HRSA

Health Resources and Services Administration -- HRSA provides access to essential health care services for people who are low-income, uninsured or who live in rural areas or urban neighborhoods where health care is scare. HRSA-funded health centers will provide medical care to nearly 16 million patients at more than 4,000 sites nationwide in FY 2007. The agency helps prepare the nation's health care system and providers to respond to bioterrorism and other public health emergencies, maintains the National Health Service Corps and helps build the health care workforce through training and education programs. HRSA administers a variety of programs to improve the health of mothers and children and serves people living with HIV/AIDS through the Ryan White CARE Act programs. HRSA also oversees the nation's organ transplantation system. Established: 1982 Headquarters: Rockville, Md. Web site:

http://www.hrsa.gov/

  • Employees -- 1,487
  • Administrator -- Elizabeth M. Duke, Ph.D.
  • FY 2007 Budget -- $6.4 billion
 
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