Approve Partnership Agreement between More Health Educational Program and School District of Hillsborough County in Conjunction with Steps to a Healthier Hillsborough Grant Initiative (Student Services and Federal Programs Division)

This Partnership Agreement between the More Health Educational Program and School District of Hillsborough County will provide services through Steps to a Healthier Hillsborough Program, focusing on under-served populations from February 22 to September 21, 2006. This initiative is a component in collaboration with the Hillsborough County Health Department to support intervention activities. The issues of diabetes and obesity will be presented to students in the following schools: Hillsborough and Middleton High Schools; Ferrell, Memorial, and Van Buren Middle Schools; and B. T. Washington, Broward, Desoto, Edison, Foster, Kenly, Lee, Robles, and Seminole Elementary Schools. All of these schools are Title I schools within the Steps intervention area with high minority and low socio-economic populations. The More Health Educational Program will provide services that impact nutrition and physical activity. Evaluation will be based upon decreased BMI (body mass index) rates and increased breakfast participation.

Goal 5 The district will eliminate the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) achievement gap by a minimum of 10 percentage points as reported by No Child Left Behind.

The source of these funds is from the Steps to a Healthier Hillsborough Grant. This contract with More Health Educational Program is for $45,000.

All evaluation and data collection will be completed at the end of the five year Steps grant. The grant began in the 2004 – 2005 school year and will end and be evaluated in the 2008-2009 school year. Data collection will include the number of students receiving instruction and a sampling of absences and visits to hospital emergency rooms by the target population. The District will provide monthly status reports on agencies, such as More Health Educational Program, to the Grant Project Director. This information is required by the District and the sub-contractor (More Health Educational Program).