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INTRODUCTORY*
CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)
Introduced by: President Rawlings-Blake
A RESOLUTION ENTITLED
A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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In Recognition of Baltimore City Healthy Start, Inc. During Celebration of National Infant Mortality Awareness Month
FOR the purpose of congratulating Baltimore City Healthy Start, Inc., and the Baltimore City Health Commissioner on reducing infant mortality in Baltimore City to the Surgeon General's target goal for Healthy People 2010 and endorsing the objective of National Infant Mortality Awareness Month to increase national awareness and to reduce the rate of infant mortality in this country, by 2010.
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On September 20, 2007, federal, state, and local officials celebrated the successful efforts of Baltimore City Healthy Start, Inc., in reducing the number of very low birth weight babies born to clients enrolled in the program's community based programs. At 1622 North Carey Street, one of the neighborhood sites, the Baltimore City Commissioner of Health, the CEO and Board Chair of Healthy Start, Inc., the CEO of the National Healthy Start Association, and the Associate Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration addressed a gathering celebrating babies born to participants obtaining low birth weight rate goals set by the Surgeon General in Healthy People 2010.
Baltimore City Healthy Start, Inc., is part of the National Healthy Start Association (NHSA) whose members include 100 f...
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