The Baker County Infant Mortality Task Force’s efforts to look at the breastfeeding policies of the county’s largest employers were featured in the Baker County Press. Read the full article here.
The Coalition awarded six mini-grants to Northeast Florida agencies to implement specific strategies outlined in the NEFL Teen Pregnancy Task Force community action plan to reduce teen pregnancy and births in the region. Grants begin July 1 and address engaging parents, repeat teen pregnancies, improving access to adolescent health care and community-based teen pregnancy prevention. This is the… Read More
The Florida Department of Revenue, Child Support Enforcement BREACH Project will end August 29, 2014. Family Court Judges and Hearing Officers have been instructed to stop court ordering fathers to the program to allow staff time for close-out. The last group of fathers started on May 29, 2014 and will complete the project on July… Read More
In honor of Father’s Day, E3 Business Group’s North Florida Chapter is holding a celebration of fathers as part of the national Fatherhood Buzz initiative. The event is June 14 from 10am to noon. The celebration will include a march from the E3 Center for Entrepreneur Development to Hemming Plaza, “Men of Motivation” speakers, a… Read More
North Florida Health Corps members and staff joined dozens of other local volunteers and community members to celebrate 20 years of national service. The event commemorated the 20th Anniversary of both the AmeriCorps program and Volunteer Florida. As part of a group service project with other local AmeriCorps programs and community partners, several projects were… Read More