Community Resources

AAP Chapter Offices: (www.aap.org/member/chapters/chapters.htm)
This site provides a complete listing of AAP Chapters and a direct link to the chapter web sites.

New Community Tools for Improving Child Health: A Pediatrician's Guide to Local Associations (http://www.aap.org/commpeds/resources/Ped_Guide_to_Local_Assoc.pdf)
This document, created by the Asset-Based Community Development Institute and the CATCH Program, was created to provide pediatricians with information on how to identify and engage community resources to address needs in the community.

Coalition of Community Foundations for Youth: (www.ccfy.org/)
The Coalition of Community Foundations for Youth (CCFY) is a network of over 200 community foundations in communities across the United States dedicated to securing improved conditions for children, youth and families.

Community-Campus Partnerships for Health: (www.futurehealth.ucsf.edu/ccph.html)
The Center for Health Professions at the University of California, San Francisco, has developed the Community-Campus Partnerships for Health (CCPH) Program. It is a nonprofit organization that promotes health through partnerships between communities and higher educational institutions. The site features strategies for working in partnerships with communities, service learning projects in the education of health professionals, and resources for working with communities.

State Health Departments: (www.astho.org/index.php?template=regional_links.php)
The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) provides a complete list of states and territories and direct links to their state health departments.