Community Grant Links
Community of Science (COS) Funding Opportunities - http://fundingopps.cos.com
The most comprehensive source of funding information available on the internet, with more than 23,000 records, representing over 400,000 funding opportunities, worth over $33 billion.
Asian Pacific Fund - http://www.asianpacificfund.org/grants/
The Asian Pacific Fund specializes in monitoring emerging and urgent needs in the Bay Area Asian community.
The Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives - http://www.hhs.gov/fbci/
The mission of the Center for Faith-Based and Communities Initiatives (CFBCI) is to create an environment within the Department (HHS) that welcomes the participation of faith-based and community-based organizations as valued and essential partners assisting Americans in need. The CFBCI's mission is part of HHS's focus on improving human services for our country's neediest citizens. This Center leads the Department's efforts to better utilize faith-based and community-based organizations in providing effective human services.
S.H. Cowell Foundation - http://www.shcowell.org/
The goal of the S.H. Cowell Foundation is to improve the quality of life of children living in poverty in Northern California by making grants that support and strengthen their families and the neighborhoods where they live.
Eveyln and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund - http://www.haasjr.org/
The Haas, Jr. Fund is dedicated to celebrating and building community and the creation of vibrant, safe neighborhoods that support the healthy development of young people and the well-being of their families.
Walter and Elise Haas Fund - http://www.haassr.org/
The mission of the Walter and Elise Haas Fund is to help build a healthy, just, and vibrant society in which people feel connected to and responsible for their community.
California Community Foundation - http://www.calfund.org/
The mission of the California Community Foundation is to build one community out of many by matching acts of caring to community needs.
California Wellness Foundation - http://www.tcwf.org/
The mission of The California Wellness Foundation is to improve the health of the people of California by making grants for health promotion, wellness education, and disease prevention.
The David and Lucille Packard Foundation - http://www.packard.org/
The Foundation provides grants to nonprofit organizations in the following program areas: Conservation and Science; Population; and Children, Families, and Communities. The Foundation provides national and international grants and also has a special focus on the Northern California Counties of San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, and Monterey.
Wells Fargo Foundation - http://www.wellsfargo.com/about/charitable/ca_guidelines.jhtml
Wells Fargo gives first priority to requests where the primary purpose of the grant is to benefit people and communities of low and moderate income. While Wells Fargo accepts requests for financial support from organizations which enhance a community's quaoity of life--including cultural, arts, civic projects, and other activities--these grants are not one of their funding priorities.
Nutrition Education Links
Cultural Diversity: Eating in America, Hmong - http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/5000/5254.html
This fact sheet on the Hmong culture is designed as an awareness tool for a novice working with a cultural group previously unknown to them. The goal of this fact sheet is to assist a novice eudcator in reducing any cultural barriers that may inhibit education.
Health and Health Care of Southeast Asian American Elders: Vietnamese, Cambodian, Hmong and Laotian Elders - http://www.stanford.edu/group/ethnoger/southeastasian.html
This web page details the cultural differences and issues surrounding geratric care for people of Vietnamese, Cambodian, Hmong, and Laotian backgrounds living in the United States. It is part of the Ethnogeriatric Curriculum at Stanford. Barbara W.K. Yee, PhD (Department of Health Promotion and Gerontology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston Texas Consortium of Geriatric Education Centers)
Hmong Studies Internet Resource Center - http://www.hmongstudies.org/
This website is a source of comprehensive information about studies of Hmong history, culture, and adaption in diasporic communities around the world. The site also includes detailed Hmong, Lao, Cambodian, and Vietnamese census data from the U.S. Census as well as bibliographies.
National Diabetes Education Programs (NDEP) Publications Catalog -
http://ndep.nih.gov/publications/index.aspx
NDEP has produced these copyright-free campaign tools to help promote diabetes prevention and control. NDEP encourages its partners to download these tools and reproduce and distribute them to local media and other community media channels.
Extender Training Links
Cambodian Health Network - http://www.khmerhealthadvocates.org/about.asp?p=0
This website is dedicated to Cambodian survivors of the Pol Pot regime and their families and is committed to a greater understanding of the physical and psychological illness that comes from war, torture and genocide.
Demographics of San Joaquin County, California - http://www.fedstats.gov/qf/states/06/06077.html
This page offers a selection of demographics for San Joaquin County in relation to the California state population, to federal statistics and by ethnicity.
Khmer Connection - http://khmer.cc/
This website provides valuable links and healthcare information regarding building relations between the Khmer community and the medical community.
New South Wales Multicultural Health Communication Service - http://www.mhcs.health.nsw.gov.au/
NSW Multicultural Health Communication Service (Multicultural Communication) provides information and services to assist health professionals in communicating with non-English speaking communities throughout New South Wales. Most topics listed have been translated into Cambodian/Khmer.
Southeast Asian Films and Documentaries - http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/GlobalGender/film.seas.html
Films and documentaries about women in Southeast Asia compiled by Julie Shackford-Bradley in December 1996.
General Links
Asian Pacific American (APA) Medical Student Association - http://www.apamsa.org/
Asian Pacific American is a national organization that represents over 15,000 Asian Pacific American (APA) medical students and aims to improve health care for APA patients.
Asian and Pacific Islander American Health Forum - http://www.apiahf.org/
The mission of APIAHF is to enable Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders to attain the highest possible level of health and well-being. It envisions a multicultural society where Asian American and Pacific Islander communities are included and represented in health, political, social and economic areas, and where there is social justice for all.
Berkeley Cambodian Student Association (BCSA) - http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~cambodia/
BCSA's mission is to provide one identifiable body on campus of people interested in Cambodia and Cambodian culture, to maintain and foster an understanding of Cambodian culture, and to provide both academic and social support for people interested in Cambodian culture.
Berkeley Southeast Asianists - http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~bsea/
A website for UC Berkeley graduate students with academic research interests in Southeast Asia.
The Black Church and Domestic Violence Institute - http://www.bcdvi.org
The Black Church and Domestic Violence Institute is a diverse group of people who are concerned about the issues of domestic violence in families and in all human relationships. The Church's mission is to improve the quality of life and recognize the linkages of violence to all social problems in the history of Black communities.
Faith-Based Organizations Minority Health Resources -
http://www.cdc.gov/omhd/Partnerships/resourcesFai.htm
The Office of Minority Health (OMH) works collaboratively with various faith-based organizations to improve the health status of America's racial and ethnic minorities.
Hmong American Partnership - http://www.hmong.org/
Hmong American Partnership provides culturally appropriate social services to Hmon families in Minnesota.
WWW Hmong Homepage - http://www.hmong.org/
The WWW Hmong Homepage, first made available on the Internet in March, 1994, is a volunteer effort bringing together a collection of the Internet-based resources related to Hmong news and current-events, issues, history, publications, and culture. This site is an official Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library Associate site.
The Interfaith Health Program (IHP) - http://www.ihpnet.org/
The Interfaith Health Program (IHP) builds and nurtures broad, rich, and deep networks for learning within and across health and faith systems--local, national, and global.
Know Your Library Workshops, University of California Berkeley Library - http://lib.berkeley.edu/Instruction/know_your_library.html
The Know Your Library Workshops, covering essentials about research using the library and the internet, are open to all members of the UC Berkeley campus community and the public. Advance registration is not required. For more information, call (510) 643-9959.
Knoxville Faith-Based Collaboration Consumer Health Resource Information Services (CHRIS) Project - http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/outreach/outreachchrisproject.html
The Consumer Health Resource Information Service (CHRIS) Project is a 15-month, faith-based pilot initiative designed by the Medical Education and Outreach group (MEO) of the Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU), Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The purpose of the project is to address minority health disparities through community level intervention and prevention measures in 6 predominantly African American churches in the inner city of Knoxville, TN.
National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities - http://nutrigenomics.ucdavis.edu/
Nutrigenomics.UCDavis.edu is a website dedicated to promoting the new science of nutritional genomics. It is a provider of news, information and commentary on current developments and breakthroughs in the fields of nutrition, genomics, and health. It offers information about how diet and genetics can influence the delicate balance between human health and disease.
Sheldon Margen Public Health Library - http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/PUBL/
The University of California Berkeley's Public Health Library. The Public Health Library collection includes material in all areas of public health, including nutrition in health and disease, health administration, epidemiology, toxicology, occupational health, maternal and child health, biostatistics, communicable diseases, community health and environmental health, and international health. They currently have about 99,000 volumes and 1,200 current serial titles.
Southeast Asian Student Coalition (SASC) - http://www.geocities.com/berkeleysasc/
The purpose of Southeast Asian Student Coalition (SASC) is to foster awareness of and policy attention to Southeast Asian issues. Their goal is to establish common grounds within Southeast Asian communities in order to create a solid, unified voice.
Undergraduate Research Apprentice Program (URAP) - http://research.berkeley.edu/urap/
The Undergraduate Research Apprentice Program (URAP) is designed to involve Berkeley undergraduates more deeply in the research life of the University. The Program provides opportunities for students to work with faculty on the cutting edge research projects for which Berkeley is world-renowned.
University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources - http://ucanr.org/
The Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources (ANR) is a statewide network of University of California researchers and educators dedicated to the creation, dedication, and application of knowledge in agricultural, natural, and human resources.
University of California Berkeley - http://berkeley.edu/
The University of California Berkeley homepage.
University of California Berkeley School of Public Health - http://sph.berkeley.edu/
The University of California Berkeley School of Public Health's vision is to improve human health through the development and application of knowledge that prevents disease, protects the public from harm, and promotes health throughout the state, the nation, and the world.
United Nation's Children's Fund (UNICEF) - http://www.unicef.org/
This website offers information regarding the United Nation's Children's Fund whose goal is to obtain health, education, equality, and protection for every child, and to advance humanity.
World Health Organization (WHO) - http://www.who.int/en/
The World Health Organization is the United Nations' specialized agency for health. WHO's objective, as set out in its Constitution, is the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of health which is defined as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.
