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Better Health 4Kids is a local non-profit care program serving low and moderate income families with children. Better Health 4Kids is not an insurance. Our mission is: Fostering access to preventive healthcare and advancing evidence based prevention and education for the optimal health of children and their families. We accomplish our mission through three programs: The Children's Health Fund providing temporary financial assistance to families with uninsured and underinsured children so they may access preventive health care from a Pediatrician; evidence based projects implemented in a Pediatric practice to improve the quality of health care delivery and standardization of practice; and collaboration with academic institutions in the implementation of research to improve the health of children and their families.

The Organization's mission is to mobilize a global community of emerging leaders to build the movement for health equity. The Organization is building a community of young changemakers who share a common belief: Health is a human right.

Peer Health Exchange gives teenagers the knowledge and skills they need to make healthy decisions. We do this by training college students to teach a comprehensive health curriculum in public high schools that lack health education. Our vision is that, one day, all teens will have the knowledge and skills they need to make healthy decisions.

Girls Health Ed is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization which seeks to educate adolescent girls about their health and well being. Our mission is to empower girls worldwide to make healthy and informed choices throughout their lives. We do this through a workshop-based program with five modules covering the full spectrum of health education. Our modules are nutrition, body image, physical activity, personal care; hygiene, and reproductive health. By focusing on low-income girls and young women who are not able to obtain information about their changing bodies from their school or home environments, we can instill confidence through knowledge. We use health education to maximize the positive impact that girls and young women are able to have on their communities and empower them to change their lives for the better.

The mission of Thrive Health Connection is to provide advocacy, care, and education to those affected by HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).

Our mission is to provide judgement-free, high-quality, affordable health services to young people aged 12 through 25.

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To foster self-reliant women, young people, and families in Palawan, Philippines to lead healthy reproductive lives by providing education and clinical services.

America SCORES Bay Area (SCORES) is the local affiliate of the national organization, America SCORES, that strengthens communities and empowers youth through soccer, voice, and service. SCORES addresses health and educational disparities in underserved public school communities in San Francisco, Hayward, San Rafael, and Oakland by providing 1,600 students with access to programs that help students to establish a lifelong enthusiasm for learning through team-based soccer, literary arts, and civic engagement activities. Now in its 19th year of service in the Bay Area, SCORES offers programs at 72 under-served public elementary and middle school communities and through deep partnerships with area School Districts, Recreation and Parks Departments, and community-based organizations.

Jobs to Move America is a strategic policy center that works to transform public spending and corporate behavior using a comprehensive approach that is rooted in racial and economic justice and community organizing. We seek to advance a fair and prosperous economy with good jobs and healthier communities for all.

America Scores New York's mission is to empower students in urban communities using soccer, writing, creative expression, and service-learning. With teamwork as the unifying value, our goal is to inspire youth to lead healthy lifestyles, be engaged students, and become agents of change in their communities through poetry, soccer and service-learning. We believe that all young people have the potential to lead fulfilling lives and have a positive impact on their communities regardless of socio-economic status.

To combat post traumatic stress; bring healing to our military community (active duty, reserves and national guard, veterans, and their families) through pastoral counseling, and peer mentoring, both on an individual basis, and in group settings. Raise awareness of the increasing needs of the military community through public events, media outlets, social media, service organizations, and churches. Networking government agencies, service organizations, churches and private sector businesses into a united “corps of compassion”, to bring their combined resources together to meet the needs of the military community on a personal and individual/family level. Our brave men and women in uniform understand duty, honor, and sacrifice. Many have returned home with both the visible scars, and the unseen wounds of war. to give back to those who have given of themselves so selflessly PTSD Foundation of America is a non-profit organization dedicated to mentoring to our combat veterans and their families with post traumatic stress. Many warriors are coming home with visible wounds; countless others are coming home with scars we cannot see, wounded souls from witnessing the horrors of war over and over again – PTSD. We feel it is our duty as Americans to help these mighty warriors and their families adjust and find their new normal. It is our turn to step up with other excellent existing community organizations and help those that have fought and sacrificed so much for us. We are faith-based in our approach and have a great history of providing hope and healing to those experiencing the unseen wounds of war. We offer a safe place where no one is judged, everyone is supported, and everything a warrior says or is revealed is confidential within the group. We would like the opportunity to train and/or help form groups within your community for warriors & their families to reach out to. Our teams consist of veterans, active and reserve service members as well as civilians that have a heart for the military and their families. We have active, reserve and/or veterans from every war up to world war ii that are coming to our groups. Warriors that we have worked with have learned how to heal and cope with ptsd to find their “new normal” and are now are reaching out to other warriors to let them know that there is hope in the darkness and they are not alone. please give us the opportunity to show you what we can do to provide hope for the warriors in darkness and the families who love and support them. to increase public awareness of post traumatic stress establishing relationships within the faith based community and secular organizations to facilitate support systems for our military community; locating and identifying churches currently ministering to, or are willing to consider beginning ministries to our military community workshops and counseling manuals are provided for both the warrior and their families. by assisting the spouses, children and other family members, we aid in the healing process of the individual with ptsd. Too often other treatment options fail to appropriately address the impact of ptsd on the family; training is available through regional workshops or through video. training should be undertaken by pastors, staff, counselors and lay-members who might interact in any counseling program; keeping the issue before the media and general public through regular press releases and email newsletters, as well as psa’s, websites and facebook