Healthy Start Programs and Services

2022-2023 Healthy Start Annual Report

For more than 30 years, Healthy Start has been providing assistance to pregnant women, interconceptual women, infants and children up to age three to improve pregnancy outcomes and help children get a healthy start in life. Healthy Start services are provided at no cost. Our goal is to help you have the healthiest pregnancy and baby possible. Participation in the program is completely voluntary and all information provided is kept strictly confidential.

Services provided by the program include:  

• Assistance in Finding a Prenatal Care Provider 
  • MomCare Choice Counseling
• Prenatal Education and Support
• Newborn Care Education and Support
• In-Home Assessments, Care Coordination and Support
• Breastfeeding Education and Support
• Childbirth Education 
  • Childbirth classes
• Parenting Education 
  • General Parenting Education, visit Healthy Start Coalition of Orange's Web Site
• Workshops for Expectant Fathers 
  • Boot Camp for New Dads Workshops, visit: Healthy Start Coalition of Orange's Web Site
• Car Seat Safety Education, visit: Healthy Start Coalition of Orange's Web Site
  
  • Safe Rides for Babies Class Schedule (PDF 588KB)
• Nutrition Education
• Help to Quit Smoking
• Supportive Counseling
• Referrals to other community resources

For more information on the Healthy Start Program and services, call 407-858-1472.

Community Partners

• Healthy Start Coalition of Orange County
• ASPIRE
• HRSA Maternal Child Health Bureau
• Prosperitas Leadership Academy
• Advent Health for Women
• Howard Phillips Center for Children and Families
• Winnie Palmer Hospital
• Health Central Hospital
• Orange County Corrections Facility Female
  Detention Center
• Community Health Centers: Apopka and Pinehills
• Easy Access Women’s Health Clinic
• UCP/BETA
• Covenant House
  
• Central Florida Diaper Bank 
• I Am H.E.R Counseling

Resources

• Centering Healthcare Institute
• Nurse Family Partnership 
• March of Dimes
• Florida Association of Healthy Start Coalitions
• Boot Camp for New Dads
• ACCESS Florida
• Women’s Health
• Text 4 Baby
• Heart of Florida United Way 211
• Harbor House
• Mom-to-be-tools
• La Leche League
• Girls Health
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Florida Health Note: If you desire to remain on this page right click on the link and select "Open in new window"
• Department of Children and Families
• Stayteen Games
• National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute  (Calculate Your Body Mass Index)
• National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute  (Health Weight Basics)
• Family Doctor.org Breast Problems
• CDC Folic Acid Quiz

Bellies, Babies and Beyond program is a Healthy Start initiative designed to work with women and their families before, during and after pregnancy, engaging pregnant women and continuing to serve the family through the baby’s second birthday. Families receive home visitation, case management, health education, perinatal depression screening, reproductive life planning, counseling and the opportunity to participate in male involvement workshops, among other activities, to ensure a healthy pregnancy, birth and developmental outcome.

Are you pregnant or thinking of becoming pregnant? Do you have a baby under 18 months? Are you a new father in need of support?

If so, Contact Bellies, Babies and Beyond Program for:

• Fun and educational parenting classes
• Case Management Services
• Fatherhood Empowerment

For more information call: 407-723-5292

Address: 475 W. Story Rd Ocoee, FL 34761 

Click here to join Bellies, Babies & Beyond Program