metro region fed. The Child Nutrition Reauthorization Act has not been updated in more than a decade. The Chamber supports the reauthorization of this act to better serve the children of the Oklahoma City community. The Chamber supports using all available federal funding to support the health, mental health and wellbeing of our future workforce, using all available tools to ensure the academic success of our students. This includes ensuring the state administers the summer EBT programs to ensure students are fed.
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FEDERAL FUNDING FOR RESEARCH AND HEALTH/LIFE SCIENCE INFRASTRUCTURE The Chamber supports protecting and increasing funding for life science and health care infrastructure and programs including, but not limited to: the National Science Foundation (NSF), National Institutes of Health (NIH) and National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) This includes: • Protecting the NIH/Institutional Development Award (IDeA) program which has been instrumental in building health research infrastructure in Oklahoma. • Ensuring that NIH continues to provide adequate funds for reimbursement of facilities and administration costs. • Continuing to fund Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs essential for early-stage product and research development. • Enhance connectivity with industry to jointly apply for federal funds supporting healthcare and life science infrastructure and programmatic funding.
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