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The American Cancer Society is the nationwide community-based voluntary health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem by preventing cancer, saving lives, and diminishing suffering from cancer, through research, education, advocacy, and service. |
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The Greater New Orleans Community Data Center is a product of Greater New Orleans Nonprofit Knowledge Works. The Data Center is building sustainable sources of data and information to support nonprofit planning in a rapidly changing post-catastrophe environment. |
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At the Louisiana Public Health Institute (LPHI), our goal is to promote and improve the health and quality of life in Louisiana through public-private partnering at the community, parish and state levels. |
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The NOLA Daily Dashboard was created in mid-September of 2005 in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina by the Centers of Disease Control & Prevention (CDC). The document was the primary means to maintain information flow between CDC’s field teams engaged in data collection in New Orleans and supervising officials in Atlanta and Washington, D.C. Daily field reports were compiled at the CDC’s temporary headquarters at Kindred Hospital in the unflooded uptown area of New Orleans.
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VIA LINK connects people and organizations with information and resources to enable them to help themselves and others. VIA LINK fulfills this mission through services, referral, and crisis intervention.
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The mission of the Orleans Parish Medical Society is to serve and assist physicians in meeting the health care needs of their patients and the community. |
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The Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) Program strengthens communities by helping medical, public health and other volunteers offer their expertise throughout the year as well as during local emergencies and other times of community need. MRC volunteers work in coordination with existing local emergency response programs and also supplement existing community public health initiatives, such as outreach and prevention, immunization programs, blood drives, case management, care planning, and other efforts. The MRC program is administered by HHS. |
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Citizen Corps asks you to embrace the personal responsibility to be prepared; to get training in first aid and emergency skills; and to volunteer to support local emergency responders, disaster relief, and community safety. |
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The Ready Campaign asks individuals to do three key things to prepare for the unexpected: get an emergency supply kit, make a family emergency plan, and be informed about the different types of emergencies that could occur and their appropriate responses. |
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Access To Care, making access to mental health and substance abuse treatment available to those affected by Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma. |
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OneMedicine promotes the transformation of America's health care system into one which embraces wholeness, wellness, and empowerment of the individual as a participant in their own healing. |
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The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals is dedicated to fulfilling its mission through direct provision of quality services, the development and stimulation of services of others, and the utilization of available resources in the most effective manner. |
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The New Orleans Office of Emergency Preparedness is responsible for the response and coordination of those actions needed to protect the lives and property of its citizens from natural or man-made disasters as well as emergency planning for the City of New Orleans. |
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A major goal of the Deep South Center for Environmental Justice has been the development of minority leadership in the areas of environmental, social, and economic justice along the Mississippi River Corridor. |
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The Metropolitan Human Services District (MHSD) is a public agency committed to maximizing the full potential and enhancing the quality of life of individuals, children, youth and families, faced with the challenges of mental health, addictive disorders, developmental disabilities and their related behaviors. |