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Council reviews ‘Be Healthy’ baby-boxes as births surge; staff proposes single keepsake
Summary
Staff told council Burlesy-area hospital births rose to about 1,700 annually while the program budgets for 300 boxes; councilors favored supplying a single small keepsake (staff suggested a burp cloth) to fit hospital discharge bags and reach more families.
Burleson staff told the city council on April 7 that the Be Healthy Baby Boxes program no longer reaches the majority of babies born in the area and asked for direction on simplifying the program.
Parks and Recreation Director Jen Basham said the program originally budgeted for about 300 boxes a year, but hospital births at the local Texas Health hospital now exceed 1,700 annually, leaving roughly 1,400 newborns who do not receive the city’s box. Basham said the city currently…
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