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In 1938, President Franklin D. Roosevelt founded the March of Dimes in an effort to conquer polio. A year later, five chapters were formed in Texas – the first in Bosque County on June 17.
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Chapter job opportunities focus on four areas: program services, fundraising, communications and administrative support. If you would like to introduce yourself, please mail, fax or email your resume to the appropriate Texas Chapter division office .
Interviews are arranged by appointment only.
Job Postings
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• Texas Birth Defects Monitoring Division
The mission of the Texas Birth Defects Monitoring Division is to protect and to promote the health of the people of this State. The Texas Birth Defects Monitoring Division will 1) identify and describe the patterns of birth defects in Texas; and 2) collaborate with others in finding causes of birth defects, working towards prevention, and linking families with services.
• Texas Department of Health
The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) is a health and nutrition program. WIC has a successful record for improving the diet of infants, children, and pregnant, postpartum and breastfeeding women who are at risk for nutrition-related illness. The main focus of the WIC program is to educate mothers on the proper nutrition.
• TexCare Partnership
TexCare Partnership offers two separate children’s health insurance programs. Both programs provide health insurance for children at a price that fits the budgets of Texas families. Rates are flexible and are based on the number of people in your family and your family’s income and expenses. Children do not have to be US citizens to apply.
TexCare Partnership also determines eligibility for the State Kids Insurance Program - SKIP. If you are a state employee, you may qualify for an insurance supplement for your dependent children under age 19. Your SKIP supplement will be covered through your state insurance program.
• Texas Medicaid
Medicaid is the State and Federal cooperative venture that provides medical coverage to eligible needy persons. The purpose of Medicaid in Texas is to improve the health of people who might otherwise go without medical care for themselves and their children. Medicaid is different in every state. HHSC's Medicaid Office is responsible for statewide oversight of the Texas Medicaid Program.
• Texas Newborn Screening
It is the goal of the Newborn Screening Case Management Program to decrease the morbidity and mortality of infants born in Texas through customer-oriented, high quality newborn screening follow-up, case management and outreach education.
• Texas Office of Tobacco Prevention and Control
The mission of the Office of Tobacco Prevention and Control (OTPC) is to reduce the health and economic toll tobacco has placed on the citizens of Texas. One strategy is to fund a telephone program that can help you quit smoking. Quitline services are free. Services include self-help materials, referral list of other programs, and one-on-one counseling over the telephone.
• Smokefree Families
Quitting smoking during pregnancy is one of the most important things you can do for you and your baby. If you smoke and are pregnant, talk with your prenatal care provider about your smoking and ask them for help in quitting. Here are some additional resources that will help you quit smoking and stay quit.
• Office of Border Affairs
The Office of Border Affairs was established to improve the quality of health and human services in the colonias along the Texas-Mexico border by increasing interagency coordination and fostering community participation in the design of service delivery systems. This endeavor is called the Colonias Initiative. The Border Affairs Office is assisted by a partnership with community representatives and all state health and human services agencies, the Texas A&M University Colonias Program, the Texas Workforce Commission and local workforce development boards, and the Texas Education Agency and educational service centers. HHSC maintains border affairs office in El Paso, Harlingen, and Laredo.
• Healthy Start
The National Healthy Start Association (NHSA), whose members include most of the 96 federally funded Healthy Start projects in the United States, promotes community-based maternal and child health programs, particularly those that focus on the reduction of infant mortality, low birthweight and racial disparities in perinatal outcomes. Texas has six Health Start sites – San Antonio, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, Laredo and the Lower Rio Grande Valley.
• Immunizations
The mission of the Immunization Division is to improve the quality and longevity of life for people in Texas by achieving and maintaining a vaccine-preventable disease free environment. This will add to the state's economic base by avoiding substantial health care costs. This mission will be achieved through the utilization of cost-effective immunization programs and efficient epidemiology applied in quality partnerships with public and private participants (local, state, national) who share the common vision of community well-being.
• Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Campaign
The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission is launching a campaign to warn women of the dangers associated with drinking alcoholic beverages during pregnancy, particularly the fetal alcohol syndrome. The March of Dimes Texas Chapter supports this campaign through a 2002 community grant.
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Donating is easy online, by phone or mail / fax.
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