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Open Position: Project Coordinator

Update: This position is no longer open. The Northeast Florida Healthy Start Coalition is accepting applications for a full-time Project Coordinator for a Maternal Central Intake & Referral program. The…

Gov. Scott appoints Dr. Catherine Drew to the state Board of Psychology

Congratulations to Dr. Catherine Drew, the Coalition’s Board of Directors Chair, for her recent appointment to the state Board of Psychology! Gov. Rick Scott appointed her to a four-year term effective…

Guest Post: Make your voice heard

This guest post was written by Jason Roth, Director of Public Policy at the United Way of Northeast Florida. The United Way and several other area non-profits collaborate each year to…

Open Position: Growing Responsible Fathers Case Manager

Update: This position is no longer open. The Northeast Florida Healthy Start Coalition is accepting applications for a case manager position with the Growing Responsible Fathers program. The case manager will…

Making an Impact: Healthy Start Convention 2015

Magnolia Project Director Faye Johnson presented Making an Impact: Healthy Start Convention 2015, a convention for federal Healthy Start program grantees. The convention focused on “Achieving Measurable Outcomes that Make a…

Guest Post: March of Dimes works to help moms have healthy, full-term births

This guest post was written by Amy Turci, 2015-2016 March of Dimes Northeast Florida Division Board Chair. November is Prematurity Awareness Month, when the March of Dimes focuses the nation’s attention…

Jacksonville, Coalition represented at Florida Prematurity Summit

Jacksonville was represented at the Florida Prematurity Summit held by the March of Dimes Florida Chapter November 10 in Tampa. The Summit was held to look at the status of…

Clinton Health Matters Initiative releases progress report

Improving health is something we have to do together from the grassroots up, former President Bill Clinton shared with community partners, agencies and leaders at the Clinton Health Matters Initiative Northeast…

Prematurity Awareness: What can you do?

Too many babies are born too small and too soon in Northeast Florida and across the country and world, a fact that is recognized during Prematurity Awareness Month. But what…

World Prematurity Day 2015

In honor of World Prematurity Day and , Coalition staff wore purple and shared the reasons they care on November 17th. Some staff pointed to the sobering statistics and facts:…