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Organization: Indian River County Healthy Start Coalition, Inc. Program: TLC Newbom Program Funder. IRC Board of County Commissioners — Children 's Services Advisory Committee - 2004 Grant Application Fe PROGRAM EVALUATION (Entire Section F not to exceed two pages) 1 . DEMOGRAPHICS : What information (data elements) will you need to collect in order to accurately describe your target population including demographics (age, gender, and ethnic background) required by the funder in Section H? What are the pieces of information that qualify them for your target population ? How do you document their need for services or their "unacceptable condition requiring change" from Section Bl ? Visits to Indian River Memorial„ITospital are made six out of seven days of each week by the TLC Newborn personnel who meet the mother. of every newborn either the day of delivery, of her baby or the day after. Infants toed on Sunday, are normally contacted on the second day after rya, Follow u hon .c delive p p a are made with each family of a newborn who is interested in , F amici mill ' p pg urthe TL( ewwunty:�tl 11 ogram, chis over 95 percent of allne�born lies r iyGg i' a! ti;rt�a�, ary •3y , T ' 1$'P. Fa �.,, ? 4 *r . �� p seen y.TLC in Indian° RiverAll data ;. client information is gathere! at the PIItune of the hospital visit and enrollmeiitinto tfie ro • fip gram: :The birth of a newborn from an IRC resident is the sole 'requirement for participation. Decreasing support, both medical, educational and emotional, is a rim need that is filled by TLC for overall infant development and wellbeing. 2. = NMASURES : What d,att` a, elements will. you need to collect to show thaty . ou have- _\ g” , • ., ia`'� i�'�g «, •F'v °Lc�+ SiFgi°slrf" i ° � # , achieved (or made progress .toward) your Measurable Outcomes in Section D9 at tools o>r� Feeyon using !' measur •ales servey. scores, attendancr , absencesr.8 ;o- , , s �in rmahon frondsourceon our y• • • •m your Activities m Section D that d to be documented? How often do you need to collect or follow-up on this data? The initial intake form that is completed at the hospital provides basic reporting and baseline information for analysis purposes and demographics. For the 2003 -04 year, the progress chart form that the TLC Family Associates use will be modified to answer Goals One through Three. Pi The TLC program has a special data base designed to monitor and document the process objectives. � ASurveys are sent out to the families during the third month of their child's birth and at the completion of the° 12 month period. This information is tallied and results put ui the requested reports. Goals�and objectives information is collected by each TLC staff member, and is inputte ft a data base on a daily basis, with the number of families served, phone calls and referrals `recorded, along withrvotherneeded information: • The Twelve Month Surve is much shorter in length and focuses on open endedresponses addressing major benefits of th6 program in terms of the TLC families perspective. The Three Month Survey is based on a "strongly agree' to I strongly disagree" Liekert scale format. The survey involves ten questions and addressesµ . ecific programissues. Ile 3 . REPORTING: What will you do with this information to show that change has ,, occurred . Ilow will you use or present these results to the consumer, the funder, the programi`and the community? How will you', use this information to improve your program?`Data'collected will be compiled in reports requested by the =and provided to the funder°'Th'e IRC Healthy Start ,Coalition and the IlZC Health De artnient The Coalition P. M holds a quarterly TLC committee meeting, which is chaired by a Coalition Byoard member. The Lill comimtteerenewsether.r orts', as well as overall program issues and loglstics. The Coalition -' z ,y ��'� 4 ,k . , x, �n r# 2k r . . Y •5 , w rye. . ' i �. -s 19"4. y 4.# y( ?c -'�• r iti v 1 l :.