The National Citizens' Coalition for Nursing Home Reform (NCCNHR) was formed because of public concern about substandard care in nursing homes. NCCNHR is the outgrowth of work first achieved by advocates working for Ralph Nader and later for the National Gray Panthers.

NCCNHR seeks to improve care and life for residents of nursing homes and other long term care facilities. Ongoing work addresses issues such as:

	Inadequate staffing in nursing homes, particularly all levels of nursing staff
	Poor working conditions, salaries and benefits for long-term care workers
	Maintenance of residents' rights and empowerment of residents
	Support for family members and development of family councils
	Development and support for the long-term care ombudsman program
	Minimizing the use of physical and chemical restraints
	The high cost of poor care, such as pressure sores, dehydration, incontinence, and contracture of residents' muscles
	Accountability to taxpayers for nursing home expenditures and failure to fulfill government contracts

NCCNHR is comprised  of: local citizen action groups, state and local long-term care ombudsmen, legal services programs, religious organizations, professional groups, nursing home employees' unions, concerned providers, national organizations, and growing numbers of family and resident councils.

For more information see: www.nccnhr.com or call 202-332-2276.

Habitat for Humanity International is a nonprofit, ecumenical Christian housing ministry. HFHI seeks to eliminate poverty housing and homelessness from the world, and to make decent shelter a matter of conscience and action.  Habitat invites people of all backgrounds, races and religions to build houses together in partnership with families in need.

Habitat has built more than 200,000 houses around the world, providing more than 1,000,000 people in more than 3,000 communities with safe, decent, affordable shelter.  Through volunteer labor and donations of money and materials, Habitat builds and rehabilitates simple, decent houses with the help of the homeowner (partner) families. Habitat houses are sold to partner families at no profit, financed with affordable loans. The homeowners' monthly mortgage payments are used to build still more Habitat houses.

Habitat is not a giveaway program. In addition to a down payment and the monthly mortgage payments, homeowners invest hundreds of hours of their own labor -- sweat equity -- into building their Habitat house and the houses of others.

For more information see: www.habitat.org

Peyback Foundation  www.peytonmanning.com

Peyton Manning established the PeyBack Foundation to help disadvantaged youth build a successful future for themselves. The Foundation accomplishes its mission by assisting established community-based programs and providing fundamental leadership and growth opportunities for kids. It focuses its efforts in a three state region Indiana, Tennessee and Louisiana.

The Foundation has donated more than $1.3 million to youth organizations in Indiana, Tennessee and Louisiana since 1999. In 2006, The Foundation distributed more than $312,500 in grants to 53 different community agencies in those states, including more than $115,000 to New Orleans based organizations for Katrina Relief.  The Foundation provides assistance to organizations such as Boys and Girls Clubs, area food banks, summer, after school and youth athletic programs.   The grant application is available on www.peytonamanning.com and the deadline is February 1 of each year.