founding partners

• AARP Nevada
  AARP is a nonprofit, nonpartisan membership organization for people age 50 and older. We provide information and education; advocate on legislative, consumer, and legal issues; and assist members to serve their communities.
   
• Great Basin Primary Care Association (GBPCA)
  GBPCA On-line Legislative Site
  GBPCA is Nevada's federally designated primary care association funded by the Bureau of Primary Health Care. GBPCA supports Nevada's community health centers and tribal clinics by promoting access to affordable, comprehensive and quality healthcare for Nevada's underserved populations.
   
• Nevada Covering Kids and Families
  Nevada Covering Kids and Families, a program of Access to Healthcare Network links families with uninsured children to health care.  This program assists families with applications for Nevada Check Up and Medicaid and will refer families to low cost and no cost health care providers throughout Nevada. You can find out more information on their website.
   
• Nevada Health Care Reform Project
  Nevada Health Care Reform Project is a statewide advocacy organization with membership from community based organizations committed to improving access to health care for Nevadans.  For more information on this organization, write the Nevada Health Care Reform Project at:  1000 N. Green Valley Parkway Suite #300-175 Henderson, NV  89074
   
• Nevada Institute for Children's Research and Policy, UNLV
  The Nevada Institute for Children's Research and Policy (NICRP) is a not-for-profit, non-partisan research center within the School of Community Health Sciences at UNLV that is dedicated to improving the lives of children through research, advocacy and other specialized services. NICRP's mission is to conduct academic and community-based research that will guide the development of policies, programs and services which will enhance the health and well-being of Nevada's children.
   
• Nevada State Medical Association
   
• Planned Parenthood Mar Monte
   
• Religious Alliance in Nevada (RAIN)
  RAIN is a Public-Interest Advocate for Social Justice Issues before the Legislature in the State of Nevada on behalf of over half a million Nevadans who are the congregants of the Nevada Roman Catholic Conference, the United Methodist Church, the Presbyterian Church (USA), the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, and the Episcopal Church, U.S.A.
   
• Southern Nevada Area Health Education Center
   
• Washoe Legal Services
  Washoe Legal Services (WLS) is a non-profit law firm, founded in 1965, which  provides free quality legal services and representation to qualified residents of Washoe County to enable them to receive justice in civil legal matters involving human needs and self-sufficiency. WLS also recruits attorneys to provide pro bono services to address unmet legal needs in the community.

collaborating partners

• Access to Health Care Network
   
• American Heart Association, Las Vegas Chapter
   
• Community Partners for Better Health
   
• Culinary Workers Union
   
• League of Women Voters
  The Nevada Women's Lobby is a statewide, non-partisan coalition of organizations, women and men presenting a strong voice on issues affecting women and families.
   
• National Association of Social Workers, Nevada Chapter
   
• National Organization for Women
   
• Nevada Health Care Association
   
• Nevada Health Centers (NVHC)
  NVHC is a Federally Qualified Community Health Centers that provides primary care and dental services throughout Nevada.  Nevada Health Centers is a private non-profit community health center.  In 2007, NVHC served 50,958 patients who accounted for 127,881 patient visits.  NVHC accepts most insurance, Medicaid and Medicare, Women's Health Connection, Nevada Check Up  and offers a sliding fee scale for the uninsured.
   
• Nevada Nurses Association
   
• Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada
  The Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada, founded in 1994, is a statewide coalition of groups working for economic, social and environmental justice. PLAN is working in collaboration with local, state and federal allies to provide health care for all. Our member groups include anti-poverty activists, people of color, children’s advocates, disabled persons, environmentalists, lesbians and gay men, and labor unions. PLAN works with diverse constituencies—many of whom do not traditionally work together—and builds bridges so that collectively we can build the power to impact policy decisions on a wide range of issues.

• Senator Reid's Office
   
• The Continium
   
• United Way of Southern Nevada