Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #1152FY0001 Rural Perinatal Care, Social Worker
Requester:		Marianna Towler, CNM,CEO			Organization:		Full Circle Women's Health, Inc
Project Title:		Rural Perinatal Care, Social Worker			Date Submitted:		2/14/01 5:05:29 PM
Sponsors:		Alfred Lawson, Richard Mitchell
Statewide Interest:		Provides service to most vulnerable women and families in rural counties
Recipient:		Full Circle Women's Health			Contact:		Marianne Towler, CNM,CEO
		104 East Dade Street			Contact Phone:		(850) 973-4814
		Madison 32340
Counties:		Madison
Service Area:		Private Organization
Project Description:
The goal of this project is two-fold. First our mandate is to futher reduce the LBW and perinatal rates among the clients of Full Circle Women's Health. Although the absolute cause of poor perinatal outcomes is now known, we do know that stress, personal, familial and community-wide, plays a major role in its causation. To this end we wish to conserve and expand the perinatal social work recently added the service. This social worker does intensive therpy with a limited number of clients who are noted by the nurse-midwives or Healthy Start personnel to be at particular risk in pregnancy. Since the public mental health services in these counties is virtually non-existent, her fole is not a duplication of services. The additional social worker will work primarily in Gadsden Co. Secondly, we want to reach out furhter into these communities so that women and families can access our services. The services of the social worker and the CNMs need to become better known and our care more readily available by increasing hours and contact within each of the counties in which we work and by further networking with other public and private groups in the counties. Many women seek pregnancy care in the larger communities but are reluctant to seek frequent care because of the distance they must travel or the time they must take off from work. If in-county services are better utilized, perinatal outcomes will improve
Measurable Outcome Anticipated:
A decrease of 1% per year in perinatal death and Low Birth Weight per percentage of clients seen until these counties approach the state level for these outcome measures
Amount requested from the State for this project this year:						$250,000
Total cost of the project:			$250,000
Request has been made to fund:				Operations
Type of funding match:		Local
	Total Cash Amount:		$60,000		Total In-Kind Amount:		$5,000
Was this project previously funded by the State?							Yes
	Fiscal Year:		2000		Amount:		$50,000
Is future-year funding likely to be requested?							Yes
	Amount:		$150,000
	Purpose for future year funding:					Recurring Operations
	Will this be an annual request?						Yes
Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request?							Yes
	Agency:		Health, Department Of
Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget?							Yes
Is there a documented need for this project?							Yes
	Documentation:		Florida State Bureau of Statistics Report on Low Birth Weight, Infant Mortality, and Perinatal Mort.
Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)?							Yes
	Hearing Body:		Public Hearing, Madison, Jefferson and Leon Counties
	Meeting Date:		1/18/01