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Save the National Children's Study:
Congress authorized the National Children's Study (NCS) through the Children's Health Act of 2000. The NCS will examine the effects of environmental influences on the health and development of more than 100,000 children across the U.S., following them from before birth until age 21.

Results of the study will be one of the richest information resources available for answering questions related to children's health and development and will form the basis of child health guidance, interventions, and policy for generations to come.

Yet, the President's FY07 Budget for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) provides no funding for the National Children's Study. Unless Congress acts now to restore the NCS funding, years of preparation will be lost – and Americans will lose the benefits of the findings of the largest study of children's health ever undertaken. More than 40 national organizations concerned with children's health issues, including the National Center for Learning Disabilities, have asked Congress to continue funding for the NCS.

Please act now to save the NCS. Tell your elected officials to continue funding for the NCS in FY07 appropriations for the Department of Health and Human Services. Use this pre-formatted letter, adapt with your personal comments, and send it to your elected officials in Congress today.