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The Health of Florida's Children and Youth
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Acknowledgements

Introduction

An Organized Approach

Acknowledgements

The Florida Department of Health thanks the many individuals and organizations that have contributed to this document. Special thanks go to:

  • The Florida Developmental Disabilities Council for their generous support of the design and production of this document and their guidance.
  • To Annie Neasman, Annette Phelps Sarah Sherraden and Phyllis Sloyer whose ideas inspired its creation.
  • To Jody Blalock, Mary Heintz, Cindy Lewis and Bonita J. Sorensen, M.D. for guidance and leadership.
  • The Florida Department of Health's Child Health Strategic Planning Task Forces leaders and members:
    • Access to Quality Health Care (AQHC): Claude Dharamraj
    • Children With Special Health Care Needs (CSHCN): Phyllis Sloyer, Jayne Parker, Susan Redmon and John Venable
    • Data and Surveillance (DS): Rhonda White, Debbie Reich, Karen Freeman and Stephen Dearwater
    • Education, Public Awareness and Prevention (EPAP): Jody Blalock

Florida Department of Health (DOH)
Allyson Casey (EPAP)
Carol Graham
Cathy Brewton (EPAP)
Charles Alexander
Charlotte Curtis
Cheryl L. Clark
Curt Miller (DS)
Dan Thompson (DS)
David Johnson
David Swartz (DS)
Dawn Harlock (EPAP)
Debbie Eibeck
Douglas Holt
Dyke Snipes (DS)
Elaine M. Cauthen
Faye Alexander (EPAP)
Frances Dennard (DS)
Frances Walker (EPAP)
Gloria Nevelle, (AQHC)
Harry Davis
Helen Jackson
Ike Bett
Jane Correia (all groups)
Jennie Hefelfinger
Judy Sheperd
Karen Mica (AQHC, EPAP)
Karen Wiggins (EPAP, DS)
Kathleen Reed (AQHC)
Kelly Purvis (AQHC, EPAP)
Kimberly Hatten (EPAP)
Kimberly Newsome
Lisa VanderWerf-Hourigan
Marilyn Crowell
Marlene LaLota
Meade Grigg (DS)
Mike Haney
Monica E Rutkowski (all groups)
Patricia Armstrong (EPAP)
Phil Reeves
Phyllis Yambor (DS)
Shannon Lease
Sharyn Bennett (CSHCN)
Sherry Lange (AQHC)
Sondra Cornett (EPAP)
Sue Steverson (AQHC)
Susan Shields (AQHC)
Sylvia Byrd
Thomas Liberti
Tobi Goodman (CSHCN)
Vicki Posner Williams (AQHC)
State Partner Agencies

Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA)
Anne Boone (DS, CSHCN)
Mel Chang (DS)
Nancy Ross (DS)
Susan Chen (DS)
Wendy Johnston (CSHCN, AQHC, EPAP)


Florida Department of Education (DOE)
Diane Mennitt, (all groups)
Linda Kinard (AQHC)


Florida Department of Children and Families
Angela Wiggins (all groups)
Darcy Abbott
Denise Hicks
Evelyn Shelley
Linda Ginn
Michael Sorrell (CSHCN)
Patrick Williams (all groups)
Sallie Linton
Other Parnters

Big Bend Rural Health
Rob Lombardo (AQHC)

Family Voices
Conni Wells (CSHCN)
Fernita Martin (CSHCN)
Janell Wells (CSHCN)
Kelly Warren (CSHCN)
Lindsay Phillips (CSHCN)


Florida Developmental Disabilities Council John Venable (all groups)
Lynda Thabes (CSHCN)
Susan Gold (CSHCN)


Florida Pediatric Association and American Academy of Pediatrics Deborah Mulligan-Smith
John Curran
Louis St. Petery
Nancy Moreau (CSHCN)

Florida Partnership for School Readiness
Katherine Kamiya

FSU Center for Prevention & Early Intervention Policy
Donna Barber, (AQHC)

Head Start State Collaboration Office
Ann Dieterle
Mary Bryant (all groups)


Orlando Regional Medical Center Early Intervention Program
Linda Stone (CSHCN)

Florida Ounce of Prevention
Carol McNally (AQHC, EPAP)

Redland's Christian Migrant Association
Gyla Wise
USF, The Lawton and Rhea Chiles Center for Healthy Mothers and Babies
Betty Serow (DS)
Ed Feaver
Francine Millinor
Julie Helter
Leticia Hernandez
Marianna Tutwiler (AQHC)
Mary Figg (AQHC)

Principal Investigator and Author: Anita Zervigon-Hakes, PhD
The Lawton and Rhea Chiles Center for Healthy Mothers and Babies University of South Florida

Information Design: Tracy Ippolito, Itech Information Design



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