DC Asthma Partnership is a collaborative effort to address asthma in DC coordinated by Breathe DC and supported by the DC Department of Health's DC Control Asthma Now program. Contact: Charles Debnam, Associate Director, Community Outreach, Breathe DC, (202) 546-5864

DC Control Asthma Now (DC CAN), DC Department of Health. Contact: Edwina V. Davis Robinson, MS, CHES, Asthma Program Manager, (202) 442-8114

Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America, Maryland-Greater Washington, DC Chapter. Contact: Susan Sweitzer, Executive Director, (410) 484-2054

Maryland Asthma Control Program, Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Contact: Rachel M. Hess-Mutinda, MSW, Asthma Program Coordinator, (410) 767-2196

Virginia Asthma Coalition. Contact: Stuart Tousman, Chair, 540-767-6096

NHLBI's National Asthma Control Initiative (NACI) offers the quarterly NACI In the Know e-newsletter and promotes implementation of the asthma clinical guidelines, six priority actions for controlling asthma from the Guidelines Implementation Panel Report, and asthma public education materials.

EPA's AsthmaCommunityNetwork.org Communities in Action Web site offers interactive forums and searchable organizations, tools, and resources.

CDC's National Asthma Control Program supports state asthma programs. Findings from the CDC's Controlling Asthma in American Cities Project, It Takes a Community: Controlling Asthma in American Cities, are now available as a special edition of the February issue of the Journal of Urban Health.