RESOURCES

Help For Consumers

• Public Citizen
  “Public Citizen is a national, nonprofit consumer advocacy organization created to represent consumers’ interests in Congress, the executive branch and the courts. Public Citizen strives for openness and democratic accountability in government, for the right of consumers to seek redress in the courts, as well as many other valuable social objectives.”
  www.citizen.org

Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)

• “Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) protects the public from unreasonable risks of serious personal injury or death from consumer products. CPSC is committed to protecting consumers and families from products that pose a fire, electrical, chemical, or mechanical hazard or a product that can harm children. CPSC works to ensure the safety of consumer products.”
  www.cpsc.gov

Food and Drug Saftey

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
  “The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is one of the 13 major operating components of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), which is principal agency in the United States government for protecting the health and safety of all Americans and for providing essential human services, especially for those people who are lease able to help themselves. CDC has remained at the forefront of public health efforts to prevent and control infectious and chronic diseases, injuries, workplace hazards, disabilities, and environmental health threats.”
  www.cdc.gov
  
• U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
  “The FDA is responsible for protecting the public health by assuring the safety, efficacy, and security of human and veterinary drugs, biological products, medical devices, our nation’s food supply, cosmetics, and products that emit radiation. The FDA is also responsible for advancing the public health by helping to speed innovations that make medicines and foods more effective, safer, and more affordable; and helping the public get the accurate, science-based information they need to use medicines and foods to improve their health.”
  www.fda.gov

Automotive Safety

• Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
  “The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety is an independent, nonprofit, scientific, and educational organization dedicated to reducing the losses—deaths, injuries, and property damage—from crashes on the nation’s highways.”
  www.iihs.org
  
• Center for Auto Safety
  “The Center for Auto Safety was founded by the Consumers Union and Ralph Nader to provide consumers with a voice for auto safety, as well as help lemon owners fight back across the country. Consumers have the opportunity to review the lemon laws for each state, file/view complaints, as well as access a myriad of other auto safety resources.”
  www.autosafety.org
  
• National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
  “National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) works to reduce deaths, injuries and economic losses resulting from motor vehicle crashes. They accomplish this by setting and enforcing safety performance standards for motor vehicles and motor vehicle equipment. NHTSA investigates safety defects in motor vehicles, promotes the use of safety belts, child safety seats and air bags, and provides motor vehicle safety tips.”
  www.nhtsa.dot.gov

Other Resources

• Nursing Home Ombudsman: National Long Term Care Ombudsman
  “The Nursing Home Ombudsman National Long Term Care Resource Center provides support, technical assistance, and training to the 53 state Long Term Care Ombudsman Programs and their statewide networks of almost 600 regional (local) programs. The Resource Center’s objectives are to enhance the skills, knowledge, and management capacity of the state programs to enable them to handle residents’ complaints and represent resident interests.”
  www.ltcombudsman.org
  
• Brain Injury Association of Washington
  “The Brain Injury Association of Washington offers resources and education to families of people with brain injury.”
  www.biawa.org
  
• Washington Long-Term Care Ombudsman Consumer Advocacy Outreach
  “The purpose of the Washington Long Term Care Ombudsman Consumer Advocacy Outreach is to advance consumer healthcare education and to empower older adults and their family members to make informed long-term care decisions.”
  www.ltcop.org
  
• King County Sexual Assault Resource Center
  “The King County Sexual Assault Resource Center (KCSARC) is a registered nonprofit organization. Their mission is to give voice to victims, their families and the community. They strive to create change in beliefs, attitudes and behaviors about violence. They instill courage for people to speak out about sexual assault. KCSARC’s purpose is to alleviate, as much as possible, the trauma of sexual assault for victims and their families.”
  www.kcsarc.org