Capital Area Healthy Start Coalition

Healthy Start Coalitions were created when Governor Lawton Chiles and the First Lady convened a group of community leaders and challenged them to build local coalitions to reduce Florida’s alarmingly high infant mortality rate. Healthy Start builds on Governor Chiles’ experience as chairman of the National Commission to Prevent Infant Mortality and helps at-risk mothers receive the care they need for a healthy pregnancy and baby. The Florida Legislature created Healthy Start in 1991.

Capital Area Healthy Start is a community coalition dedicated to improving the health of infants and their families. We have several programs to help expecting and new mothers, those who may become pregnant, and all involved family members and loved ones.

The Healthy Start program provides education, care coordination, support and proven interventions to expecting and new families who are at-risk of a poor birth outcome or delay in development. Healthy Start is voluntary and available to all eligible families regardless of their insurance coverage or citizenship. Families can participate in Healthy Start beginning in pregnancy and until their baby reaches age 1, Services can be extended if needed up to age 3.