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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:…

Open Position: Accounting Clerk

The Northeast Florida Healthy Start Coalition is hiring an accounting clerk to assist the Finance Manager with accounting duties. Experience in accounts payable, bank reconciliations and expense posting required.  Knowledge of…

Northeast Florida projects represented at 2015 CityMatCH Conference

Yoga in the Streets. Teen Leadership Councils. Father support services. A central maternal and child health intake system. A multitude of Coalition programs and initiatives were highlighted at the 2015…

Guest Post: Safe sleep practices

This guest post was written by Cynthia Dennis, RN, BSN, Coordinator of Injury Prevention and Safe Kids Northeast Florida at THE PLAYERS Center for Child Health/Wolfson Children’s Hospital.  October is National…

Growing Responsible Fathers program to provide comprehensive services to dads

The Healthy Start Coalition was awarded a five-year grant from the Administration for Children & Families to provide comprehensive fatherhood services to dads in Baker, Clay, Duval, Nassau and St.…

Annual FIMR findings focus on sleep-related deaths, importance of preconception health

A woman’s health prior to pregnancy and unsafe sleep practices are two of the leading factors in the region’s high fetal and infant death rates. These findings and more from…

Recap: National Infant Mortality Awareness Month

This year for National Infant Mortality Awareness Month the Healthy Start Coalition celebrated EVERY baby — because each one deserves a healthy start. Throughout the month, our partners, participants and…

Registration open for 2015 NEFL Advocacy Workshop

Join us November 10 for the annual NEFL Advocacy Training to learn how to advocate on behalf of our kids.  The training for non profit professionals and volunteers will be…

Open Positions: Growing Responsible Fathers Program

The Northeast Florida Healthy Start Coalition is accepting applications for three positions with the Growing Responsible Fathers program: two case managers and a training and outreach coordinator. The case managers…

Guest Post: Magnolia participant Shrew Smith

This guest blog is written by Shrew Smith, a Magnolia Project participant. The Magnolia Project is a federal Healthy Start program that improves the health and well-being of women during their…