The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), an Agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is the principal Federal Agency charged with increasing access to health care for those who are medically underserved. HRSA's programmatic portfolio includes a range of programs or initiatives designed to increase access to care, improve quality, and safeguard the health and well-being of the Nation's most vulnerable populations.
Examples of HRSA programs/activities include:
- Providing support to nearly 3,600 health center sites serving about 12.5 million people;
- Funding care and treatment services for an estimated 533,000 people living with HIV/AIDS;
- Assisting States and communities, including rural and border areas, and health care organizations in improving services to women and children;
- Overseeing the national system that allocates organs, tissue, and blood stem cells for transplant;
- Working with academic health centers and other training programs to enhance the diversity and distribution of the Nation's health care workforce;
- Implementing comprehensive systems of services in communities to meet the many needs of children and youth with special health care needs and their families; and
- Participating in global health initiatives such as the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.
Vision, Mission, and Strategic Goals
HRSA Vision
HRSA envisions optimal health for all, supported by a health care system that assures access to comprehensive, culturally competent, quality care.
Mission
HRSA provides national leadership, program resources and services needed to improve access to culturally competent, quality health care.
Goals
As the Nation's Access Agency, HRSA focuses on uninsured, underserved, and special needs populations in its goals and program activities:
- Improve Access to Health Care.
- Improve Health Outcomes.
- Improve the Quality of Health Care.
- Eliminate Health Disparities.
- Improve the Public Health and Health Care Systems.
- Enhance the Ability of the Health Care System to Respond to Public Health Emergencies.
- Achieve Excellence in Management Practices.
Information taken from the introduction on the HRSA Homepage.
