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Healthy Start Coalition of Manatee county is an organization dedicated to enhancing maternal and infant health care. Healthy Start offers free support services for pregnant women, new mothers, and infants. This program aims to assure they all have access to prenatal and pediatric care. It promotes healthy birth outcomes, parenting, and child development.

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Our Programs

HealthyStart

Healthy Start is a home visiting program that provides one-on-one support throughout a woman’s pregnancy.

This free program is designed to meet the individual needs of each participant to ensure that every baby has a healthy start.

Infant Safe Sleep Campaign

Through a unique and innovative partnership with the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office, the Healthy Start Coalition of Manatee County, Inc. has implemented a highly effective SIDS/SUID community education and prevention program, the Infant Safe Sleep Campaign. This partnership was launched in 2005, after the Sheriff’s Office’s Infant Death Review Panel found that many of the tragic accidental infant deaths they investigated could have been prevented if parents/caretakers had been equipped with information and tools to ensure a safe environment for their babies.

Coordinated Intake & Referral

Healthy Start’s Coordinated Intake and Referral Program (CI&R), assists pregnant women, new moms, and families with young children by providing a one-stop entry point for needed services and programs. Our programs are dedicated to ensuring pregnant women and families have access to care, pregnancy and parenting education, child development education, breastfeeding education, and support and care coordination. CI&R works to identify a family’s needs and links them with local programs that can best serve them, creating a referral process that not only streamlines access to services but works to build a larger network of care during early childhood.

Use the navigation at the top of the site to see all the Programs & Services we provide.

News & Events

General Membership Meeting – 12/14/23 10:00am

Please join us at the next General Membership Meeting held on Thursday, December 14, 2023, from 10am to 11am via Zoom. Our featured speaker is Lena Thoresen, OTR/L, Co-Owner, Children’s Therapy Solutions, Inc. Lena will be highlighting women’s health issues and how...

General Membership Meeting – 10/26/23 10:00am

Please join us at the next General Membership Meeting on Thursday, October 26, 2023, from 10am to 11am via ZOOM. This month, we will feature a presentation on “Step Up Suncoast Programs,” presented by Linda Hedrick, Program Manager, Healthy Families.

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Notice of Privacy Practices

This notice describes how your medical information may be used and disclosed. Click here to review/download this document

Healthy Start Manatee Update Regarding COVID-19

Healthy Start Manatee Update Regarding COVID-19 Effective March 2020, following recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and both state and federal governments, Healthy Start Manatee has taken necessary steps to close our offices to...

Healthy Start Manatee is hiring!

Click the links below to find out more about our open positions: Care Coordinator Job Description 2019 Intake Specialist Job Description Interested parties should submit a Cover Letter and Resume to humanresources@hsmanatee.com.