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The Planning Council The Planning Council's mission is to plan, develop and manage human services to improve the quality of life in the communities we serve. The Planning Council is a member of the National Association of Planning Councils and the United Way of South Hampton Roads. Every year we touch thousands of lives: preventing homelessness; licensing and training child care providers; offering crisis intervention and connections to resources; helping parents balance work and family; and working with communities to solve human service problems.

Hampton Roads Health Journal is a monthly publication that pledges to educate and engage the community with the latest health and medical news, and to promote a healthy lifestyle by offering valuable information to its readers. WHJ provides family-friendly health advice and how-to.

The Virginia Center for Community Health is an independent, nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the health of Virginians. They conduct research on community health and provide technical assistance for local community health projects. There are many valuable links to information on this site.

Through Virginia Atlas of Community Health data can be searched by zip code, county, region or statewide. Links to other health data resources are available on the menu page. This can also be accessed through the Virginia Center for Community Health website.

FAMIS is Virginia's program that helps families provide health insurance to their children. Health insurance is important to make sure that kids are able to get all the help they need to grow up healthy. FAMIS stands for Family Access to Medical Insurance Security.

The Mission of the Virginia Department of Health and the Board of Health is to achieve and maintain optimum personal and community health by emphasizing health promotion, disease prevention, emergency preparedness, and environmental protection.

Board Source is a non-profit devoted to increasing the effectiveness of nonprofit organizations by strengthening their boards of directors. They offer publications, training and consultation for nonprofit boards in the areas of board development, fundraising and leaderships.

Guidestar offers information on approximately 1.7 million nonprofits and foundations and brings transparency to philanthropy. Some information can be accessed for free but more detailed information is fee based.

Welcome to TechSoup, the technology place for nonprofits serving communities everywhere. We offer free, easy-to-understand articles, access to donated and discounted products, fundraising tips, downloadable worksheets and tools, and an active online community. Check out the resources and tools available to help you serve YOUR communities better.

The Grantsmanship Center was founded in 1972 by Norton J. Kiritz to offer grantsmanship training to nonprofit and government agencies. Today The Grantsmanship CenterSM conducts some 150 workshops annually in grantsmanship training, as well as earned income strategies for nonprofits. There are also numerous resources for grantseekers available at no cost on tgci.com. These include daily grant announcements from the Federal Register, archives of The Grantsmanship Center Magazine, indexes of funding sources at the local, federal and international levels, and more.

CDC CDC's mission is to collaborate to create the expertise, information, and tools that people and communities need to protect their health – through health promotion, prevention of disease, injury and disability, and preparedness for new health threats.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH), a part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is the primary Federal agency for conducting and supporting medical research. Helping to lead the way toward important medical discoveries that improve people’s health and save lives, NIH scientists investigate ways to prevent disease as well as the causes, treatments, and even cures for common and rare diseases.

The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is the primary Federal agency for improving access to health care services for people who are uninsured, isolated or medically vulnerable. Comprising six bureaus and 13 offices, HRSA provides leadership and financial support to health care providers in every state and U.S. territory.

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is the United States government's principal agency for protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services, especially for those who are least able to help themselves. The work of HHS is conducted by the Office of the Secretary and 11 agencies. The agencies perform a wide variety of tasks and services, including research, public health, food and drug safety, grants and other funding, health insurance, and many others.