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YEAR ONE ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
- Employed competent support personnel
- Maintained agreement for services of R.N. through Purchase Health Department
- Developed Data Collection Forms for services rendered
- Identified elementary students eligible for medical card
- Continued process of identification of students & families classified as "Working Poor"
- Added partner to provide needed Dental Services
YEAR ONE LESSONS:
- Cannot focus programs on one agency or individual - must include partners
- Must become flexible with "established rules" and focus on needs of program in review of existing policies.
- Individuals in program must be willing to take "political risks" in order to achieve significant change
- Partners must agree:
- Primary Focus is Prevention
- To accept that there is a strong association between the ecological factors of poverty, education, maternal and family stress and emotional stability with the health and well being of both parents and child
- To believe in the preservation of family centered, coordinated care.
- To recognize that treatment services often come too late in a family's life and are very costly.
YEAR TWO OUTCOMES/OBJECTIVES:
- Transcend focus of program from treatment to prevention (wellness)
- Place more emphasis on early childhood health interventions
- Continued to develop and deliver services through the Dental Outreach Program
- Expand and enhance public relations efforts to build public and School Board support for the project
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