The Northeast Florida Healthy Start Coalition received a $100,000 grant from the PGA TOUR’s flagship event, THE PLAYERS Championship, to address the area’s high rate of infant mortality. The Coalition will utilize the two-year funding to expand clinical health services to women in the Arlington area, a community with growing infant mortality rates, and provide… Read More
For first-time mothers, the sight of a nurse on the doorstep after a sleepless night with a newborn can be like a small miracle. The Northeast Florida team has worked diligently to holistically build happier and healthier babies and mothers through the evidence-based home visiting program. For more than seven years our team, through home… Read More
The Coalition elected new officers and members at its annual meeting January 23. The Coalition also released the 2019 Annual Report. The new 2020 Board officers are: Judge Pauline Drake, Vice Chair. Judge Drake is a long-time Duval County judge. George Maxey, Secretary. George is a community advocate and current chair of Coalition’s the Contracts… Read More
The Jacksonville City Council Finance Committee voted to add infant mortality to the list of priorities in its strategic plan at a meeting Tuesday, January 7, 2020. The Finance Committee is responsible for updating the strategic plan. Councilman Ron Salem made the suggestion. The committee agreed to add an item to their three-year goals to… Read More
The Healthy Start Coalition has partnered with local child welfare organizations to implement the Plan of Safe Care locally for substance-exposed newborns. The Coalition has worked as part of the Early Childhood Court Steering Committee to develop local protocols and joined with the Florida Department of Children & Families and Family Support Services of North… Read More