AIDS Legal Referral Panel
The AIDS Legal Referral Panel (ALRP) serves persons living with HIV disease or AIDS who reside in the San Francisco Bay Area Counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo, Solano and Sonoma. Since 1983, over 35,000 people have called on the AIDS Legal Referral Panel (ALRP) for help with a legal matter--often a crisis--that has emerged to threaten the remaining stability in their lives.

Action Alliance for Children Action
Alliance for Children exists to inform, educate, and persuade a statewide constituency of people who work with and on behalf of children by providing the most reliable information on current issues, trends, and public policies that affect children and families. AAC is a resource for policy makers, children's service providers and advocates, and the media.

Asian Health Services
The mission of Asian Health Services is to serve and advocate for the immigrant and refugee Asian community regarding its health rights, and to assure access to health care services regardless of income, insurance status,language, or culture.

California Association of Health Plans
Through legislative advocacy, informational communications, and collaborative efforts with other organizations the Association promotes high quality affordable health care to California consumers—21 million of which receive their coverage from CAHP member health plans.

California Association of Public Hospitals
CAPH, a non-profit trade organization representing California's public hospitals and health systems since 1983, works to strengthen the capacity of its members to advance community health, ensure access to comprehensive, high-quality, culturally sensitive health care services for all Californians and educate the next generation of health care professionals.

California Black Health Network
The mission of the California Black Health Network is to improve the health status of African Americans in California. In pursuing this mission, CBHN provides a forum where policy makers, providers, consumers, and advocates concerned about the health status and access to care for African Americans can engage in problem analysis and solution building. The organization also strives to develop and implement programs that will advance the value of health promotion and prevention among people of color.

California Black Women's Health Project
The California Black Women's Health Project (CABWHP), formed in 1994, is the state office of the National Black Women's Health Project, located in Washington, D.C. Our mission focuses on empowering Black women to take personal responsibility for our own health and to advocate for changes in policies that adversely affect Black women's health status.

California Coalition for Compassionate Care
THE COALITION is a statewide partnership of more than 50 regional and statewide organizations dedicated to the advancement of palliative medicine and end-of-life care in California.

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California Council of Churches
The California Council of Churches serves as a prophetic witness to the Christian gospel for 19 Protestant and orthodox denominations and over 15 million church members throughout California. The Council lifts up public policy issues of concern to the faith community such as hunger, homelessness, health care, violence, civil rights, economic justice and religious liberty issues for study by local congregations.

California Federation of Teachers
As the statewide affiliate of the American Federation of Teachers, the CFT represents over 100,000 teachers and school employees in California, from early childhood education through the university level.

California Health Advocates
Through leadership, communication and partnerships, California Health Advocates is dedicated to achieving and sustaining timely, accurate and responsive education and advocacy efforts for California Medicare beneficiaries and the pre-retirement population.

California Healthcare Foundation
The California HealthCare Foundation, based in Oakland, is an independent philanthropy committed to improving California's health care delivery and financing systems. Formed in 1996, our goal is to ensure that all Californians have access to affordable, quality health care.

California Labor Federation
The California Labor Federation is a statewide association of unions and other labor groups throughout California. With over 1300 affiliates, the Federation facilitates a united voice for labor, to gain improvements and protections for working families around the state.

California Nurses Association

California Pan-Ethnic Health Network
CPEHN is a statewide network of multicultural health organizations working together to improve health care access and eliminate health status disparities in California's communities of color. The mission of CPEHN is to promote changes to health policy decision-making and health care delivery systems that improve the health status of our diverse communities.

California Physicians' Alliance
California Physicians Alliance is a strong political group dedicated to building universal access to health care FOR ALL, plus HMO reform issues.

California Primary Care Association
CPCA's mission is to promote and facilitate equal access to quality health care for individuals and families through organized primary care clinics and clinic networks that, among other things, seek to maintain cost-effective, affordable medical services, as well as meet the linguistic and cultural needs of California's diverse population.

California Public Health Association- North
As an organization, CPHA-N gives voice to the diverse community of people who work to protect and promote the public, environmental, and personal health of Northern Californians.

California Rural Health Policy Council
The mission of the California Rural Health Policy Council is to formulate and establish rural health policy for the State of California, to provide a focal point for discussion of rural health policy issues within the California Health and Human Services Agency, to receive suggestions and recommendations from rural health constituencies, and to improve services provided to rural health providers. The Council promotes and supports collaboration, communication, and networking among State agencies, rural constituency organizations and rural providers.

California Rural Legal Assistance
Since 1965, CRLA has raised its powerful voice in the courtrooms, in the classrooms, in the fields, and in the legislative halls of California. We have shown farm workers and other poor people that the law can be a friend and that those responsible for enforcing the laws can and should be called to account.

California Teachers Association
The California Teachers Association exists to protect and promote the wellbeing of its members; to improve the conditions of teaching and learning; to advance the cause of free, universal, and quality public education; to ensure that the human dignity and civil rights of all children and youth are protected; and to secure a more just, equitable, and democratic society.

California Women's Agenda
CAWA is a state action alliance of over 500 organizations in California, working together to implement the Beijing Platform at the grassroots. CAWA's objective is to link one million women and girls in collective action through real and "virtual" networks at the milennium. CAWA is a network that is organizing - not an organization that is networking.

Center for Health Care Rights
The Center for Health Care Rights is a non-profit health care consumer advocacy organization serving consumers through a combination of direct service programs and policy level advocacy.

Children's Advocacy Institute
CAI works to improve the status and well-being of children in our society by representing their interests and right to a safe, healthy childhood. CAI represents children in the state legislature, in the courts, before administrative agencies, and through public education programs.

Community Health Center Network
Community Health Center Network of the East Bay (CHCN) is a full-service management services organization formed by seven community health centers based in Alameda County, California. CHCN was created as a way for the health centers to participate in managed care programs, in order to maintain and expand their role as providers of comprehensive services in their communities.

Community Health Councils, Inc.
CHC, Inc. is a non-profit community-based health advocacy organization that strives to increase access to health and quality health care for uninsured, economically disadvantaged and underserved populations. It achieves its goals through the mobilization, organization and empowerment of community-based and grassroots consumer groups that share the vision for creating a healthier and pro-active consumer population.

Community Voices
Community Voices: HealthCare for the Underserved is designed to improve access to quality health services. Building up from the community level, the project is giving the underserved a voice to help make health access and quality part of the national debate.

Congress of California Seniors
The Congress of California Seniors takes stands on issues of importance to midlife and older persons and their families.

The Democracy Center
The Democracy Center was founded in San Francisco in 1992 to strengthen the advocacy work of nonprofit and community groups in California as well as NGOs in a variety of countries around the world. Since then the Center has provided advocacy training, counseling, strategy planning and other assistance to hundreds of groups and thousands of people.

The Greenlining Institute
Understanding that our communities are often unheard in major policy debates, The Greenlining Institute works to ensure that the needs of these communities are addressed proactively and positively in major policy discussions. Together with our diverse coalition, we actively represent these interests with major corporations, educational institutions, special interest associations, and government officials.

Health Care for All- California
HCA is a nonprofit grassroots organization working for high quality, universal, single payer health care.

Health Care Foundation for Orange County
The Foundation's mission is to promote health and support healthcare, for the benefit of the Orange County community.

Health Consumer Alliance
HCA is a partnership of consumer assistance programs operated by community-based legal services organizations. Our common mission is to help low-income people obtain essential health care. HCA's local Health Consumer Centers operate in six counties that, together, include 60% of poor Californians: Fresno, Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego, San Francisco and San Mateo.

Health Rights Hotline
The Health Rights Hotline provides free assistance and information about your rights in health care. We serve residents of El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento and Yolo counties in California.

Healthy Kids, Healthy Schools
Healthy Kids, Healthy Schools (HKHS) is a project of Consumers Union, the nonprofit publisher of Consumer Reports magazine. The project seeks to enroll California children in low- or no-cost health insurance programs through the schools.

Interfaith Coalition for Immigrant Rights
Responding to growing anti-immigrant sentiment in California, members of immigrant and religious communities founded the Interfaith Coalition for Immigrant Rights (ICIR) in the Spring of 1994. ICIR continues challenging policies, legislation, and attitudes that attack newcomers.

Latino Coalition for a Healthy California
We provide a systematic California Latino-led approach to addressing the barriers that impede optimal health in its broadest sense for Latinos. We believe that optimal health is the result ofeducational, occupational, economic, environmental, physical, mental and spiritual well being.

Latino Issues Forum
Latino Issues Forum (LIF) is a non-profit public policy and advocacy institute dedicated to advancing new and innovative public policy solutions for a better, more equitable and prosperous society. Established in 1987, LIF's primary focus is on the broader issues of access to higher education, economic development, health care, citizenship, regional development, telecommunications issues and regulatory issues.

Pacific Institute for Community Organization (PICO)
PICO's mission is to assist in the building of community organizations with the power to improve the quality of life of families and neighborhoods. PICO carries out its mission through leadership training seminars; the recruitment of and development of professional community organizers; and on-going consultation and technical assistance.

http://www.piconetwork.org/

Planned Parenthood of California
Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California (PPAC) is one of 21 state public affairs offices of Planned Parenthood Federation of America. At this site you will find information on California and federal legislation, reproductive health issues, links to our nine statewide affiliates and to their clinics and services.

Protection and Advocacy, Inc.
PAI works in partnership with persons with disabilities — to protect, advocate for, and advance their human, legal, and service rights. It strives towards a society that values all people and supports their rights to dignity, freedom, choice, and quality of life.

Resources for Independent Living
Resources for Independent Living is unique. We are the only organization in Sacramento providing services to people with all forms of disability. RIL is dedicated to providing services and support to disabled people, so they can live happy and productive lives. This is how RIL is redefining disability.

SEIU California State Council
The Service Employees International Union, AFL-CIO, is the largest and most diverse union in California. With over 325,000 members, SEIU is the largest union in state and local government, health care, social services, building service, and horse racing.

Service, Immigrant Rights, and Education Network
Services, Immigrant Rights, and Education Network (SIREN) exists to empower all immigrants and refugees in order to achieve full human rights. Since its founding, it has developed unique strategies that integrate immigrant services, community education, leadership development, and policy advocacy.

Southern California Public Health Association
SCPHA is organized exclusively to improve the health of the people of Southern California by collaborating, educating and advocating with organizations and individuals who share this common vision.

Vote Health Coalition
Vote Health believes that health care is a basic human right. Our mission is to win accessible, high-quality health care for everyone, regardless of legal status or ability to pay.

Western Center on Law and Poverty
The Western Center on Law and Poverty is a non-profit legal services program devoted to high-impact poverty law litigation and legislative advocacy in the state of California. Headquartered in Los Angeles with offices in Oakland and Sacramento, WCLP focuses its work in the areas of welfare, housing and health care.

Young and Healthy
Young & Healthy is a health care program that provides free medical, dental, psychological and case-management services to low-income, uninsured children in the Pasadena Unified School District, day care centers and homeless shelters in the Pasadena community.