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Indian River County Healthy Start Coalition, Inc. Healthy Families IAC Program Children's services Advisory Committee Grant 2007-08 work, psychology, or a related field (or BA with 2 additional years of experience in the field), and 2 years experience in direct service delivery and supervision. Duties are to report to Program Manager, provide direct supervision of FSW' s and to review caseloads of HF IRC staff. Family Assessment Worker ( 1 .5 - FTE' s) - One-year college credit in a related field, with two years of experience delivering services to children and families. Duties are to review referrals made by OB providers or other sources in the community and to interview/conduct assessments using the eligibility tool with parents to determine eligibility for HE Family Support Worker (8 FTE' s) - One-year college credit in a related field, with two years of experience delivering services to children and families. Responsible for initiating and maintaining regular (at least weekly) and long-term contact/support with families. Data Entry Clerk—Admin. Asst. ( 1 FTE) - Accurate and timely information processing; experience with data entry computer systems. Duties include the review of master copies of documents; updates HF IRC database. 5. How will the target population be made aware of the program ? Identification of potential HF clients is accomplished through universal HS/HF screening of pregnant women at all OB providers' offices. Partners in Women' s Health is the primary obstetric Medicaid provider in this county, who has the highest number of patients eligible for Healthy Families. At Partner' s a midwife provides information to pregnant women during a weekly orientation about the provider and community programs, including a short video about Healthy Families. As the lead agency for HF IRC, awareness is created through Coalition networking and our other programs; MomCare, Healthy Start Care Coordination and TLC Newborn. The Coalition promotes the program through its website, public presentations, quarterly Coalition meetings and newsletters, at health fairs and other public events. 6. How will the program be accessible to target population (i.e., location, transportation, hours of operation)? HF IRC serves the entire county. Since HF IRC is a home visitation program, there are few barriers to program participation. Transportation for HF services is not an issue. All Family Support Workers have flexible hours and work evenings or weekends in order to visit families at the family' s convenience. Although home is the primary site of visitation, staff and families can arrange visitation at OB or pediatric provider offices, WIC or any other location that the family identifies as convenient. 6