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Making an Impact: Healthy Start Convention 2015

Magnolia Project Director Faye Johnson presented Making an Impact: Healthy Start Convention 2015, a convention for federal Healthy Start program grantees. The convention focused on “Achieving Measurable Outcomes that Make a…

Guest Post: March of Dimes works to help moms have healthy, full-term births

This guest post was written by Amy Turci, 2015-2016 March of Dimes Northeast Florida Division Board Chair. November is Prematurity Awareness Month, when the March of Dimes focuses the nation’s attention…

Jacksonville, Coalition represented at Florida Prematurity Summit

Jacksonville was represented at the Florida Prematurity Summit held by the March of Dimes Florida Chapter November 10 in Tampa. The Summit was held to look at the status of…

Clinton Health Matters Initiative releases progress report

Improving health is something we have to do together from the grassroots up, former President Bill Clinton shared with community partners, agencies and leaders at the Clinton Health Matters Initiative Northeast…

Prematurity Awareness: What can you do?

Too many babies are born too small and too soon in Northeast Florida and across the country and world, a fact that is recognized during Prematurity Awareness Month. But what…

World Prematurity Day 2015

In honor of World Prematurity Day and , Coalition staff wore purple and shared the reasons they care on November 17th. Some staff pointed to the sobering statistics and facts:…

Coalition staff present at conferences, summits throughout Florida

Coalition  staff shared their expertise, best practices and successes at several conferences throughout Florida over the last few weeks. Several staff presented posters and a presentation at the Florida First…

Prematurity Awareness: Jacksonville receives D grade in prematurity

Each year, one in 10 babies in Northeast Florida is born too soon and too small. While prematurity rates have slowly declined across the country, the news locally isn’t good:…

Join the Board of Directors or Coalition!

Seeking: Passionate and talented volunteer Board and Coalition members with an interest in maternal and child health to provide leadership and guidance for our small non-profit. The Northeast Florida Healthy…

Healthy Start Holiday Wish List

Every day, the Coalition’s staff and community encounter families in need of items to help them be healthy and happy. This holiday season, please consider helping out. Ways to help:…