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

BrdsNBz NE Florida is now available to teens in the region. The new service provides confidential, factually accurate answers to sexual health questions via text message for teens 12-18 years old. Text NEFLTeen to 66746 to opt-in.

The American Journal of Health Promotion’s released a Special Issue on Preconception Health for their January edition. The Journal has an accompanying free webinar on January 30th featuring authors from the journal articles. Journal articles range from research on consumers’ perceptions of preconception health to innovative health programs like Text4Baby and the Gabby Preconception Care System.   The webinar will… Read More