Child Health Policy Activities

Position Statements and Letters

TFAH and Healthy Schools Campaign Comments on Department of Education Proposed Rulemaking on Title I of the Every Student Succeeds Act (August 2016)

TFAH Comments on Department of Education Request for Information Regarding Implementation of Title I of the Every Student Succeeds Act (January 2016)

TFAH Comments on Administration for Children and Families Proposed Head Start Performance Standards (September 2015)

TFAH Position Statement on Elementary and Secondary Education Act Reauthorization (September 2015)

TFAH Comments on Department of Education Proposed Rule for School Improvement Grants program (October 2014)

TFAH Comments on USDA/FNS Proposed Nutritional Standards in National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs (April 2011)

Letter in Support of S. 1760, the Healthy Start Reauthorization Act (August 2008)
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Letter to Accompany TFAH's Healthy Women, Healthy Babies Report (June 2008)
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Congressional Hearings and Briefings

Testimony

Childhood Obesity: The Declining Health of America's Next Generation
Testimony of Jeff Levi, PhD, Executive Director, Trust for America's Health, Before the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee's Subcommittee on Children and Families (July 2008)

Briefing Presentations

Healthy Women, Healthy Babies
Presentation of Jeff Levi, PhD, Executive Director, Trust for America's Health at Congressional Briefing: Prenatal and Infancy Nutrition (July 2008)

Health Reform Implementation

Obesity

Pandemic Flu and Infectious Disease Prevention

Bioterrorism and Public Health Preparedness

Substance Abuse and Misuse

Child and School Health

Environmental Health

Public Health Funding

Health Disparities

Workplace and Community Wellness