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