If you are interested in becoming part of the National HVP Program, begin by finding out if an HVP already exists in your state or region. If an HVP has not yet been formed, you can use this toolkit to help get one started. Either way, you can get more information and assistance by contacting one of the following organizations:
For more information about existing HVPs and to request technical assistance call:
National HVP Program Office
Telephone: (856) 310-0009
Fax: (856) 310-052
Contact: Diane Jones, HVP project administrator (djones@ethosconsult.com)
To locate the state hospice organization in your area, call (800) 658-8898 or visit the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization Web site (www.nhpco.org). Go to the Inside NHPCO/Login section, select Council of States Home, and click on Council of States Contact Information.
Rallying Points National Office
1620 Eye Street, NW
Suite 202
Washington, DC 20006-4017
Telephone: 800-341-0050
Fax: 202-296-8352
E-mail: rallyingpoints@partnershipforcaring.org
Contact: Katharine Delo Gregg (kgregg@partnershipforcaring.org)
Rallying Points Regional Resource Centers
http://www.rallyingpoints.org
Life's End Institute: Missoula Demonstration Project
320 East Main Street
Missoula, MT 59802
Telephone: 877-257-9970
Fax: 406-543-7769
Contact: Lilly Tuholske (lillyt@lifes-end.org)
Midwest Bioethics Center
1021 Jefferson Street
Kansas City, MO 64105
Telephone: 800-344-3829
Fax: 816-221-2002
Contact: Joanna Crocker (jcrocker@midbio.org)
The Hospice of the Florida Suncoast
300 East Bay Drive
Largo, FL 33770
Telephone: 866-523-2413
Fax: 727-523-2414
Contact: Kathleen Jacobs (kathleenjacobs@thehospice.org)
This toolkit is provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs National Hospice-Veteran Partnership (HVP) Program. Development of the toolkit was made possible through support by Rallying Points, the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, the Center for Advanced Illness Coordinated Care, and other end-of-life care advocates. Information about VAHPC initiatives is made available for use within the Inter-Institutional Collaborating Network on End-of-life Care (IICN) with the assistance of Growth House, Inc.