Congressional Vision Caucus Dear Colleague

The Congressional Vision Caucus co-chairs have sent a Dear Colleague letter to Members of Congress to:

• Support Prevent Blindness America’s request for $4.5 million in funding for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Vision Health Initiative;
• Support the development and implementation of a nationwide Title V core performance related visual screening program under the Maternal and Child Health Services State Title V Block Grant Program; and
• Support the Memorandum of Understanding between the Office of Head Start and Prevent Blindness America on vision screening.

To contact your Member of Congress and encourage him or her to sign on to this letter, go to:
https://secure2.convio.net/pba/site/Advocacy?id=162&pagename=homepage.

A copy of the Dear Colleague Letter can be found at: http://www.preventblindness.net/dearcolleague09.