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Indian River County Healthy Start Coalition, Inc. — 2003-04 TLC Newborn Program IRC Board of County Commissioners — Children 's Services Advisory Committee G. TIMETABLE (Section G not to exceed one page) 1 . List the major action steps, activities or cycles of events that will occur within the program year. New programs should include any start-up planning that may occur outside the funding year. In completing the timetable, review information detailed in rior sections. Month/Period Activities All components of the TLC Newborn Program are in place, with a veteran TLC staff providing services . The hospital visits take place on a daily basis, except Sundays . The major programmatic action steps and activities of the TLC program are the following : Daily: Hospital visit by TLC Associate (except on Sundays) . * Retrieve security badge from Social Workers office . * Visit maternity ward nurses station for list of new deliveries . * Review list with TLC log for families who have been previously visited. * Prepare intake and request for services forms as well as TLC brochure. * Present TLC program to mom and family of newborn . * Complete intake form and have mom sign agreement to services form. * Repeat visit to all mothers of newborns not previously seen. * Complete TLC log located at hospital. Office : * Continue intake process , including logging information on computer and setting up file of family. * Assign families of newborns to TLC Assoc. (within one week of birth) . * Send customized mailing based on family' s needs . 1St Month : * Call families of newborns weekly for one month after birth of newborn . * First "Wee Wisdom" newsletter is mailed. * During second month (from birth), phone calls are made every two weeks . Monthly: * From third to sixth month (from birth) , calls are made one time per month. * Age (month) appropriate newsletter is mailed each month. * On second Friday of each month, newsletters are compiled for monthly mailings . * After 3rd and 12th month, appropriate program evaluation surveys are mailed. * On a quarterly basis, send sibling newsletter for families with children ages 13 months to age four will be mailed. 12