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House of Representatives

Virginia Foxx
U.S. House: Representative
Republican Next Election Year: 2012

Education:
EdD, Curriculum/Teaching/Higher Education, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, 1985 Sociology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1972 AB, English, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1968

Profession:
Owner/Operator, Grandfather Mountain Nursery, 1976-2004 President/Consultant, Maryland Community College, 1987-1994 Deputy Secretary for Management, North Carolina Department of Administration, 1985-1987 Professor/Assistant Dean of the General College, Appalachian State University, 1978-1985 Secretary/Research Assistant, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1964-1968 Instructor, Caldwell Community College

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Voting Record on Legislation Involving Reproductive Issues

(2010) HR 3470 Infant Mortality Pilot Programs

Outcome: Bill Passed (324/64)

Summary: -Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to state, county, city, territorial, or tribal health departments to create and implement infant mortality pilot programs (Sec. 2). -Requires the Secretary, when awarding grants, to give preference to the 15 counties or groups of counties with the highest infant mortality rates in the United States in the last 3 years (Sec. 2). -Authorizes infant mortality pilot programs do the following with grants awarded by this Act (Sec. 2):

-Develop a plan that identifies the needs of the community; -Provide outreach to "at-risk mothers"; -Develop and implement systems for improved access, utilization, and quality of services to promote healthy pregnancies, full-term births, and healthy infancies; -Establish a rural outreach program; -Establish a regional public education campaign to prevent pre-term births and educate the public on infant mortality; and -Provide for any other activities, programs, and strategies identified by the community plan.-Requires each entity that receives a grant to submit a report to the Secretary of Health and Human Services within 1 year of receiving the grant detailing the infant mortality program, including the methodology of, and outcomes and statistics, from the program (Sec. 2).

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