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Organization : Indian River County Healthy Start Coalition, Inc. Program: TLC Newborn <br /> Funder: IRC Board of County Commissioners — Children's Services Advisory Committee - 05-06 Grant Application <br /> F. PROGRAM EVALUATION (Entire Section F not to exceed two pages) <br /> 1 . DEMOGRAPHICS : What information (data elements) will you need to collect in order <br /> to accurately describe your target population including demographics (age, gender, and <br /> ethnic background) required by the funder in Section H? What are the pieces of <br /> information that qualify them for your target population ? How do you document their <br /> need for services or their "unacceptable condition requiring change" from Section Bl ? - <br /> Visits to Indian River Memorial Hospital are made six out of seven days of each week by the <br /> TLC Newborn personnel who meet the mother of every newborn either the day of delivery of <br /> her baby or the day after. Follow up phone calls are made with each family of a newborn who is <br /> interested in participating in the TLC Newborn program, which is over 95 percent of all newborn <br /> families seen by TLC in Indian River County. All data — client information is gathered at the <br /> time of the hospital visit and enrollment into the program. The birth of a newborn from an IRC <br /> resident is the sole requirement for participation. Decreasing support, both medical, educational <br /> and emotional, is a primary need that is filled by TLC for overall infant development and <br /> wellbeing. <br /> 2. MEASURES : What data elements will you need to collect to show that you have <br /> achieved (or made progress toward) your Measurable Outcomes in Section D ? What <br /> tools or items are you using as measures (grades, survey scores, attendance, absences, <br /> skill levels) for your program? Are you getting baseline information from a source on <br /> your Collaboration List in Section E ? Are there results from your Activities in Section <br /> D that need to be documented ? How often do you need to collect or follow-up on this <br /> data? <br /> The initial intake form that is completed at the hospital provides basic reporting and baseline <br /> information for analysis purposes and demographics. The TLC program has a special data base <br /> designed to monitor and document the process objectives . Surveys are sent out to the families <br /> during the third month of their child ' s birth and at the completion of the 12 month survey. This <br /> information is tallied and results put in the requested reports . Goals and objectives information <br /> are collected by each TLC staff member, and is inputted into a data base on a daily basis, with <br /> the number of families served, phone calls and referrals recorded, along with other needed <br /> information. The Twelve Month Survey is much shorter in length and focuses on open ended <br /> responses addressing the benefits of the program in terms of the TLC family' s perspective. The <br /> Three Month Survey is based on a "strongly agree" to "strongly disagree" Liekert scale format. <br /> The survey involves ten questions and addresses specific program issues . <br /> 3. REPORTING : What will you do with this information to show that change has <br /> occurred ? How will you use or present these results to the consumer, the funder, the <br /> program, and the community? How will you use this information to improve your <br /> program? <br /> Data collected will be compiled in reports requested by the funder and provided to the funder, <br /> the IRC Healthy Start Coalition, and the IRC Health Department. The Coalition holds a <br /> 11 <br />