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' Indian Riser County Healthy Start Coalition, Inc. TLC Newbom Program Children's Services Advisory Committee Grant 2006-07 PROPOSAL NARRATIVE A. ORGANIZATION CAPABILITY (Entire Section A not to exceed one page) F e mission statement and vision of your organization. Our mission is to system in Indian River County that guarantees all women access to prenatal care ants access to services that promote normal growth and development. Our vision is every family the opportunity to maximize their child' s potential before, during and . Our programs concentrate on the significance of caregivers ' relationships with the use caregivers are the infant ' s environment; an environment that impacts the infants physical well being and emotional/mental health for life. 2. Provide a brief summary of your organization including areas of expertise, accomplishments, and population served. The Coalition, incorporated in 1993 is a private not for profit established by Indian River citizens interested in having local control of state and federal dollars for maternal child health. Through a state legislated grant for this private- public partnership, the Coalition is annually awarded operating funds of 5150,000 per year to plan, implement and evaluate maternal child health in Indian River County. Through contracts with the State of Florida the Coalition is the sub-recipient of federal and state dollars. These program dollars are allocated to providers for services for pregnant women and infants by the Coalition board. The Coalition is authorized by statute to establish collaboration among maternal child health providers that promotes and expands access to services for pregnant women and infants up to age five. Since the Coalition was organized, the county' s infant death rate has dropped from a rate of 12. 04 in 1993 to 3 . 63 in 2003 . All pregnant women and infants in the county are served by the universal Healthy Start risk screenings and depending on their need, are provided opportunities to participate in Healthy Start, TLC Newborn and Healthy Families. Universal screening of newborns has risen from a low of 41 % three years ago to 93 % in 2005 . Healthy Start and Healthy Families programs provide services for children beginning prior to birth. Both Coalition and program staff work with IRMH and providers (obstetric and pediatric) to facilitate entry. Additionally the Coalition administers MomCare, a Medicaid Choice Counseling program that is contracted out to IRC Health Department. Because the Coalition is the lead agency for all four, we are in a position to implement efficiencies, eliminate duplication and facilitate movement of families between programs as their needs are identified. Indian River Healthy Start Coalition uniquely focuses on programs that provide child services at the earliest stages of a child' s life because research has shown that bonding; of parent to child, and attachment; of child to parent, has a lifelong impact on a child ' s life affecting school readiness and their mental, emotional and physical health as they grow into adulthood. 4