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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 60
BY SENATOR BROOME
A RESOLUTION
To recognize Tuesday, April 28, 2015, as "Healthy Start Day" at the Louisiana Senate 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 Senate of 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 affect 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 Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
does hereby recognize Tuesday, April 28, 2015, as "Healthy Start Day" at the Louisiana
Senate 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
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