Confused about options currently being considered by the Florida Legislature for expanding health care coverage to the uninsured? The Florida Center for Fiscal and Economic Policy has put together a side-by-side comparison of the plans. Both the Senate and House have rejected the option of expanding Medicaid as a strategy for extending coverage to uninsured… Read More

Decked out in their bright green BrdsNBz shirts, the Coalition’s Teen Leaders traveled to Tallahassee along with Healthy Start staff and board members on April 9 for Children’s Week. The two teens, Jada and Jheri, attended a Teen Town Hall in the morning and a teen advocacy workshop afternoon. The sisters participated in the Peer Health Advocates program and were… Read More

Youth- and adolescent-serving staff from numerous agencies across the region attended a training April 10 on Adverse Childhood Experiences, the first in a series of trainings under the Coalition’s Personal Responsibility Education Program (PREP) grant. Seventy people attended the training, which was organized by the Jacksonville Children’s Commission (JCC) and the Jacksonville Area Sexual Minority… Read More

Despite the cold weather, the Jacksonville Kids Coalition hosted an Advocacy Walk at the Jacksonville Landing and a press conference at City Hall on March 26 as part of Florida’s Children’s Week. Former Jacksonville Jaguar safety Donovin Darius, children from the community and Jaxson De Ville led the Advocacy Walk. Following the walk, a ceremony… Read More