Coalition Board members, staff and community leaders participated in the 14th Annual Spring Conference of the National Healthy Start Association (NHSA) April 6-9 in Washington, DC. This year’s conference highlighted…
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…
Studies show a large learning gap between poor and wealthy children, according to a New York Times article. And although not all researchers agree on what specifically causes this disparity,…
New data from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention reveals a 12 percent decline in the national infant mortality rate from 2005 to 2011. The data found the infant…
The National Premature Infant Health Coalition (NPIHC) will host its annual summit May 4-11 both in-person and virtually. The free event, held in Washington D.C., will feature educational sessions by webinar…
The Northeast Florida Healthy Start Coalition’s 24/7 Responsible Fatherhood Training concluded its first 8-week workshop of 2013 with 17 graduates. The workshops are provided by the Coalition as part of their partnership…
It’s Only Natural, Mother’s Love, Mother’s Milk is a new promotional campaign that educates African-American mothers about the importance of breastfeeding for both their health and the health of their baby. The national promotion…
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,…
April is National Autism Awareness Month. An estimated one in 88 children in the United States are affected by an autism spectrum disorder (ASD), according to the Centers for Disease…
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…