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Massachusetts Data & Resources
2000 Federal Census
The United States Census is a decennial census mandated by the United
States Constitution. The population is enumerated every 10 years and the
results are used to allocate Congressional seats (congressional apportionment),
electoral votes, and government program funding. Some states or local
jurisdictions also conduct local censuses.
MA
2000 Census Statistics
The Access Project
The Access Project has served as a resource center for local communities
working to improve health and healthcare access since 1998 and is a program
of Third Sector New England. The Access Project is a research affiliate
of the Schneider Institute
for Health Policy at Brandeis University. The Schneider Institute
is part of Brandeis' Heller
School for Social Policy and Management.
Annie E. Casey Foundation
Kids Count Data Center
Kids Count is a national and state-by-state effort to track the status
of children in the United States.
2008
MA Kids Count Data Profile
Blue
Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation
In 2001, BCBSMA created a charitable organization - the Blue Cross Blue
Shield of Massachusetts Foundation - as a contemporary expression of its
historic commitment to those in need of dependable access to health care.
The mission of the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation
is to expand access to health care. Through grants and policy initiatives,
the Foundation works with public and private organizations to broaden
health coverage and reduce barriers to care. The Foundation focuses on
developing measurable and sustainable solutions that benefit uninsured,
vulnerable and low-income individuals and families in the Commonwealth.
The
Massachusetts Health Reform Law: Public Opinion and Perception. (November
2006)
Boston Private Industry Council
The Boston Private Industry Council (PIC) is a public-private partnership
that connects business, the Boston Public Schools, higher education, government,
labor, and community organizations to create innovative workforce and
education solutions. The PIC is the connection between education and workforce,
between school and career, and between classroom and the workplace. PIC
initiatives thrive on the synergy created when business and community
needs overlap. The result is a win-win situation: Businesses develop the
workforce they need and Boston residents gain access to career opportunities
and higher incomes.
Think
Again Video A video about school dropouts.
Campaign for a Commercial
Free Childhood
Campaign For A Commercial-Free Childhood (CCFC) is a national coalition
of health care professionals, educators, advocacy groups and concerned
parents who counter the harmful effects of marketing to children through
action, advocacy, education, research, and collaboration. CCFC is headquartered
at the Judge Baker Children’s Center in Boston.
Center for Community Health, Education,
Research and Service
The Center for Community Health, Education, Research and Service (CCHERS)
is a unique academic/community partnership established in 1991 committed
to the wholesale effort to influence and change health professions education,
improve health care delivery, and promote health systems change.
Its goal is to integrate education, service and research to eliminate
persistent disparities in health of racial and ethnic minorities by ensuring
health access, equity and justice.
Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA)
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) regulates all laboratory
testing (except research) performed on humans in the U.S. through the
Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA). The objective of the
CLIA program is to ensure quality laboratory testing. Although all clinical
laboratories must be properly certified to receive Medicare or Medicaid
payments, CLIA has no direct Medicare or Medicaid program responsibilities.
CLIA Waiver
MA
Clinical Laboratory Program
Community Catalyst
Community Catalyst is a national advocacy organization that builds consumer
and community participation in the shaping of our health system to ensure
quality, affordable healthcare for all. They believe that health
care is a basic human right and that all people--including children, the
poor, the elderly, minority communities, and others who are vulnerable--should
have access to quality health care. They work in partnership with
consumer and community groups around the country to promote health care
justice. For ten years, the Community Catalyst staff of experienced policy
analysts, attorneys, organizers, and organizational development specialists
have been advocating on behalf of consumers in both small communities
as well as in high profile court cases.
MA
Reports and Documents
General Laws of Massachusetts
This page includes all amendments to the General Laws passed through
April 30, 2008. The General Laws are presented in 5 parts.
Each part is linked to a list of the Chapters contained in that part.
Each Chapter is in turn linked to a list of the Sections contained within
that chapter. The text of the laws are contained within the Sections.
Health Care for All
Health Care For All’s (HCFA) mission is to create a consumer-centered
health care system that provides comprehensive, affordable, accessible,
culturally competent, high quality care and consumer education for everyone,
especially the most vulnerable. HCFA work to achieve this as leaders in
public policy, advocacy, education and service to consumers in Massachusetts.
Jewish Family & Children's Service
For almost 150 years, Jewish Family & Children’s Service
has been the safety net for over 30,000 individuals and families in 80
Greater Boston communities. Since its inception, the focus of JF&CS
has been to support our friends and neighbors through difficult life transitions
and times of personal crisis, offering programs and services for every
stage of life. Jewish Family & Children’s Service cares for
individuals and families by providing exceptional human service and health
care programs, guided by Jewish traditions of social responsibility, compassion,
and respect for all members of the community.
MassBenchmarks
The UMass Donahue Institute's Economic and Public Policy Research
unit works with faculty on all five campuses to produce high-level economic
and public policy research. The results of this research are disseminated
as free-standing research reports and through MassBenchmarks, the journal
of the Massachusetts economy published in cooperation with the Federal
Reserve Bank of Boston.
MassBenchmarks
State Data Center
Massachusetts
Family Voices
MA Family Voices Mass Family Voices at the Federation for Children with Special Needs is a parent-run, state chapter of Family Voices, a national grassroots network of families, friends and professional partners brought together by a common concern for children and youth with special health care needs.
Massachusetts
General Hospital - Disparities Solution Center
The Disparities Solutions Center (Center) is dedicated to the development
and implementation of strategies that advance policy and practice to eliminate
racial and ethnic disparities in health care. The Center serves as a national,
regional, and local resource for hospitals, physician practices, community
health centers, school-based health centers, medical schools, other health
professions schools, health plans and insurers, consumer organizations,
state and local governments, foundations, and other key health care stakeholders.
Massachusetts Health Data Consortium
The Massachusetts Health Data Consortium (Consortium) was founded in 1978
by the state's major public and private health care organizations. They
recognized the need for a neutral agency, an "honest broker,"
independent of special interests, to collect, analyze and disseminate
health care information. The Consortium's information products, services
and special projects support health policy development, technology planning
and implementation, and improved decision making in the allocation and
financing of health care.
Massachusetts Simplifying
Health Care Among Regional Entities
Massachusetts Alliance on
Teen Pregnancy
The Massachusetts Alliance on Teen Pregnancy provides statewide leadership
to prevent adolescent pregnancy and to promote quality services for pregnant
and parenting teens and their children through policy analysis, education,
research and advocacy.
Massachusetts City
and Town Information
Made available through Boston.com, this website provides easy to read
and understandable snapshots of cities and towns around Massachusetts.
Massachusetts Hospital Association
The Massachusetts Hospital Association (MHA) is a voluntary, not-for-profit
organization comprised of hospitals and health systems, related organizations,
and other members with a common interest in promoting the health of the
people of the Commonwealth. Through leadership in public advocacy, education,
and information, MHA represents and advocates for the collective interests
of its member hospitals and health systems, and supports their efforts
to provide high quality, cost effective, and accessible care.
Massachusetts
Medical Society
The physician members of the Massachusetts Medical Society share a
common goal- to make a difference in the lives of our patients and in
the practice of medicine. The Massachusetts Medical Society is a statewide
professional association of physicians and medical students. The Society’s
mission is to education and advocate on behalf of physicians and patients
throughout the Commonwealth, to advance medical knowledge, and promote
a better health care system.
NAMI of Massachusetts
NAMI of Massachusetts is a Massachusetts based grassroots organization
of individuals with brain disorders and their family members whose mission
is to eradicate brain disorders and improve the quality of life of persons
of all ages who are affected by them.