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{{Short description|Non-profit organization focused on sleeping issues}}
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'''Awake In America''' is a [[Pennsylvania]]-based national [[non-profit organization]] ([[501(c)(3)]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/tax-exempt-organization-search|title=Tax Exempt Organization Search - Internal Revenue Service|website=Irs.gov|accessdate=25 June 2019}}</ref>) focused on [[sleep]] and [[sleep hygiene]],<ref>[http://awakeinamerica.info/Topics/sleep-hygiene/ Sleep Hygiene - Awake In America] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100405220012/http://awakeinamerica.info/Topics/sleep-hygiene/ |date=April 5, 2010 }}</ref> sleep-related issues, including [[sleep deprivation]],<ref>[http://awakeinamerica.info/Topics/sleep-deprivation/ Sleep Deprivation - Awake In America] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120213172118/http://awakeinamerica.info/Topics/sleep-deprivation/ |date=February 13, 2012 }}</ref> [[shift work sleep disorder]], [[insomnia]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://archive.recordonline.com/archive/2005/11/09/cover09.htm |title=Insomnia: A silent health crisis |access-date=2008-07-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080107042528/http://archive.recordonline.com/archive/2005/11/09/cover09.htm |archive-date=2008-01-07 |url-status=dead }}</ref> as well as [[sleep disorders]], including [[sleep apnea]],<ref>[http://awakeinamerica.info/Topics/sleep-apnea/]{{dead link|date=October 2016|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> [[narcolepsy]],<ref>[http://awakeinamerica.info/Topics/narcolepsy/ Narcolepsy - Awake In America] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120213172219/http://awakeinamerica.info/Topics/narcolepsy/ |date=February 13, 2012 }}</ref> sleep disorders and potential health issues,<ref>[http://awakeinamerica.info/health/ Health Information - Awake In America] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080927043420/http://awakeinamerica.info/health/ |date=September 27, 2008 }}</ref> [[restless legs syndrome]], among other sleep disorders. Awake In America was [[Incorporation (business)|incorporated]] on July 15, 2004.{{Cn|date=April 2024}}

==Individuals==
The organization works with individuals and family members to share information about proper sleep and [[sleep hygiene]], as well as treating sleep issues, and overcoming challenges related to therapies for sleep disorders.

Awake In America also helps individuals, generally individuals who have been diagnosed with a sleep disorder, and at other times sleep labs and sleep specialists, to quickly and easily launch community education and support groups.<ref>[http://www.awakeinamerica.org/Admin/AboutUs.shtml Awake In America || About Us] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080726104831/http://www.awakeinamerica.org/Admin/AboutUs.shtml |date=July 26, 2008 }}</ref>

==Businesses==
Awake In America also works with businesses to help accommodate employees with sleep-related issues.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.health.com/health/condition-article/0,,20204569,00.html|title=Disability and Workplace Rights|website=Health.com|accessdate=25 June 2019}}</ref> Without accommodation, many individuals would be fired for falling asleep in the workplace, or for what may be perceived by others as a lack of attention. With appropriate accommodations in place, employees get time for rest during the work day, but in exchange, work other times to make up for the rest breaks, which results in the employer keeping a valued employee and not having additional costs related to hiring and training a new employee, and possibly saving on [[unemployment benefits]] expenses.{{Cn|date=April 2024}}

==Programs==
Awake In America operates two year-round relief programs,<ref name=autogenerated2>[http://www.awakeinamerica.org/DonateRelief/ CPAP/BiPAP and Sleep Study Relief Programs || Awake In America] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080927044830/http://www.awakeinamerica.org/DonateRelief/ |date=September 27, 2008 }}</ref> the [https://web.archive.org/web/20080803164858/http://www.awakeinamerica.org/DonateRelief/FAQ/SleepStudyProgramFAQ.shtml Sleep Study Relief Program]<ref>[http://www.sleep-solutions.com/press_room/SSI_donation.htm SSI Donation] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061016111916/http://www.sleep-solutions.com/press_room/SSI_donation.htm |date=October 16, 2006 }}</ref> and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20080803165526/http://www.awakeinamerica.org/DonateRelief/FAQ/xPAPProgramFAQ.shtml xPAP Donation and Relief Program],<ref name=autogenerated2 /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sanduskyregister.com/articles/2007/09/02/front/393259.txt|title=Sandusky Register|website=Sanduskyregister.com|accessdate=25 June 2019}}</ref> to assist [[United_States_nationality_law#Acquisition_of_citizenship|American citizens]]<ref name=autogenerated2 /> who do not have health insurance,<ref name=autogenerated2 /> those who have inadequate [[health insurance]] (does not cover [[Sleep study|sleep studies]] and/or [[durable medical equipment]]),<ref name=autogenerated2 /> and those in financial straits.<ref name=autogenerated2 />

In August 2005, Awake In America launched its premier direct-assist disaster relief program, ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20071005004113/http://www.awakeinamerica.org/Katrina/ Operation Restore CPAP]'',<ref>[http://www.rtmagazine.com/issues/articles/2005-10_08.asp Manufacturing News | October 2005 | RT for Decision Makers in Respiratory Care] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081204172748/http://www.rtmagazine.com/issues/articles/2005-10_08.asp |date=December 4, 2008 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.katrinadisability.info/katrina.html Katrina Information] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080514131140/http://www.katrinadisability.info/katrina.html |date=May 14, 2008 }}</ref><ref>[http://sleepdisorders.about.com/b/2004/11/07/awake-in-america-helps-those-needing-xpap-equipmenta.htm]{{dead link|date=October 2016|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/30410.php|title=Hurricane Katrina victims with apnea get help|website=Medical News Today|accessdate=25 June 2019}}</ref> in response to [[Hurricane Katrina]], and later expanded to cover victims from [[Hurricane Rita]], and its devastation on the [[United States]]' [[Gulf Coast]].<ref>[http://www.smartcontent.info/afamilyplace/413005-potential-apneics-in-Texas.htm 413,005 potential apneics in Texas Coastal Counties Awake in America Replaces Apnea Equipment Destroyed in Hurricanes] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071027025300/http://www.smartcontent.info/afamilyplace/413005-potential-apneics-in-Texas.htm |date=October 27, 2007 }}</ref>

The program had been authorized by the Board to operate for 90 days, which allowed the program to operate from September 1, 2005, through December 3, 2005.<ref name=autogenerated1>[http://awakeinamerica.org/Katrina/ Awake In America || Operation Restore CPAP] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071005004113/http://awakeinamerica.org/Katrina/ |date=October 5, 2007 }}</ref>

During the 90 days that Awake In America's Operation Restore CPAP program operated in response to Hurricane Katrina, and later Hurricane Rita, Awake In America shipped replacement equipment, with an estimated value of about $47,000,<ref name=autogenerated1 /> to 97 individuals who had relocated to nine states,<ref name=autogenerated1 /> without charge to the recipients.<ref name=autogenerated2 /> Awake In America is the only organization to have such a program in the United States.{{Cn|date=April 2024}}

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080713111316/http://www.awakeinamerica.org/ Awake In America official website]

[[Category:Non-profit organizations based in Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:Health charities in the United States]]
[[Category:Organizations established in 2004]]
[[Category:Medical and health organizations based in Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:2004 establishments in Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:Sleep disorders]]
[[Category:Sleep researchers]]
[[Category:Sleep medicine organizations]]

Awake In America - Revision history

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