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r �S�P�T Cpq��T 1603 10th Avenue Vero Beach , Florida 32960 2 (772) 563 - 9118 Fax (772 ) 563 - 9125 o e- mail : irchsc@aol . com AV L May 26, 2004 IRC Board of County Commissioners - Children's Services Advisory Committee Attn: Joyce Johnston-Carlson, Director - IRC Human Services 1900 27th Street Vero Beach, Florida 32960 Dear Joyce and Review Panel, On behalf of the IRC Healthy Start Coalition and its Board of Directors, I would like to respectively submit our grant applications for the TLC Newborn and Healthy Families - IRC programs. The grant amount requested for the FY 2004-2005 for both programs is the same amount received for 2003 -04 . The core funding for the HF-IRC program, which the BOCC-CSAC funding is crucial to help bring to our community, is $443 ,985 and from the Florida Ounce of Prevention - Healthy Families Florida. The $55 ,000. 00 sought from the BOCC - CSAC represents 12 .4% of the mandatory 25 .0% local match for the Healthy Families - IRC program. This match provides a great investment not only for at-risk families in Indian River County, but also in terms of bringing dollars and jobs to our community. On-going accomplishments have been achieved with both programs in 2003 -04 . For the Healthy Families program, eight of the families that started in the program several years ago graduated this summer. This "graduation" means that the families in the program have met all their family's goals and progressed up the HF levels towards optimal family functioning and parent/child interaction. Of these eight families, seven were employed and two have in- creased their level of participation. Before entering the program, six were unemployed. The HF-IRC program has also rebounded remarkably well from staffing changes that occurred last fall. The TLC Newborn program continues to serve 96% of all newborn families and serves as the cornerstone for brain development and has served 6,000 babies and families since its inception. Both programs are successfully working on parenting and mental health/wellness with the families they serve in order to promote parent/child interaction and help build development of the infants' and children' brain in their crucial fust. three years in order to prosper once the child enters school. Thank you for reviewing the IRC Healthy Start Coalition's TLC Newbom and Healthy Families - IRC grant applica- tions . I look forward to the opportunity of presenting our proposals in June. On behalf of the 1 ,000 families of newborns that the TLC Newborn Program and over 180 families the Healthy Families - IRC program serve, thank you for your continued support. ;Sincerely, cott Josep , M. S . Executive Director The Mission of the Indian River County Healthy Start Coalition is to establish a system that guarantees all women have access to prenatal care and that all infants have access to services that promote normal growth and development.