| 1 | House Resolution |
| 2 | A resolution recognizing Florida's Healthy Start |
| 3 | coalitions and designating April 19, 2005, as "Healthy |
| 4 | Start Coalitions Day." |
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| 6 | WHEREAS, there are 32 Healthy Start coalitions throughout |
| 7 | the state, each charged with reducing infant mortality, and |
| 8 | these coalitions have played a large part in improving Florida's |
| 9 | rank in infant mortality, which has dropped from 48th to 33rd in |
| 10 | the nation, and |
| 11 | WHEREAS, Healthy Start coalitions, comprised of community |
| 12 | volunteers who are uniquely positioned to assess and respond to |
| 13 | maternal and infant health needs and to direct funding toward |
| 14 | services that address those needs, have created a seamless |
| 15 | system of care that benefited more than 174,126 moms and babies |
| 16 | in Florida in fiscal year 2003-2004, and |
| 17 | WHEREAS, in 2003-2004, Healthy Start coalitions |
| 18 | collectively leveraged more than $21 million, including 11,575 |
| 19 | volunteer hours and $2,615,038 of in-kind services and |
| 20 | resources, cash, grants, and projects related to maternal and |
| 21 | infant health, and drew down almost $16.5 million in federal |
| 22 | funding, NOW, THEREFORE, |
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| 24 | Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of |
| 25 | Florida: |
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| 27 | That the House of Representatives pauses in its |
| 28 | deliberations to applaud the outstanding efforts of, and |
| 29 | recognize the remarkable benefits afforded by, the state's |
| 30 | dedicated Healthy Start coalitions and to designate April 19, |
| 31 | 2005, as "Healthy Start Coalitions Day" in Florida. |