The Head Pain Association of Michigan (HPAM) was incorporated as a nonprofit organization in 1992 and consists primarily of head pain sufferers and their families. The goals of the association are to:

• Develop and increase the level of support services for headache patients and their families;
• Educate health care professionals and the general public regarding headache as a genuine illness and a significant public health concern;
• Distribute current research efforts dedicated to headache disorders;
• Create an active public information effort which brings issues relating to chronic headache to the attention of legislators, employers, labor leaders, the media, and other relevant persons within the state of Michigan; obtain recognition for chronic pain equivalent to that given to other health disorders.

HPAM is affiliated with the American Council for Headache Education (ACHE) which is a national, nonprofit, patient-physician partnership that provides help and support to headache sufferers and promotes increased public understanding of this complex, biologically based disorder.