A group of teens from the Victory Pointe Apartments developed a public service announcement around safe sex and teen pregnancy. “One Moment. One Time. One Life.” addresses the risk of unprotected sex and the hardships of teen pregnancy and parenting. The teens are part of the Duval County Health Department’s Peer Health Advocates program, which empowers… Read More
Dr. Charles Mahan, former state health officer and dean emeritus of the USF College of Public Health, and Dee Jeffers, longtime women’s health advocate, joined the Coalition at its annual meeting and 20th anniversary celebration January 17th. Co-founders of the Lawton and Rhea Chiles Center at the University of South Florida, Mahan and Jeffers traced… Read More
Feed the Children returned to Northeast Florida, this time visiting Clay and Nassau counties. Healthy Start Coalition staff, local volunteers, and other local groups participated in the event on January 16th. Overall, more than 2,400 boxes full of non-perishable food, household products and personal items were distributed to families with children in Northeast Florida. This… Read More
The Coalition presented the inaugural Dorothy Wilson Mabry Award in Recognition of Outstanding Accomplishments by a Healthy Start Participant or Grass-Roots Community Leader at the January Coalition meeting. The first recipient of the award is Magnolia Project participant and advocate Isadora Howell. She enrolled in Magnolia case management services in 2010 when she was new… Read More
The Coalition elected the 2013 slate of officers and new Board and General Membership at it’s annual meeting January 17. Stephen Baker, PhD, was elected as Board Chair. Rev. Alton Coles was elected to Dr. Baker’s previous position, Vice Chair. Long-time Board member Kathy Mankinen was newly elected as Secretary, and Margaret Dodson was re-elected… Read More