May Board of Directors Meeting CANCELLED
Please be advised the May 16 Healthy Start Coalition Finance Committee and Board of Directors meetings have been CANCELLED.
Author: Erin Addington
LGBTQ/Safe Space training available to adolescent-serving agencies in June
A training is available to youth- and adolescent-serving agencies on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning (LGBTQ) 101/Safe Space on Tuesday, June 11 from 9am to 11 am at the Jacksonville Children’s Commission. Space is limited; Register here.
Home visitors, parent educators participate in N-TOUCH training
More than 40 community-based prenatal and newborn home visitors participated in an interagency N-TOUCH training on May 10 that builds on the latest information about how best to prepare children to learn. Staff from Healthy Start, Nurse Family Partnership, Healthy Families and Early Head Start were in attendance. N-TOUCH is an evidence-based approach to human… Read More
Regional Infant Mortality rates rise slightly in 2012 due to uptick in white rates
The infant mortality rate in Northeast Florida ticked up slightly in 2012 to 7.2 deaths per 1,000 live births. In 2011, the region’s infant mortality rate was 6.5 deaths per 1,000, its lowest rate in 20 years. A 30 percent increase in white infant mortality during the last year contributed to the higher rate. In… Read More