The CDC mission is to promote health and quality of life by preventing and controlling disease, injury, and disability. It is one of the 13 major operating components of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), which is the principal agency in the U.S. government for protecting the health and safety of all Americans and for providing essential human services.  Working with partners from the public and private sector to improve and expand the scope and depth of public health services, the CDC is globally recognized for improving people’s daily lives and responding to health emergencies.

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The CNCS mission is to improve lives, strengthen communities, and foster civic engagement through service and volunteering.  It was created to connect Americans of all ages and backgrounds with opportunities to give back to their communities and their nation, playing a vital role in supporting the American culture of citizenship, service, and responsibility. CNCS shares the challenges and opportunities of meeting the needs of community organizations by collaborating with nonprofit organizations, corporations, and foundations.

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Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. (Roche), based in Nutley, N.J., is the U.S. prescription drug unit of the Roche Group, one of the world’s leading research-oriented healthcare groups with core businesses in pharmaceuticals and diagnostics. The company provides innovative products and services that address prevention, diagnosis and treatment of diseases, thus enhancing people's health and quality of life.

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The NED is a private, nonprofit organization created in 1983 to strengthen democratic institutions around the world through nongovernmental efforts. The Endowment is guided by the belief that freedom is a universal human aspiration that can be realized through the development of democratic institutions, procedures, and values. By supporting this process, the Endowment helps strengthen the bond between indigenous democratic movements abroad and the people of the United States -- a bond based on a common commitment to representative government and freedom as a way of life.

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The National Library of Medicine (NLM), on the campus of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, is the world's largest medical library. The Library collects and provides access to materials in all areas of biomedicine and health care, as well as materials on biomedical aspects of technology, the humanities, and the physical, life, and social sciences. The collections stand at more than 8 million items, including books, journals, technical reports, manuscripts, microfilms, photographs and images. 

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RBC Liberty Insurance is sponsoring a Healthy Communities Initiative that will improve health-related community services and enhance quality of life, particularly among rural and disadvantaged populations.   The United Negro College Fund (UNCF), Voorhees College, and UNCFSP are collaborating to implement the the Healthy Communities Initiative.  UNCF will provide scholarships for study in health-related fields at HBCUs.  Voorhees College will establish a Center for Excellence in Rural and Minority Health to provide health education programs, clinical services, and health research.  UNCFSP will manage the “Community Impact Program,” which will support community service and service learning programs addressing health disparities in racial and ethnic communities by building up the current Learn & Serve Program. 

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The IFSA Foundation was founded to assist the continuing advancement of international education through direct and indirect support of study abroad by undergraduate students from U.S. colleges and universities. The Foundation seeks to provide financial assistance to U.S. colleges and universities, governmental organizations, and other non- profit 501 (c) (3) organizations with the goal of furthering the international study abroad of undergraduate students.Learn More:

Learn more: http://www.theifsafoundation.org 

U.S. foreign assistance has always had the twofold purpose of furthering America's foreign policy interests in expanding democracy and free markets while improving the lives of the citizens of the developing world.  To achieve these goals, USAID headquarters in Washington, DC and USAID field offices around the world work in close partnership with private voluntary organizations, indigenous organizations, universities, American businesses, international agencies, other governments, and other U.S. government agencies.  Through USAID, America extends a helping hand to those people overseas struggling to make a better life, recover from a disaster, or striving to live in a free and democratic country.                                   

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1. Establishing policies on federal financial aid for education, and distributing as well as monitoring those funds.
2. Collecting data on America's schools and disseminating research
3. Focusing national attention on key educational issues
4. Prohibiting discrimination and ensuring equal access to education.

The DOE’s overarching mission is to advance the national, economic, and energy security of the United States; to promote scientific and technological innovation in support of that mission; and to ensure the environmental cleanup of the national nuclear weapons complex.  It promotes a diverse supply and delivery of reliable, affordable, and environmentally sound energy; world-class scientific research capacity and advancing scientific knowledge; a responsible resolution to the environmental legacy of the Cold War; 4) and the permanent disposal of the nation’s radioactive waste. ..

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Consisting of the Army, Navy Air Force, Marine Corp., Coast Guard, and Reserves, the DoD provide the military forces needed to deter war and to protect the security of the United States. DoD is headquartered at The Pentagon and is headed by the Secretary of Defense, who is currently Donald Rumsfeld. With bases and stations around the world, the DoD is in charge of ensuring national security and regulating military moves.

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To enforce the law and defend the interest of the United States according to the law; to ensure public safety against threats foreign and domestic; to provide federal leadership in preventing and controlling crime; to seek just punishment for those guilty of unlawful behavior; and to ensure fair and impartial administration of justice for all Americans.

Learn More: http://www.doj.gov