Health and Aging Resources for Minorities and Diverse Populations
The following is a sample of federal government resources, national organizations and academic institutions whose activities include minority aging issues.
Administration on Aging Resources
Eldercare Locator
(800) 677-1116 www.eldercare.gov
Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health
The Tower Building
1101 Wootton Parkway, Suite 600
Rockville, MD 20852
(800) 444-6472 www.omhrc.gov
Office for Civil Rights
200 Independence Avenue, S.W.
Room 509F, HHH Building
Washington, D.C. 20201
(800) 368-1019 www.hhs.gov/ocr/hipaa/
Language Assistance for Persons with Limited English-Speaking Ability www.hhs.gov/ocr/lep/
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Office of Communications and Knowledge Transfer
540 Gaither Road, Suite 2000
Rockville, MD 20850
(301) 427-1364 www.ahrq.gov
Health Resources and Services Administration
5600 Fishers Lane
Rockville, MD 20857 www.hrsa.gov
National Institute on Aging
Building 31, Room 5C27
31 Center Drive, MSC 2292
Bethesda, MD 20892
301-496-1752
(800) 222-2225 www.nia.nih.gov
National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities
6707 Democracy Boulevard, Suite 800
Bethesda, MD 20892-5465
301-402-1366 http://ncmhd.nih.gov
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
1801 L Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20507
(202) 663-4900
(800) 669-4000 www.eeoc.gov
American Society on Aging Diversity Programs
833 Market Street
Suite 511
San Francisco, CA 94103
(415) 974-9600
(800) 537-9728 www.asaging.org/diversity
The Gerontological Society of America
Task Force on Minority Issues in Gerontology
1220 L Street, NW, Suite 901
Washington, DC 20005-1503
(202) 842-1275 http://www.geron.org/TFONMINORITY.htm
National Caucus and Center for the Black Aged
1220 L Street NW, Suite 800
Washington, D.C. 20005
202-637-8400 www.ncba-aged.org
The National Association for Hispanic Elderly
Asociación Nacional Pro Personas Mayores
234 East Colorado Boulevard, Suite 300
Pasadena CA 91101
(626) 564-1988 www.anppm.org
National Hispanic Council on Aging
734 15th Street, NW, Suite 1050
Washington, DC 20005
(202) 347-9733 www.nhcoa.org
Alu Like, Inc.
Hale O Nā Limahana
458 Keawe Street
Honolulu, HI 96813
(808) 535-6700 www.alulike.org
National Asian Pacific Center on Aging
1511 Third Avenue, Suite 914
Seattle, WA 98101
(206) 624-1221 ; or (800) 33-NAPCA ; or (800) 336-2722
Chinese: 1-800-582-4218
Korean: 1-800-582-4259
Vietnamese: 1-800-582-4336 www.napca.org
National Indian Council on Aging
10501 Montgomery Blvd. NE, Suite 210
Albuquerque, NM 87111
(505) 292-2001 www.nicoa.org
National Resource Center on Native American Aging
Center for Rural Health
501 North Columbia Road, Room 4909
Grand Forks, ND 58203
(800) 896-7628
(701) 777-6780 http://ruralhealth.und.edu/projects/nrcnaa/
Indian Health Service
The Reyes Building
801 Thompson Avenue, Suite 400
Rockville, MD 20852-1627
(301) 443-1083 www.ihs.gov
Native Elder Health Care Resource Center
American Indian and Alaska Native Programs
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Department of Psychiatry
Nighthorse Campbell Native Health Building
P.O. Box 6508, Mail Stop F800
Aurora, CO 80045-0508
(303) 724-1414
http://aianp.uchsc.edu/nehcrc/nehcrc_index.htm
Academic Resource Centers for Minority Aging Research
Center for Aging in Diverse Communities
University of California, San Francisco
http://medicine.ucsf.edu/cadc/
UNC Institute on Aging: Center for Aging and Diversity
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill www.aging.unc.edu/cad
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