{"id":38,"date":"2013-04-18T01:27:31","date_gmt":"2013-04-18T05:27:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ohiosicklecell.org\/new\/?page_id=38"},"modified":"2021-09-01T12:50:09","modified_gmt":"2021-09-01T16:50:09","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ohiosicklecell.org\/new\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>HISTORY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Organized in 1960, founded in 1972, and incorporated in 1977, the Sickle Cell Disease Association of America \/ Ohio Sickle Cell and Health Association (OSCHA) was established from the need to provide a funding mechanism for adults with sickle cell disease who were medically indigent; with the focus, and intent to solve sickle cell disease, in the context of broader, societal issues, facing Ohio\u2019s children, minorities and poor.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>MISSION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>To provide education, advocacy, and support to persons and families affected and at-risk for sickle cell disease through effective approaches to sickle cell services<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>To have a stake in and be concerned about health problems as they relate to the underserved population in Ohio<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>To serve as coordinating body for sickle cell trait, sickle cell disease, hemoglobinopathies, and other health activities across the state of Ohio<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>To serve as a resource base for sickle cell programs and health organizations<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>To develop support for affected individuals and families<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>To educate and inform the professional and lay communities about the sickle cell phenomena and other health issues<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HISTORY Organized in 1960, founded in 1972, and incorporated in 1977, the Sickle Cell Disease Association of America \/ Ohio Sickle Cell and Health Association (OSCHA) was established from the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":13,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"template-landing.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-38","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ohiosicklecell.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/38","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ohiosicklecell.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ohiosicklecell.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ohiosicklecell.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ohiosicklecell.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/ohiosicklecell.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/38\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":942,"href":"https:\/\/ohiosicklecell.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/38\/revisions\/942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ohiosicklecell.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}