| INLAND EMPIRE |
| Riverside County Department of Public Health |
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| San Bernardino County Department of Public Health |
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| The Inland Empire's premier economist, John Husing, runs Economics and Politics, Inc., and features Quarterly Economic Reports and examples of city data. |
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| The Institute of Applied Research and Policy Analysis at California State University, San Bernardino, is a full-service consulting and applied research organization. Their annual Inland Empire Annual Survey is available. |
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| South Coast Air Quality Management District is an excellent resources on air quality--data, trends, daily forecast, even hourly readings, plus info on health effects of air pollution. See especially their Health and Education pages |
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| Inland Empire United Way in Rancho Cucamonga, CA, brings together most of the previously individual United Ways in San Bernardino County and, most importantly, is the provider of San Bernardino County's new 2-1-1 system, part of the state an nationwide 2-1-1 system for non-emergency health and human services information and referral. |
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| CALIFORNIA |
| The UCLA Center for Health Policy Research is one of the nation's leading health policy research centers and the premier source of health policy information for California. It is also the home of the Health DATA Project (Data, Advocacy, and Technical Assistance), which provides training and technical assistance to improve access to and use of health research data. |
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| The Statewide Database (SWDB) is the redistricting database for the state of California, hence they have a variety of demographic and election-related data. |
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| The Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) is a private, nonprofit organization dedicated to improving public policy in California through independent, objective, nonpartisan research. PPIC's research focuses on three program areas: population, economy, and governance and public finance. |
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| The California HealthCare Foundation provides extensive information on the Medi-Cal, Healthy Families, and many other health and healthcare topics. Click on Medi-Cal, then on "County Data" to get data specific to various counties. |
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| California State Department of Education's DataQuest is a marvelously complete collection on data on schools and districts throughout the state. Great source of proxy data on poverty, ethnicity at the local level. |
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| The Demographic Research Unit of the California Department of Finance is designated as the single official source of demographic data for State planning and budgeting. Offers an array of valuable demographic data. |
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| Research and Development Division of the California Dept. of Social Services offers a selection of information reflecting the wide range of statistical data developed and distributed by CDSS. Includes data on CalWorks, Disability and Adult Programs, Food Stamps, Foster Care, Fraud, and Public Assistance Facts and Figures. |
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| NATIONAL |
| Census 2000 results for all states are available now on American FactFinder. Data includes total population, age, race, and Hispanic/Latino counts states, counties, places, census tracts, and smaller areas. |
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| Healthy People is a national health promotion and disease prevention initiative to improve the health of all Americans, eliminate disparities in health, and improve years and quality of healthy life. |
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| KIDS COUNT is a national and state-by-state effort to track the status of children in the United States, and provide policymakers and citizens with benchmarks of child well-being. It is a part of the Annie E. Casey Foundation (the Case's were the founders of United Parcel Service, UPS) |
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| The Healthfinder® website brings together carefully reviewed information from over 1,800 government, non-profit, and educational organizations. |
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| NCHS is the Federal Government's principal vital and health statistics agency. NCHS data systems include data on vital events as well as information on health status, lifestyle and exposure to unhealthy influences, the onset and diagnosis of illness and disability, and the use of health care. |
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| Children Now uses the Internet to disseminate information and stimulate action on behalf of children. On this site one can access Children Now publications, poll results, policy papers, press materials, action updates on federal and state legislation, and links to other Web sites devoted to children's issues. |
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| CDC WONDER provides a single point of access to a variety of Centers for Disease Control reports, guidelines, and even numeric public health data. |
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| A list of publications from the Surgeon General's Office, such as: The Health Consequences of Smoking: A Report of the Surgeon General (2004); Mental Health: Culture, Race, and Ethnicity, A Supplement to Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon General (2001) |
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| Child Trends is a nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization dedicated to studying children, youth, and families through research, data collection, and data analyses. Publishes newsletter called "The Child Indicator" |
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| The Agency for Health Care Research and Quality fosters health care research that helps the American health care system provide access to high-quality, cost-effective services. |
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