This blog was written by 2014-15 National Health Corps — North Florida member Emily Ayers for National Infant Mortality Awareness Month. Emily served at the UF Health Jacksonville Healthy Start program. After completing her 47-week, 1700-hour term, Emily accepted a position within the Healthy Start program at the Florida Department of Health — Duval County.… Read More
Beginning October 1, families enrolled in the full-pay program will be shifted to Affordable Care Act-compliant plans with premiums up to 95 percent higher than the previous plans. The cost of the subsidized Florida KidCare plans — for those families under 200 percent of the Federal Poverty Level — will remain the same ($0, $15 or… Read More
Each year, too many babies die from preventable causes and lack of health services. September is honored as National Infant Mortality Awareness month, to bring attention to the fact that many babies in the United States still don’t make it to their first birthday. This year the Healthy Start Coalition is celebrating EVERY baby —… Read More
This blog was written by Romalous Jones, a Teen Leader at the APEL Health Services site. In addition to completing the 4Me program, Romalous has been a Teen Peer Health Advocate with APEL’s Project Youthlink, which engages youth in community service activities and peer mentorship. Romalous was recently selected as one of 14 teens from across… Read More
Six barbershops and dozens of families came together on August 9th to bring awareness to infant mortality and have fun before the start of the school year at the Barbers for Babies Infant Mortality and Back to School Jam. The local barber shops participated in a 3-on-3 basketball tournament at the Woodland Acres Boys and… Read More