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Access to feminine hygiene products is not only a public health concern but a political concern as well. In order to truly create change around this issue legislative action will need to be taken. A two fold approach is needed in which we work to provide additional feminine hygiene products to schools, but also work with elected officials to create policy around this issue.
Local
Goal 1: To convey the gap in access to feminine hygiene products for middle and high school girls.
Goal 2: To ask for a greater budget in providing feminine hygiene products to title I county schools.
Goal 3: To have feminine hygiene dispensers placed in highschool bathrooms.
State
Goal 1: To convey the gap in access to feminine hygiene products for women and girls in low income families.
Goal 2: To advocate for the continued allocation of funds to the Georgia Department of Education to provide feminine hygiene essentials in schools.
Goal 3: To ask for a budget line item providing feminine hygiene products to
title I schools.
Federal
Goal 1: To bring awareness to period poverty.
Goal 2: To add feminine hygiene products to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program benefits.
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