Advocacy

• Advocacy for Patients
• Disability Related Advocacy Links
• Find Law
• Massachusetts Association for Mental Health (Provides advocacy services for Massachusetts residents) 
• Organization of Social Security Claiments' Representatives
• Patient Advocate Foundation

Caregivers

• Caregiver
• Family Caregiver
• Lotsa Helping Hands
• One Place for Special Needs

Clinical Trials

• Clinical Trials Feeds
• Clinical Trials (National Institutes of Health)
• Research Match
• Search Clinical Trials
• World Health Organization

Employment

• Job Training & Employment

Financial & Insurance Help

• Advocacy for Patients with Chronic Illness
• Chronic Disease Fund
• Community Assistance Program Prescription Drug Discount Card
• Department of Veterans Affairs (Financial assistance for Veterans)
• Entocort Ec Coupon
• FAIR Health, Inc.
• Families USA
• Find a Health Center (Free/ Low Cost Health Care)
• First Hand Foundation
• Give Forward
• HealthCare.gov
• HealthReform.GOV
• Healthinsuranceinfo.net - Georgetown University Health Policy Institute
• Hill-Burton Free and Reduced-Cost Health Care

Free Air Travel Service

Air Charity Network

Angel Flight Northeast
492 Sutton Street
North Andover, MA 01845
(978)-794-6868
(800)-549-9980
E-mail: angelflight@angelflightne.org

Operation Liftoff
12207 Natural Bridge Rd Ste C
Bridgeton,  MO  63044
(314)-298-9770
E-mail: angelflight@angelflightne.org

Miracle Flights for Kids
2764 N. Green Valley Pkwy, #115
Green Valley, NV 89014-2120
(800)-FLY-1711
(702)-261-0494
E-mail: flightcoordinator@miracleflights.org

Miles for Kids in Need
Frequent Traveler Special Programs
P.O. Box 619616
DFW Airport, TX 75261-9616
(817)-963-8118
E-mail: Miles.Kids@aa.com

National Patient Travel Center
4620 Haygood Rd, Ste. 1
Virginia Beach, VA 23455
(800)-296-1217
E-mail: info@nationalpatienttravelcenter.org

Hope Air
Suite 207, 124 Merton Street
Toronto, Ontario M4S 2Z2
(877)-346-4673
(416)-222-6335
E-mail: mail@hopeair.org

• Health Insurance Resources
• HealthWell Foundation
• Medicare.gov
• National Foundation of Dentistry for the Handicapped
• National Home Infusion Association (i.e. remicade infusions)
• Partnership for Prescription Assistance
• Patient Access Network
• Patient Advocate Foundation
• Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan
• Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan (Benefits Summary)
• Modest Needs Foundation
• Needy Meds
• Needy Meds Drug Discount Card
• RxAssist
• Shire Cares Patient Assistance Program Application
• Social Security Administration
• State Pharmaceutical Assistance Programs
• Together RX Access
• U.S. Department of Health & Human Services - Healthcare Reform Information

Health & Medical Information

• Colorectal Cancer awareness
• Daily Rx News Network
• eMedicineHealth
• Find a Health Center
• HealthFinder
• Health World Online
• Intelihealth
• Medexplorer
• MedicineNet
• Medscape
• National Digestive Disease Information Clearinghouse

Healthcare Organizations

• American Academy of Clinical Psychology (locate a psychologist)
• American Association of Naturopathic Physicians
• American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) 
• American Chronic Pain Association (ACPA) 
• American College of Gastroenterology 
• American College of Surgeons (ACS)
• American Medical Association (AMA)
• American Psychological Association
• American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons
• Celiac Disease Foundation
• Celiac Sprue Association/USA, Inc.
• Digestive Diseases Research Centers
• (FDA)  
• Gluten Intolerance Group
• International Foundation for Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders (IFFGD)
• Joint Commission for Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO)
• National Association for Continence
• North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (NASPGHAN)
• National Digestive Disease Information Clearinghouse 
• National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases 
• National Library of Medicine 
• National Organization For Rare Disorders
• National Society of Complementary & Alternative Medicine
• Office of Health Affairs
• Office of Rare Diseases 
• The Oley Foundation, Inc. 
• ODPHP National Health Information Center 
• The Society for Surgery of The Alimentary Tract 
• Short Bowel Support
• Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons (SLS) 
• Society of Gastroenterology Nurses and Associates, Inc. 
• WeCARE

Housing

• Community Action Partnership
• National Association of Hospitals Hospitality House
• National Council of State Housing Agencies
• Ronald McDonald House Charities
• Society of St. Vincent de Paul
• Supplemental Security Income
• The Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program
• US Department of Housing and Urban Development

Homecare & Respite Services

• HomeHealthCareAgencies.com
• National Association for Home Care & Hospice
• National Family Caregivers Association
• National Respite Network

Kids & Teens

• American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
• American Academy of Pediatrics
• American Council on Education
• Children's Digestive Health & Nutrition Foundation
• Girls' Health
• Nemours Foundation
• National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute   
• North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (NASPGHAN)
• Starlight Foundation
• The Foundation for Nutrition and IBD in Children

Medical Publications & Journals

• National Library of Medicine's MEDLINEplus
• PubMed
• GUT Journal
• Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Journal
• Journal of the American Medical Association
• Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition
• New England Journal of Medicine
• The Lancet
• Science News

Nutrition

• The American Association of Nutritional Consultants (AANC)
• American Dietetic Association
• Colitis Cookbook
• Copingwell.com (Enteral Nutrition)
• Dietician Directory
• American Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition
• Nutrition link from US Government
• Nutrition Data

Ostomy Support

• Friends of Ostomates
• J-Pouch Group
• Ostogroup
• Ostomy Home Care booklet
• Ostomy Home Skills Program DVD
• Ostomy Wound Management
• Quality Life Association
• United Ostomy Assocations of America

Pain Management

• American Academy of Pain Medicine
• American Pain Foundation
• American Pain Society
• National Pain Foundation

Scholarships

• Crohn's Scholarship Program
• Finding the Funds for College
• Great Comebacks Awards Program
• PAF's Scholarships for Survivors

Support en Español (Spanish)

• Colegio Mexicano De Especialistas En Coloproctologia, A.C
• Información en español, incluye Crohns, síndrome del intestino irritable, enfermedad celíaca
• Crohn's
• IBD informacion
• El siguiente paso después de ser diagnosticado
• ¿Qué es una enfermedad crónica?
• Información sobre la colitis ulcerativa, abscesos y fístulas anales, hemorroides, cáncer de colon y recto e incontinencia anal
• Jovenes: Vivir con una enfermedad crónica
• Jovenes

Support, Coping, & Networking

• Crohnology 
• IBD Support Foundation
• IBD U *Graduating to Independence*
• Intestine City
• MyMedSchedule.com (Create free, easy-to-read medication schedules.)
• My Daily PACE (ulcerative colitis trackers)
• Starbright World
• Suicide Prevention

For further information, call CCFA at our Information Resource Center: 888.MY.GUT.PAIN (888.694.8872).

The Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America provides information for educational purposes only. We encourage you to review this educational material with your health care professional. The Foundation does not provide medical or other health care opinions or services. The inclusion of another organization’s resources or referral to another organization does not represent an endorsement of a particular individual, group, company or product.