm - The School Health Policies and Programs Study (SHPPS) - a national survey periodically conducted by the CDC to assess school health policies and programs at the state, district, school, and classroom levels. The SHPPS 2000 was designed to provide information on characteristics of health education, physical education and activity, health services, mental health and social services, food service, school policy and environment, faculty and staff health promotion, and family and community involvement at the state, district, school, and classroom levels nationwide.
  
  
• http://www.aecf.org/kidscount/census/ - The KIDS COUNT Census Data Online
  
  
• http://www.childrensdefense.org/data/childreninthestates/default.aspx - Information on children for each state. It provide information on children's health coverage, babies born to mothers who received early prenatal care, infant mortality, babies born with low birth weight, child immunizations for two-year-olds, children living in poverty, state spending per student for public, and elementary and secondary pupils by state.
  
  
• www.ncfh.org - The National Center for Farmworker Health provides some detailed information on America's farmers.

  
  6. Other Data Sources and Searchable Databases
  http://www.healthfinder.gov
  
  HRSA MCHB Data Site http://www.mchdata.net/SEARCH/search.html
  
  Minority Health http://www.omhrc.gov/
  
  Health Disparities
• http://ncmhd.nih.gov/
• http://www.healthdisparities.net/
• http://www.niehs.nih.gov/oc/factsheets/disparity/home.htm

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