The Northeast Florida Healthy Start Coalition is participating in the new infant mortality Collaborative Improvement and Innovation Network initiative in Florida. Florida CoIIN is comprised of individuals with a special interest and expertise in one of the following targeted focus areas: Safe Sleep, Smoking Cessation, and Social Determinants of Health. The first state COIIN meeting… Read More

The Magnolia Project Outreach Team held the first of three Baby Showers on March 28. The shower, sponsored by Molina Healthcare, was held at Christ Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church Family Life Center adjacent to Roosevelt Gardens Housing Complex. Pregnant women living in Roosevelt Gardens were invited to the shower to learn about the prenatal resources… Read More

Although each group of new moms that completes the Magnolia Project’s Mothers and Babies Course is different, there is one common theme: “I want to be a good mother.” The Magnolia Project began implementing the Mothers and Babies Course, developed by Dr. Darius Tandon, in October. The six-week course is designed to help moms and/or… Read More

More than 70 staff members from Healthy Start programs at eight different agencies in the region came together Monday, March 23 for a day of training, team-building activities, mindfulness exercise and fun. The training was arranged by Coalition staff to allow all eight agencies to come together in one place. The workshop covered care coordination-specific… Read More

Every day, thousands of babies are born too soon, too small and often very sick. Join the Healthy Start Coalition team as we walk in the 2015 First Coast March for Babies for stronger, healthier babies. The three-mile walk will be held April 18 at 9 am at Everbank Field in Downtown Jacksonville. Visit our… Read More