This blog post was written by AmeriCorps member Alex Tarabochia. Alex is a member of the 2014-2015 North Florida Health Corps and is currently serving a 10 1/2 month term…
The Northeast Florida Healthy Start Coalition is accepting applications for a temporary MomCare Advisor. Responsibilities include explaining Medicaid insurance benefits to pregnant women; assisting in accessing health care coverage for…
In honor of June, which is Men’s Health Month and also the time we celebrate Father’s Day, the Coalition is holding a Father’s Day Photo Contest! Who: Open to Northeast…
The Spring Celebration was help on April 11, 2015. Over 250 community residents attended the event. They had an opportunity to learn about project services, receive health screenings participate in…
The Magnolia Project celebrated National Women’s Health Week May 11 – 15, 2015. The project hosted a series of events each day, which were co-sponsored by Molina Healthcare: Project Participants’ Appreciation…
Magnolia Project participants are adding mountain pose, downward facing dog and more yoga poses to their repertoire of stress management and healthy living techniques. The first Yoga in the Streets class…
The Magnolia Project hosted the National Preconception Health Care Initiative: Improving Preconception Health, Every Woman, Every Time on May 20th. Clinical staff, insurance providers and organizations were trained on the…
Nine new community leaders graduated from the the Spring 2015 on May 13, 2015. The Leadership Academy is a 16-week “Grassroots” course design for community residents. Coalition member Rev. Tom Rodgers was…
The landscape of infant deaths in Duval County has altered over the last few years, with rates improving in historically high areas of the city like Health Zone 1 and rising in…
From providing youth life skills and cultural development to working with young men to sex education in the schools, more than 30 community members shared ideas and had an open…