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Organization: Indian River County Healthy Start Coalition, Inc. Program: TLC Newborn Funder: IRC Board of County Commissioners — Children 's Services Advisory Committee - 05-06 Grant Application E . COLLABORATION (Entire Section E not to exceed one page) 1 . List your program' s collaborative partners and the resources that they are providing to the program beyond referrals and support. (See individual funder requirements for inclusion of collaborative agreement letters.) Collaborative Agency Resources provided to the program * Free office rent * Conference room access * Access to Indian River County Health Dept. office equipment such as computers, copier, postage, fax and telephone services. * Staff supervision * Storage space * Payroll services * Cleaning All these services are provided * Purchasing services * Personnel services * clerical in-kind, with no administrative fee. Support * outreach Indian River Memorial Hospital * Access to mothers, with appropriate guidelines. * Pertinent information, especially in case of infant mortality, which is discreetly relayed to TLC Newborn personnel when needed. As with all medical facilities, confidentiality is observed throughout. * Storage space for TLC paperwork, manuals and references in All these services are provided respective Labor and Delivery areas. * Positive in -kind, with no administrative fee. promotion of TLC program to new mothers by all hospital staff. * Comfortable communication between medical providers and TLC staff. * Provides two books to newborn families that are given IRC Library — Born to Read to the family of the newborn by the Stork Club. The Program TLC staff provides evaluation two months after birth by asking the mother if they have read the books to their children, with a follow-up of emphasizing the importance of reading to their infant towards enhancing brain development, * Provides home visitation for mothers of newborns Visiting Nurses Association of the experiencing breastfeeding difficulties or in need of Treasure Coast greater breastfeeding education. Breastfeeding home visitation charge is $50 . 00 per visit by the VNA * Overall program development, integration and Indian River County Healthy Start communication within all three IRCHSC programs Coalition (Healthy Start, Healthy Families, & TLC) . * Fundraising, PR and marketing of TLC program. (While the Coalition is the applying * In cooperation/collaboration with the IRC Health agency, many in-kind collaborative Department, TLC Program QA/QI, reports and efforts on behalf of the TLC program troubleshooting. * Provide TLC representation at take place . ) United Way and other public events. * Presentations to community groups regarding the TLC Program. * Development and presentation of TLC RFP/Grant(s) . All these services are provided in- * Fiscal oversight and reimbursement requests. kind, with no administrative ee. 10