The ASPHN Board of Directors met on October 13, 2023.
- Six General member applications were approved: Olivia De Alba (NM); Jennifer Doud (NY); Shelly Timmons (SC); and Jenny Keeley, Suzanne Polacek and Angelia Wilks-Tate (WI).
- Sixteen Associate member applications were approved, including thirteen students: Moriah Cebulla, Scott Hoang, Anna Horsch, Hsin Yun Huang, Anna Kohlnhofer, Megan Lampright, Jenny McGowan, Serenity Toney, Sara Wells, Caroline Wilcox and Susanna Zheng (MN); Shannon Adams and Aisha Ford (NC); Sherifa Iddrisu and Jenna Martin (TN); and Kennedy Baggott (VT).
- Policy Committee actions on behalf of ASPHN since last board report:
- Signed-on to the National Collaborative for Infants and Toddlers (NCIT) organization endorsement of the WIC for Kids Act, which expands WIC eligibility to women, infants, and children.
- Signed-on to the Food Research & Action Center (FRAC), UnidosUS, and the National Urban League sign-on letter supporting the Enhance Access to SNAP Act.
- Signed-on to Nemours Children’s Health’s request to support Senator Tom Carper (D-DE), Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK), Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE) and Congressman Michael Burgess (R-TX) reintroduction of the Kickstarting Innovative Demonstrations Supporting (KIDS) Health Act of 2023 (S. 1769/H.R. 3805).
- Signed on to the Trust for America’s Health’s (TFAH) letter addressed to the Senate HELP Committee in support of legislation to reauthorize and increase funding for the Prevention and Public Health Fund.
- Endorsed Congresswoman Barragan, Senators Smith and Murphy re-introducing the Improving Social Determinants of Health Act 2023.
- Signed on to the National WIC Association and the National Collaborative on Infants and Toddlers letter supporting the Improving Social Determinants of Health Act of 2023 reintroduced to the 118th Congress by Congresswoman Barragan and Senators Smith and Murphy. The letter is addressed to Congressional Appropriators.