Healthy Start is a program that provides universal risk screening to all of Florida’s pregnant women and newborn infants to identify those at risk for poor birth, health, and developmental outcomes. Services are available to pregnant women, infants, and children up to 3 years of age.

Healthy Start Services

• Comprehensive assessment of service needs

• Nutritional Information and counseling

• Smoking cessation counseling

• Childbirth, breastfeeding and parenting support and education

• Prenatal Education

• Infant Education

• Home Visits

• Client Advocacy

• Referral Service

• Care Coordination Services

Healthy Start is a free program; ask your obstetrician or health care provider for a Prenatal Risk Screening or an Infant Risk Screening. This is a one-page questionnaire answered by you and your medical provider.

You can call Healthy Start for more information:

(352) 357-1668