HR 9065

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House Resolution
2A resolution recognizing Florida's Healthy Start
3coalitions and designating March 16, 2004, as "Healthy
4Start Day."
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6     WHEREAS, there are 32 Healthy Start coalitions throughout
7the state, each charged with reducing infant mortality, and
8these coalitions have played a large part in improving Florida's
9rank in infant mortality to 29th in the nation, and
10     WHEREAS, Healthy Start coalitions, comprised of community
11volunteers who are uniquely positioned to assess and respond to
12maternal and infant health needs and to direct funding toward
13services that address those needs, have created a seamless
14system of care that benefited more than 152,000 moms and babies
15in Florida in fiscal year 2002-2003, and
16     WHEREAS, in 2002-2003, Healthy Start coalitions
17collectively leveraged more than $21 million, including 27,200
18volunteer hours of in-kind services and resources, cash, grants,
19and projects related to maternal and infant health, and drew
20down almost $14 million in federal funding, NOW, THEREFORE,
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22Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of
23Florida:
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25     That the House of Representatives pauses in its
26deliberations to applaud the outstanding efforts of, and
27recognize the remarkable benefits afforded by, the state's
28dedicated Healthy Start coalitions and to designate March 16,
292004, as "Healthy Start Day" in Florida.


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