Manatee County Now
The following statistics are based on Whole Child family profiles submitted between October 1, 2009 and April 30, 2009
Top 50% referral generated needs:
| Dentist for children under 6 years old | 71% |
| Of those expecting a child, who need prenatal care | 66% |
| Childcare /preschool for children under six | 63% |
| Doctor for his/herself and the rest of the family | 56% |
| Usually runs out of money before food shelter and clothing needs are met | 56% |
| Need health insurance/Medicaid for the rest of his/her family | 52% |
Whole Child Manatee Highlights
- Whole Child will be involved with a new website at the Bradenton herald called “Connect Manatee” a web-based community information site, as well as doing a show with METV< MGA about Whole Child for families, with instructions.
- In the past fiscal year dedicated staff have attended over 200 family events, and local provider & statewide meetings working evenings and week-ends, distributing over 20,000 ½ page flyers Eng/Spanish and family tax benefit information to such organizations as the school district, Head Start, Whole Child providers, job fairs, businesses, Kindergarten round-ups, family events, the Children’s Summit, faith-based events and Health Fairs
- Whole Child staff provide ongoing technical assistance to organizations as they become more aware of the multiple needs of families and how to empower them through the linkage to over 300 resources listed on the Whole Child Connection
- Large Groups that provide services to families: school board social workers and nurses, Safe Children Coalition and child care providers have been given a universal password in order to utilize the search engine and we are receiving many calls for this.