Nurse-Family Partnership in McDowell, Polk and Rutherford Counties
Rutherford Polk McDowell Health District
Program launched: March 2009
Mothers enrolled as of March 2011: 161
Babies born as of March 2011: 107
Rutherford, Polk, and McDowell Counties Fact Sheet
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Rutherford, Polk, and McDowell Counties Community Partner
Rutherford/Polk Smart Start Partnership
McDowell County Partnership for Children and Families
Challenges in the region
- The three counties report a 15% lower per capita income when compared with the state average (US Census Bureau)
- 15.6% of low birth-weight babies are born to minorities (NC Center for Health Statistics, 2007)
- Nearly one in five children live in poverty in the three counties (Action for Children Children’s Index, 2006)
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