Page 1 of 2
Regular Session, 2011 ENROLLED
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 76
BY SENATOR MOUNT
A RESOLUTION
To proclaim Tuesday, June 7, 2011, as Nurse-Family Partnership Day at the Louisiana
Senate.
WHEREAS, Nurse-Family Partnership is a nationally recognized, evidence-based
community health program that saves money by increasing women's employment, reducing
dependence on public assistance, reducing childhood injuries, and increasing children's
school readiness; and
WHEREAS, Nurse-Family Partnership has substantial evidence from numerous
random, controlled trials conducted over the past thirty years which proves the effectiveness
of this community health care program; and
WHEREAS, Nurse-Family Partnership empowers low-income, first-time mothers
to become confident parents and strong women by pairing them with nurse home visitors,
and this trusted relationship instills a level of confidence in these mothers that helps guide
them and their children to successful futures; and
WHEREAS, an investment in Nurse-Family Partnership yields not only quantifiable
social benefits, such as improved prenatal health, improved child health and development,
and increased economic self-sufficiency but also a substantial return on the community's
investment in the program; and
WHEREAS, independent research shows that for every public health dollar invested
in a local Nurse-Family Partnership program, communities can realize more than five dollars
in return due to savings in social services, health care, and criminal justice costs; and
WHEREAS, because of Louisiana's wise investment in this high quality, voluntary
home visiting program, this state was one of only six chosen by the Pew Center on the States
to partner with that distinguished organization for the purpose of sustaining and expanding
access to Nurse-Family Partnership; and SR NO. 76 ENROLLED
Page 2 of 2
WHEREAS, ninety-one percent of Louisiana children participating in the
Nurse-Family Partnership program from intake to completion are fully immunized at age
twenty four months; and
WHEREAS, among Louisiana women in the program, there is a nineteen percent
increase in workforce participation for mothers age eighteen years and older and a
twenty-five percent reduction in violence during pregnancy; and
WHEREAS, by joining forces with the Nurse-Family Partnership, communities
change the lives of their most vulnerable citizens and thereby create a better, safer, and
stronger community, not just for today but for generations to come.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
does hereby recognize Tuesday, June 7, 2011, as Nurse-Family Partnership Day at the
Louisiana Senate.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
Louisiana state coordinator of Nurse-Family Partnership.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE