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<br /> Organization: Indian River County Healthy Start Coalition, Inc. Program: TLC Newborn Program
<br /> Funder: IRC Board of County Commissioners — Children's Services Advisory Committee - 2004 Grant Application
<br /> PROPOSAL NARRATIVE
<br /> Please respond to each question in the allotted space for .each section. In responding to each section of
<br /> the proposal narrative, please retain the section-label and/or question that you are addressing. Type
<br /> using 12 pt. font on 8 %2" X 11 " paper and number each page. These directions and the graphic boxes
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<br /> de the mission statement and vision of our oranization. .Y_ g The mission of the Indian
<br /> . County Healthy Start Coalition is to establish a system that guarantees all women have.access to services that romote no, I 3,�IkRl,
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<br /> ent for the TLC Newborn program is althy Families — Strong Communities" . The
<br /> mission statement for TLC is "Strengthening families of newborns by providing information,
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<br /> government, community alliances and maternal and child health providers to provide coordinated
<br /> community based care pregnant women; infants and families with children up to age three for
<br /> Healthy Start and age five for Healthy Families. Areas of expertise include birth and maternal
<br /> data analysis, program planning, development, implementation, and addressing gaps in MCH
<br /> If services . Once gaps in services , or poor birth outcome trends have been identified, then the
<br /> necessary "steps will betaken to improve', these gaps by building bridges; linkages or adding new
<br /> ' services if they' currently do not exist to meet the. MCH needs in Indian River County.11 ,
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<br /> l area's"of expertise include outreach, providing educational opportunities addressing
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<br /> also serves as the lead a enc for Health Fama,hes IRC which provides intensive case
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<br /> management to over 100 families each year since 1999, with the run goal of preventing child
<br /> `abuse in at-risk families: The Coalition also oversees Healthy Start Care Coordination services
<br /> in partnership with the Indian River County Healthy Department, which served over 500 families
<br /> in 2003 . The Coalition launched a child safety campaign and became a Safe Kids Chapter in
<br /> ` k January 2003 The vision of Safe Kids is to "Protect the children of our community . . • through
<br /> I, education, outreach and If , involvement". The Safe Kids program focuses. on child
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<br /> safety seat instruction, infant, home and bicycle safety education and initiatives. The program ,
<br /> Chas already proven to be extremely beneficial in bringing new resources to, the community by
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<br /> .getting over 120 ,child safety seats donated from safety organizations.` To date over 300 child
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<br /> safety seat inspections have taken place by the Coalition' s Outreach/Safe Kids Coor •
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<br /> Kids has also. either coordinated or ` artici ated in over 20 safe events in 2003 -04
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