Note:  Inclusion of a particular advocacy group or organization on this list does not represent agreement with their policies or policy positions.

Federal-State Politics and Advocacy Groups

• Democratic Party  http://www.democrats.org/index.html
• Families USA  http://www.familiesusa.org/
• Open Secrets (Tracks lobbying expenses) http://www.opensecrets.org/index.asp

Republican Party  http://www.rnc.org/

• Congressional Budget Office http://www.cbo.gov
• Congressional Research Service   http://www.loc.gov/crsinfo/  or   http://www.gpo.ucop.edu/crs/
• General Accounting Office  http://www.gao.gov/
• House  http://www.house.gov/
• National Conference of State Legislators  http://www.ncsl.org/login.htm?returnpage=http://www.ncsl.org/
• National Governors Association  http://www.nga.org/
• Office of Management and Budget  http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/
• Senate  http://www.senate.gov/

• Commonwealth Fund http://www.cmwf.org/
• Kaiser Family Foundation  http://www.kff.org/
• Kellogg Foundation http://www.wkkf.org/
• Reynolds Foundation  http://www.dwreynolds.org/
• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation  http://www.rwjf.org/index.jsp
• Russell Sage Foundation  http://www.russellsage.org/
• William T. Grant Foundation  http://fdncenter.org/grantmaker/wtgrant/

• Agency for Health Care Research and Quality http://www.ahrq.gov/
• American Medical Association  http://www.ama-assn.org/
• Health Care Financing Administration  http://www.hcfa.gov/
• National Center on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/
• National Health Law Program  http://www.healthlaw.org/
• National Institute of Child Health and Human Development http://www.nichd.nih.gov/
• National Institute of Mental Health   http://www.nimh.nih.gov/
• National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities http://ncmhd.nih.gov/
• Office of the Surgeon General   http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/sgoffice.htm

• Center for Immigration Studies  http://www.cis.org/
• The Federation for American Immigration Reform  http://www.fairus.org/index.html
• Harvard Immigration Project  http://www.gse.harvard.edu/~hip/
• Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS)  http://www.ins.gov/graphics/index.htm
• Princeton University, Center for Migration and Development http://cmd.princeton.edu/Programs.htm
• Mexican Migration Project  http://www.pop.upenn.edu/mexmig/trial-b.html
• The National Immigration Forum  http://www.immigrationforum.org/index.htm

• Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute  http://www.chci.org/
• National Alliance for Hispanic Health  http://www.hispanichealth.org/
• National Council of La Raza http://www.nclr.org/
• United States Hispanic Champer of Commerce  http://www.ushcc.com/
• Library of Congress, Hispanic Division http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/

• El Centro Latino  http://www.elcentrolatino.org/
• El Pueblo, Inc  http://www.elpueblo.org/
• Hispanic Chamber of Commernce of North Carolina http://www.hccnc.org/
• North Carolina Society of Hispanic Professionals http://www.thencshp.org/

• Democratic Party  http://www.ncdp.org/
• Health Access Coalition  http://www.ncjustice.org/health/
• Republican Party  http://www.ncgop.org/

• Division of Medical Assistance  http://www.dhhs.state.nc.us/dma/
• Office of State Planning http://www.ospl.state.nc.us/demog/
• State Center fo Health Statistics  http://www.schs.state.nc.us/SCHS/
• State Data Center  http://sdc.state.nc.us/

• Kennedy School of Government  http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/
• Pomona College, Public Policy Analysis  http://www.pomona.edu/academics/departments/socialsciences/PPA.html
• U.C. Berkely Public Policy School  http://socrates.berkeley.edu/~gspp/
• Woodrow Wilson School of Government  http://www.wws.princeton.edu/

• ADDHealth  http://www.cpc.unc.edu/projects/addhealth/
• Behavioral Risk Factor Survey  http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/brfss/
• Census 2000  http://www.census.gov/dmd/www/2khome.htm
• CPS  http://www.bls.census.gov/cps/cpsmain.htm
• HRS  http://www.umich.edu/~hrswww/
• MEPS  http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/
• SIPP  http://www.sipp.census.gov/sipp/

Professional Associations

• Academy for Health Services Research and Health Policy http://www.ahsr.org/
• American Economic Association  http://www.vanderbilt.edu/AEA/
• American Public Health Association  http://www.apha.org/
• Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management http://qsilver.queensu.ca/~appamwww/
• Population Association of America  http://www.popassoc.org/

Think Tanks and Research Organizations

• Center on Budget and Policy Priorities  http://www.cbpp.org/
• Family Health International  http://www.fhi.org/
• Mathematica  http://www.mathematica-mpr.com/
• Rand Corporation  http://www.rand.org/
• Research Triangle Institute  http://www.rti.org/
• Urban Institute  http://www.urban.org/

• Carolina Population Center  http://www.cpc.unc.edu/
• Cecil Sheps Center for Health Services Research http://www.shepscenter.unc.edu/
• Department of Economics  http://www.unc.edu/depts/econ/
• Department of Social Medicine  http://www.med.unc.edu/wrkunits/2depts/soclmed/
• Institute on Aging  http://www.aging.unc.edu/
• Institute for Research in Social Science  http://www.irss.unc.edu/

• Administration for Children and Families http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/
• Welfare Information Network http://welfareinfo.org/
• Welfare Law Center  http://www.welfarelaw.org/

• Institute for Women's Policy Research  http://www.iwpr.org/
• National Organization of Women  http://63.111.42.146/home/
• Jacob's Institue of Women's Health (fellowship opportunities) http://www.jiwh.org/
• Women's Research and Educational Institute (fellowship opportunities) http://www.wrei.org/
• American Association of University Women  http://www.aauw.org/home.html

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