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SENATE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 56
BY SENATOR BROOME AND REPRESENTATI VE BARROW
A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
To recognize Tuesday, April 28, 2015, as "Healthy Start Day" at the Louisiana Legislature
and commend the city of New Orleans, Family Road of Greater Baton Rouge,
Crescent City WIC Services of Gretna, and Family Tree Information Education
Counseling Center of Lafayette for their contributions in improving the health of
Louisiana moms and babies.
WHEREAS, it is appropriate for the Louisiana Legislature to commend the city of
New Orleans, Family Road of Greater Baton Rouge, Crescent City WIC Services of Gretna,
and Family Tree Information Education Counseling Center of Lafayette for being awarded
a grant from the United States Department of Health and Human Services to operate Healthy
Start programs in Louisiana; and
WHEREAS, the United States Department of Health and Human Services has
charged these local agencies receiving 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 they need 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, which began funding fifteen Healthy Start
Initiatives in 1991, currently has over one hundred five such projects in thirty-nine states,
the District of Columbia, 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 made available to eliminate disparities in
perinatal health resulting from multiple factors including race, education, income, disability,
or living in a rural area and to reduce negative birth outcomes that directly affects the infant
mortality rate by providing home visitation, case management, outreach, health education,
and depression screening; and
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WHEREAS, this free program, which is not based upon income, targets
African-American women, but services are provided to any eligible member residing in the
targeted parishes.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
recognize Tuesday, April 28, 2015, as "Healthy Start Day" at the Louisiana Legislature and
does hereby commend the city of New Orleans, Family Road of Greater Baton Rouge,
Crescent City WIC Services of Gretna, and Family Tree Information Education Counseling
Center of Lafayette for their contributions in improving the health of Louisiana moms and
babies.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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