ENROLLED
2015 Regular Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 49
BY REPRESENTATIVE BARROW
A RESOLUTION
To designate Tuesday, April 28, 2015, as Healthy Start Day at the state capitol.
WHEREAS, it is appropriate to commend the city of New Orleans, Family Road of
Greater Baton Rouge, Crescent City WIC Services of Gretna, and the Family Tree
Information Education Counseling Center of Lafayette upon their receipt of a grant from the
United States Department of Health and Human Services to operate Healthy Start Programs
in the state of Louisiana; and
WHEREAS, the United States Department of Health and Human Services has
charged local agencies that receive the federal grant with the task of improving access to
care, promoting quality services, strengthening family resilience, and improving program
accountability; and
WHEREAS, the goal of the Healthy Start Program is to give pregnant women the
resources needed to improve their own health and the health of their babies; and
WHEREAS, the Health Resources and Services Administration of the United States
Department of Health and Human Services began funding fifteen Healthy Start initiatives
in 1991; this infant mortality reduction initiative currently has over one hundred five
federally funded Healthy Start projects in thirty-nine states and the District of Colombia, the
U.S. Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico; and
WHEREAS, the Healthy Start Program infant mortality reduction initiative is a
valuable resource and intervention program that eliminates disparities in perinatal health
resulting from multiple factors including race, education, income, disability, or living in a
rural area; and
WHEREAS, through home visitation, case management, outreach, health education,
and depression screening, the Healthy Start Program reduces negative birth outcomes and
the infant mortality rate.
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THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
Legislature of Louisiana does hereby designate Tuesday, April 28, 2015, as Healthy Start
Day at the state capitol and does hereby commend the city of New Orleans, Family Road of
Greater Baton Rouge, Crescent City WIC Services of Gretna, and the Family Tree
Information Education Counseling Center of Lafayette for their valuable contributions in
improving the health of moms and babies in the state of Louisiana.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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