Brevard County Healthy Start Coalition
FEP provides Healthy Start Coalition home visitation services for Brevard County. Brevard County is located on the East Coast of Florida and has just over 5,000 births each year.
The Healthy Start program provides pregnant moms, newborns, and families with children up to age 3 with the education, support, and resources they need to have a healthy pregnancy and a healthy baby. Healthy Start services are available to all pregnant women and mothers of newborns and are not based on income or insurance, but are based solely on risk factors that may be present during pregnancy or at the birth of the baby.
Healthy Start services are free and provided in the home, community settings, one-on-one phone calls, or through video conferencing.
Healthy Start services are voluntary and provided where most convenient for the family.
Healthy Start services are based on the family’s needs and proven methods to improve birth outcomes, child development, parent-child interaction, and maternal health.
To become a client of Brevard County Healthy Start Coalition, click here.
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Partnered with Brevard County Healthy Start Coalition to provide Healthy Start services to the county.
Started in July 2024 with 0 staff
Hired, on-boarded, and trained diverse and passionate staff
Served 255 women and infants received with ongoing Healthy Start Services (July-April)
Distributed 75 car seats and pack-and-plays (safe sleep devices) to families who otherwise would have been forced to put their babies at risk.
Provided Perinatal and Parenting Educator training to the community to assist maternal and child health professionals to better serve their clients.
Distributed over 10,000 diapers to families in need.
FEP is most proud of the words of the families they serve. "I have had many services in my life but I have never felt cared for, LD makes me feel cared for. I look forward to seeing her. I always feel better the days she comes"