Governor's Office for Women's Initiatives and Outreach Resources
Resources

The Governor's Office for Women’s Initiatives and Outreach has compiled resources which may be helpful to you or your organization. Within this section you will find links to articles, videos and books covering a variety of topics which may be of interest to you. Most of the services are publicly available, some newsletters may require a free registration, and some links lead to products which require purchase.

Please note: the Governor's Office for Women’s Initiatives and Outreach does not endorse any content, businesses, or products within these pages.

If you know of further resources which may be helpful to women and women’s organizations, please e-mail our office at women.policy@governor.ohio.gov.

 
 
U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services – Aging

National Institute on Aging – Planning for the future
http://www.nia.nih.gov/HealthInformation/Publications/affairs.htm

National Institute on Aging – Healthy eating after 50
http://www.nia.nih.gov/HealthInformation/Publications/healthyeating.htm

Center for Disease Control – Injury prevention
http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/pub-res/toolkit/Check%20for%20SafetyCOLOR.pdf


Women and Business

U.S. Small Business Administration – Office of Women’s Business Ownership
http://www.sba.gov/aboutsba/sbaprograms/onlinewbc/index.html

Ohio Department of Administrative Services – Minority and Small Businesses Certification
http://www.odod.state.oh.us/dmba/minoritysmallbusinesscert.htm

Ohio Department of Development – Entrepreneurship and Small Businesses
http://development.ohio.gov/Entrepreneurship/WomensBusinessResource.htm

Ohio Department of Jobs and Family Services - Apprenticeship
http://jfs.ohio.gov/apprenticeship/ 

WomenBiz.Gov – The Gateway for Women-Owned Businesses Selling to Federal Government
http://www.womenbiz.gov/index.html


Women with Disabilities

Violence Against Women – Women with Disabilities
http://www.womenshealth.gov/violence/groups/wwd.cfm
Disability Information
http://www.disabilityinfo.gov/
Womenshealth.gov – Illnesses and Disabilities
http://www.4woman.gov/wwd/
CDC – Women with Disabilities
http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/women/default.htm
United Nations Women Watch – Women with Disabilities
http://www.un.org/womenwatch/enable/index.html
Ohio Department of Jobs and Family Services Disability Assistance
http://jfs.ohio.gov/ofam/cmandfsa.stm
Ohio Department of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities
http://mrdd.ohio.gov/
Ohio Legal Rights Services
http://olrs.ohio.gov/ASP/HomePage.asp


Girls Health

U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services
http://www.girlshealth.gov/

U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services – For parents
http://www.4parents.gov/


Grants of Interest to Women and Women's Organizations

U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services
http://www.womenshealth.gov/fund/

US Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women
http://www.ovw.usdoj.gov/ovwgrantprograms.htm

Women's Mental Health in Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period (R21)http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do;jsessionid=lQStKLlcb7W2y3RgnSGkP38t3WdTS5J8v2Hp65JhpLvkQfLf6DnY!-1757398871?oppId=47008&mode=VIEW

Women's Mental Health and Sex/Gender Differences Research (R21)
 
Rural Assistance Center - Rural Women’s Health – Various Grant Opportunities
 
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
 

Women’s Health and Safety


Center for Disease Control and Prevention
WISEWOMAN: Well Integrated Screening and Evaluation for Women Across the Nation
http://www.cdc.gov/wisewoman/

National Women’s Health Week
May 10-16, 2009
http://www.womenshealth.gov/whw/

Women’s Safety and Health Issues at Work
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/women/

National Institute of Health (NIH) Women’s Health
http://health.nih.gov/category/WomensHealth

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services:  Office on Women’s Health
http://www.womenshealth.gov/owh/

Ohio Department of Health – Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)
http://www.odh.ohio.gov/odhPrograms/ns/wicn/wic1.aspx

Ohio Department of Health – Women’s Health Information
http://www.odh.ohio.gov/odhPrograms/hprr/wom_hlt/sadvwhlth.aspx

Ohio Department of Health – Women’s Health Services Program
http://www.odh.ohio.gov/odhPrograms/cfhs/womenhs/whs1.aspx

Ohio Department of Health – Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Prevention
http://www.odh.ohio.gov/odhPrograms/hprr/sadv/sadv1.aspx

Ohio Department of Health – Breast and Cervical Cancer Project
http://www.odh.ohio.gov/odhPrograms/hprr/bc_canc/bcanc1.aspx

U.S. Department of Justice – Office on Violence Against Women 
http://www.ovw.usdoj.gov/


Immigrant and Refugee Women

Violence against Immigrant and Refugee Women
 
Immigration benefits as a battered spouse
 


Women and Mental Health

Action Steps for Improving Women's Mental Health
http://governor.ohio.gov/Portals/4/ActionSteps.pdf

Women's Mental Health: What It Means to You
http://governor.ohio.gov/Portals/4/womenmentalhealth.pdf

U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services
http://www.womenshealth.gov/mh/


Women and the Military

Defense Department Advisory Committee on Women in the Services
http://www.defenselink.mil/dacowits/

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs: Center for Women Veterans
http://www1.va.gov/WOMENVET/

U.S. Department of Defense Sexual Assault Prevention and Response
http://www.sapr.mil/


Minority Women’s Health
 
U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services – African American women
http://www.womenshealth.gov/minority/africanamerican/
 
U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services – Hispanic/ Latina women
http://www.womenshealth.gov/minority/hispanicamerican/
 
U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services -Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders and Native Hawaiians

U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services - American Indians/Alaska Natives
http://www.womenshealth.gov/minority/americanindian/


Science, Technology, Engineering, Math and Medicine (STEMM)
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