In 11 states, community organizations are actively conducting outreach to low-income and uninsured populations to provide information and education from the Generics are Powerful Medicine project. Those states and organizations are identified and described below.

California

Saban Free Clinic

The Saban Free Clinic provides high quality health care and human services to underserved and vulnerable populations at no cost.  It will promote generic drugs through its dispensaries, clinics, and education and outreach department.  For more information, see www.thesabanfreeclinic.org.

Illinois

Gilead Outreach and Referral Center

The Gilead Outreach & Referral Center connects uninsured individuals and families throughout Chicago with affordable healthcare programs for which they are eligible.  For more information see www.gileadcenter.org.

Indiana

United Senior Action Foundation

United Senior Action Foundation is an organization of 17,000 seniors and over 100 senior clubs.  Its aim is educate seniors and other consumers about the effectiveness and value of generic medicines and to involve them in public policy campaigns to win affordable prescription drugs for all Americans. For more information, see www.usaindiana.org.

Maine

MaineHealth

MaineHealth helps low-income, uninsured adults obtain prescription drugs and other health care information and services through its CarePartners program.  For more information, see www.mainehealth.org.

New Hampshire

New Hampshire Healthy Kids

New Hampshire Healthy Kids (NHHK) is a non-profit organization providing access to low-cost and free health coverage options for New Hampshire's uninsured children and teens.  For more information, see www.nhhealthykids.com.

Ohio

Universal Health Care Action Network Ohio

UHCAN works throughout Ohio for high quality, accessible, affordable and publicly accountable health care for all Ohioans.  It promotes generic drugs by conducting telephone training and outreach through network of local health care and social services organizations including Area Agency on Aging, web links, and local media.  For more information, see www.uhcanohio.org.

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Oklahoma

LIFE Senior Services

LIFE Senior Services helps older adults and their families, providing information, education, and services that encourage continued independence, quality of life, and dignity.  For more information, see www.seniorline.org.

Oregon

OSPIRG

OSPIRG will educate the public about generic drugs through e-mails to members, policy research and advocacy, op-eds, and medical conferences and will support policy reform through outreach to stakeholders in Oregon.  For more information, see www.ospirg.org.

Texas

Children’s Defense Fund – Texas

Children's Defense Fund -Texas works with schools to reach underinsured kids and their parents in Houston and the Rio Grande Valley and connect them to programs that meet their medical and social needs.  For more information, see www.cdftexas.org.

Washington

Washington Citizen Action Network Education and Research Fund

Washington CAN! is the largest consumer advocacy group in Washington state.   They will promote generic drugs by conducting neighbor-to-neighbor outreach in low and moderate income neighborhoods.  Their outreach efforts will focus on new immigrants, especially Latinos, who are most likely to be uninsured and on small business owners whose employees are 3-4 more likely to be uninsured.  For more information, see www.washingtoncan.org.

West Virginia

Mountain State Education and Research Foundation

Mountain State Education and Research Foundation (MSERF) serves the people of Appalachia by advocating for quality, affordable health care for all, as well as pursuing other social justice issues.  For more information, see www.mserf.org.