| SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME |
PROVIDER: |
State and Local |
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| CATEGORY: |
Purchase |
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| LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY: |
Appropriations Act for Department of Community Health |
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| DESCRIPTION: |
Information about measures to reduce the risk of Sudden Infant Death syndrome (SIDS) and educational programs for the health profession community aim to reduce the incidence of SIDS. Support is available to families who have experienced SIDS and efforts are made to improve the use of death scene investigation, health histories and autopsies to improve the accuracy and completeness of SIDS reporting. |
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| FUNDING: |
| Source |
Amount |
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Description |
| GF/SP |
$200,000 |
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Healthy Michigan |
| Federal |
121,300 |
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Maternal and Child Health Block |
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| FY 2001 APPROPRIATION TOTAL: |
$321,300 |
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ALLOCATION/
DISTRIBUTION: |
Proposals are received and grants awarded on the basis of fixed fees times the estimated number of services. |
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| ADMINISTRATION: |
Department of Community Health, Community Living, Children and Families |
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| 1999 STATISTICS: |
| Number of SIDS Deaths |
114 |
| Number of Agencies Receiving Funds: |
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| Local Health Departments |
3 |
| Private Health Agencies |
4 |
| Migrant Health Centers |
5 |
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