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We energize, mobilize and support Black Women to transform their health and their lives through education, advocacy, support, and powerful partnerships. We exist to eliminate health disparities and other barriers that impact Black Women and Girls. We empower Black women and girls to live healthy, well, and thriving lives.

To assist our community by improving access to health and wellness, resources, and education. MCHF's goal is to build healthier communities through research and education. We will do this by assisting providers to improve the quality of care through evidenced-based process outcomes and add value to the community by providing for the individual. We seek to improve health outcomes, engagement and participation of care givers and the individual. We aim to provide tools, support and resources to empower patients to take a leadership role in their health by assisting in establishing care teams that demonstrate proactive rather than reactive patient care and improve workflow. We strive to build a cohesive system of a variety of services through programming to aid in navigating all the possibilities of an individual's health.

Friends of Patients at the NIH, formerly Friends of the Clinical Center, provides financial, logistical and social support to patients while they are receiving groundbreaking and life-saving treatments at the NIH Clinical Research Center. We cover unmet needs so that patients can focus on recovery, healing and fulfilling their crucial role partnering with NIH researchers in advancing knowledge, discoveries and breakthroughs.

In 1973 as a result of the need for profound changes in mental health services the Alliance was incorporated in Los Angeles as the Coalition of Spanish Speaking Mental Health Organizations (COSSMHO). Since then the organization has grown and expanded to reflect the changing needs of the people and communities served. Today, the National Alliance for Hispanic Health is the premier science-based and community-driven organization that focuses on the best health for all. Community-based members provide services to more than 15 million Hispanics throughout the U.S. every year and national organization members provide services to more than 100 million people annually.

St. Joseph Institute for the Deaf is committed to listening and spoken language education, spiritual and emotional growth, and personal development of children and young adults who are deaf or hard of hearing, without discrimination, reflecting the values and traditions of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet.

Helen Keller Services for the Blind enables individuals who are blind, visually-impaired, deaf-blind and/or have combined hearing-vision loss to live, work and thrive in their community of choice.

OASIS provides support group services to adults coping with severe vision loss. OASIS provides information and referral services and community education seminars to disseminate information about vision loss and coping techniques.

Therapeutic Living Centers for the Blind is dedicated to caring for the lifetime needs of people challenged by developmental disabilities and blindness.  TLC believes in the value of each individual and promotes the philosophy that each participant can be assisted to achieve his or her full potential.

The mission of Alzheimer's Services of the Capital Area is to teach, care for, and connect with those in our community affected by Alzheimer's disease and other memory-related impairments.