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In,,moms B reastfeedin g Su pport Proms m
nt Proposal
-- Grant to be submitted to Kate R. Reynolds Charitable Tmst in Winston Salem
by September 15, 1998
-- Application requires signal of County Extension Dweetor and Chairman of
the Bow of County Commission, as well as a listing of Board of
Cornmissioncrs mernbm
-- In-Horne Breastfeeding Supper Program will be modeled after exig
programs administmd by the Cooperative Extension Spice in nine cuunfi .
-- Grant oral is for 3 year ding totalling $379,508.00+
In,,Home Breastfee&ng Supper Frogram is joint partnership between.
--Cooperafive Extension S ee
�mOrange County Health Department
mmPiedmont Health S ee# Inc.
—LINC Hos P1 itals
Objectives+
--Increase breastfeeding initiation rates from 48% to 60% by the year 2002
--Increaw brtfeeding dtion raws at 6 weeks posumm from % to 351/10
by year 002
--Inacase bra`wing duration ram at 6 months postparum m 16% to 25%
by the year 2002
--Fifty t of WIC and WIOeligible pregnant/poetpartum women will enrol l
in the In,,dome Breastfeeding SuppM Prograrn by end of year 2
-- Staff
--Two Brinsffixx1ing Progmm Assistants (PA$S)
.,.,One support staff,,,administrative assist
-+Ste'wiU be supervised Cooperative Emersion Service
-- f pnvosred to be hid March 1999 from ant funds
mmin,,kind maids would come from state Cooperative Extension Spice budget
(Expanded Foods and Nation ) and county Cooperutive Extmsion
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