Northeast Florida Healthy Start Coalition
Pregnancy Center, Family Support and Education in Jacksonville

The Healthy Start Coalition leads a cooperative community effort to reduce infant mortality & improve the health of children, childbearing women and their families in Northeast Florida.

Services Include

• Home visits
• Information & referral
• Parenting education & support
• Childbirth preparation
• Breastfeeding education
• Reducing stress
• Quitting smoking
• Eating healthy
• Family planning
• Immunization
• Child safety

Special Healthy Start Initiatives in NE Florida

• The Magnolia Project – a nationally recognized Healthy Start project to improve the health of at-risk women before pregnancy. The goal of the neighborhood-based project is to reduce racial disparities in poor birth outcomes. Funded by the federal Healthy Start program.
• The Azalea Project– a targeted, community-based program for pregnant and parenting substance involved women at risk for HIV. Funded by Healthy Start, the City of Jacksonville and the Women’s Giving Alliance.
• Safe Sleep Partnership– a collaboration of community agencies working to prevent sleep-related deaths, the leading cause of infant mortality after the first month of life.
• Black Infant Health Community Council– a network of community leaders working to raise awareness about infant mortality and its impact on the Black community through education, advocacy and support.
• Real Dad, Real Man – a program recognizing the positive contributions of fathers to the health and development of their children.
• Kid Care: Low cost health insurance program for kids under 18 years old.
• Mom Care: Counseling and education program that helps pregnant women navigate the Medicaid system.