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Center for Disease Control and Prevention
www.cdc.gov
The CDC is a federal agency providing information to enhance health decisions. An A to Z health index featured on the CDC website provides information on numerous health and safety related topics.

Covering Kids and Families
www.coveringkids.org
Covering Kids is a national health access initiative for low income children. The website follows Covering Kids state projects and provides access to online Covering Kids Reports.

Data Resource Center (DRC) for Child and Adolescent Health
www.childhealthdata.org
The purpose of DRC is to advance the effective use of public data on the health and health-related services. The DRC website includes national and state-based data on over 100 indicators from the National Survey of Children’s Health and the National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs. The DRC’s easy-to-use interactive search feature allows users to select, view, compare, and download national survey data results for every state.

Families USA Foundation
www.familiesusa.org
Families USA is a national nonprofit organization committed to the achievement of high-quality, affordable health and long term care for all Americans. The Families USA website provides information on issues relating to children’s health, Medicaid, Medicare, and prescription drugs.

Kaiser Family Foundation’s State Health Facts Online
www.statehealthfacts.kff.org
State Health Facts Online provides state-level information on demographics, health, and health policy.

March of Dimes
www.modimes.org
Established by President Roosevelt in 1938, March of Dimes strives to prevent birth defects and infant mortality. See the March of Dimes website for online access to the annual report, as well as for infant health statistics.

Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Library
www.mchlibrary.info
The MCH Library offers a wide variety of electronic resources about maternal and child health, including the MCH Alert, knowledge paths, databases, and other materials by age group (infants and young children, school-age children, adolescents).

National Center for Health Statistics
www.cdc.gov/nchs
The National Center for Health Statistics is a federal agency providing statistics on health, lifestyle, disability, disease, and use of health care. The website index provides easy access to comprehensive health information and data.