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('1i Indian River County Healthy Start The TLC Newborn and Belly Beautiful programs support the message of breastfeeding and help mothers succeed in providing their children with the most nutritional food for healthy development and reduce SIDS. The services they provided one-on-one has innumerable influence on positive parenting and attachment with their newborn. Bonding and attachment with their infant is foundational for a newborn's growth, especially the social and emotional development they need when entering kindergarten. Thank -you for your consideration to continue to fund children programs because they are critical for building an economically strong, healthy and safe future for our community Sincere regards, Kathleen Cain Executive Director •; c.. -.. , "L, .•b l:: ... u: ct.o. .,a: .,..... • „ w.. .. ..,. :� r.. v! .. t J^•: -, r:nr.r., .... ... r'1i1l:+i.tgrr;+: t'. r( rl�:.. .•.: i,rr _.. ...... .. W-41_•f'!_l .1'.tfi r., A,� .� 7r•F Sr�.'f . 1•ef: r. ,r:l')Sin..;!.'l:.b�! t!:..: I,::r•.i ll. ilJ°�. :: l:r ,• _-. -. n.�.. ...`' kVia)<.•. .r.l> .... 933 11" St ]cite 21; Veto Becch. Ilor;do 32960 (77 21) 553-9115 • r: 1:::•.ilthrclt!;I sttv:.l+:c 1,514.9 February 15", 2016 To: The Indian River County Board of Commissioners Board of Di: eciors 2015 was a very eventful year for children's services in Indian River County! The County Commissioners support of match dollars for our children sent the message to our community that children's lives are important, especially children living in poverty The Healthy Start Coalition has been privileged to be able to see the direct benefits of the dollars awarded. The Parents as Teachers home visiting program has been launched F:r,i)r•r! ;a:•a.;t- with documented improvements of 42 young infants/toddlers living in poverty receiving full comprehensive health and development screenings. We have identified minor to -"11.,-:; in, major developmental delays with several children and were able to remediate those 1 0 :l,rr ;'t, s,dell: delays. We are already influencing the future life for some of our small children and are very grateful to be able to do this. r :,slr: r• Our Healthy Families program has been able to grow and continue with supporting parents of children who find parenting a challenge and struggle. They support several '• Iw o families who have diagnosed mental health issues. Training and staff reimbursement is key to keeping this successful program going. We consistently have 98% or above of families who graduate from our program having no reported incidences of child abuse or neglect. The TLC Newborn and Belly Beautiful programs support the message of breastfeeding and help mothers succeed in providing their children with the most nutritional food for healthy development and reduce SIDS. The services they provided one-on-one has innumerable influence on positive parenting and attachment with their newborn. Bonding and attachment with their infant is foundational for a newborn's growth, especially the social and emotional development they need when entering kindergarten. Thank -you for your consideration to continue to fund children programs because they are critical for building an economically strong, healthy and safe future for our community Sincere regards, Kathleen Cain Executive Director •; c.. -.. , "L, .•b l:: ... u: ct.o. .,a: .,..... • „ w.. .. ..,. :� r.. v! .. t J^•: -, r:nr.r., .... ... r'1i1l:+i.tgrr;+: t'. r( rl�:.. .•.: i,rr _.. ...... .. W-41_•f'!_l .1'.tfi r., A,� .� 7r•F Sr�.'f . 1•ef: r. ,r:l')Sin..;!.'l:.b�! t!:..: I,::r•.i ll. ilJ°�. :: l:r ,• _-. -. n.�.. ...`' kVia)<.•. .r.l> .... 933 11" St ]cite 21; Veto Becch. Ilor;do 32960 (77 21) 553-9115 • r: 1:::•.ilthrclt!;I sttv:.l+:c 1,514.9