{"id":17,"date":"2024-12-17T17:32:21","date_gmt":"2024-12-17T17:32:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nutritioncarestage.com\/maw\/?page_id=17"},"modified":"2026-03-09T16:09:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:09:54","slug":"malnutrition-advocacy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nutritioncare.org\/maw\/you-can-help\/malnutrition-advocacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Malnutrition Advocacy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Your voice can change lives!<\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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Contact your governor to request a proclamation for Malnutrition Awareness Week 2026. Proclamations can help shape policy discussions, raise public awareness, and provide opportunities for public and elected officials to engage. Help patients get the nutrition care they deserve.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div> <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div> \n\n\n\n

Easy Steps to Request a Proclamation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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  1. Click your state’s link to review lead-time requirements and submit your request.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\r\n
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    <\/icon>State Websites and Lead-Time Requirements<\/span><\/div>\r\r\n
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    State and Website<\/strong><\/td>\nLead Time for Request<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Alabama<\/a><\/td>\nThirty-day notice<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Alaska<\/a><\/td>\nSix-week notice<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Arizona<\/a><\/td>\nSix-week notice<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Arkansas<\/a><\/td>\nThirty-day notice<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    California<\/a><\/td>\nNinety-day notice<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Colorado<\/a><\/td>\nFour-week notice—$25 fee once proclamation is approved<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Connecticut<\/a><\/td>\nFour-week notice<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Delaware<\/a><\/td>\nThree-week notice<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    District of Columbia<\/a><\/td>\nTwo-week notice<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Florida<\/a><\/td>\nSix-week notice<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Georgia<\/a><\/td>\nThirty-day notice<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Hawaii<\/a><\/td>\nFour-week notice<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Idaho<\/a><\/td>\nThree-week notice<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Illinois<\/a><\/td>\nThirty-day notice<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Indiana<\/a><\/td>\nEight-week notice<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Iowa<\/a><\/td>\nEight-week notice<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Kansas<\/a><\/td>\nEight-week notice<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Kentucky<\/a><\/td>\nThirty-day notice<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Louisiana<\/a><\/td>\nForty-five-day notice<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Maine<\/a><\/td>\nForty-five-day notice<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Maryland<\/a><\/td>\nThirty-day notice<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Massachusetts<\/a><\/td>\nTwenty-day notice<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Michigan<\/a><\/td>\nFour-week notice<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Minnesota<\/a><\/td>\nTwenty-day notice<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Mississippi<\/a><\/td>\nThirty-day notice<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Missouri<\/a><\/td>\nSixty-day notice<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Montana<\/a><\/td>\nTwo-week notice—This Governor does not issue proclamations, rather the office will issue “Letters of Support” via email or by U.S. mail.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Nebraska<\/a><\/td>\nThirty-day notice<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Nevada<\/a><\/td>\nFour-week notice<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    New Hampshire<\/a><\/td>\nThirty-day notice<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    New Jersey<\/a><\/td>\nEight-week notice<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    New Mexico<\/a><\/td>\nForty-five-day notice<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    New York<\/a><\/td>\nThirty-day notice<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    North Carolina<\/a><\/td>\nFour-month (120 day) notice<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    North Dakota<\/a><\/td>\nThirty-day notice<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Ohio<\/a><\/td>\nThirty-day notice<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Oklahoma<\/a><\/td>\nThirty-day notice<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Oregon<\/a><\/td>\nForty-five-day notice<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Pennsylvania<\/a><\/td>\nSix-week notice<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Puerto Rico<\/a><\/td>\nAt least 60 business day before—Send request: https:\/\/www.estado.pr.gov\/proclamas<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Rhode Island<\/a><\/td>\nForty-five-day notice<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    South Carolina<\/a><\/td>\nThirty-day notice<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    South Dakota<\/a><\/td>\nFour-week notice<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Tennessee<\/a><\/td>\nTwenty-one-day notice<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Texas<\/a><\/td>\nThirty-day notice<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Utah<\/a><\/td>\nThirty-day notice<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Vermont<\/a><\/td>\nSix-week notice<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Virginia<\/a><\/td>\nForty-five-day notice<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Washington<\/a><\/td>\nForty-five-day notice<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    West Virginia<\/a><\/td>\nThirty-day notice<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Wisconsin<\/a><\/td>\nForty-five-day notice<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Wyoming<\/a><\/td>\nForty-five-day notice<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\r\r\n <\/div>\r\r\n <\/div>\r\r\n<\/div>\r\r\n\n\n\n

    2. Use the ready-to-go (but customizable) text below for your request. <\/p>\n\n\n\n