| Missouri Advocacy Issues and Priorities |
- Maintain SCHIP eligibility at 300% of the federal poverty level
- Implement the 29 newborn screening tests in compliance with March of Dimes recommendation
- Monitor legislation impacting tobacco use among pregnant women.
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The Advocacy Network is made up of volunteers and staff who promote the March of Dimes mission agenda by contacting the governor and state legislators in response to Chapter action alerts. This year's issues and priorities include those described above. |
• Sign up for the advocacy network
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One of the responsibilities of the March of Dimes Office of Government Affairs is to direct public policy studies that support national and Chapter advocacy priorities. |
• National Public Policy Research
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Donating is easy online, by phone or mail / fax.
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March of Dimes Advocates for Smoking Cessation
The Missouri Legislature in 2007 allocated $200,000 for smoking cessation programs. In a guest column in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, March of Dimes Missouri Executive Director Deborah Kersting urged an even greater appropriation. Click below to read.
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