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PROGRAM COVER PAGE <br />Organization Name: Indian River County Healthy Start Coalition <br />Executive Director: Andrea Berry, MNM <br />E-mail: andrea©irchealthystart.org <br />Address: 1555 Indian River Blvd Suite B241 Telephone: 772 563-9118 <br />Vero Beach, Florida 32960 Fax: 772 563-9125 <br />Program Director: Andrea Berry, MNM <br />E mail: andrea@irchealthystart.org <br />Address: 1555 Indian River Blvd Suite B241 Telephone: 772 563-9118 <br />Vero Beach, Florida 32960Fax: 772 563-9125 <br />Program Title: <br />Nurse Family Partnership (NFP) <br />Priority Need Area Addressed: <br />Priority Need 1- Early Childhood Development <br />Priority Need 2 - Build Parent Capacity <br />Brief Description of the Program: <br />Nurse Family Partnership (NFP) is a community health program that helps vulnerable mothers <br />in specifically targeted communities achieve a healthy pregnancy. This is attained by helping <br />mothers engage in preventative health practices through early prenatal care, improving their <br />diets, reducing their use of cigarettes, alcohol, and illegal drugs. NFP helps improve child <br />health and development by assisting parents with responsible and competent care and by <br />assisting parents to build a positive future for their children by helping mothers reach <br />economic self-sufficiency of the entire family. Mothers enrolled in the program receive free <br />home visits from a registered nurse from the prenatal period through the baby's second <br />birthday. <br />