HEALTHY START COALITION
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Healthy Start Coalition of Orange County's goals are to ensure pregnant women have access to care and to improve maternal and infant health while reducing the number of preterm births, low birth weight babies, and infant mortality.
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The Healthy Start Coalition of Orange County (HSCOC) is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization that was established by legislation (s.383.2161, F.S.) in 1992 to decrease Florida’s high infant mortality rate, low birth weight babies, and to improve health and developmental outcomes for all children. Healthy Start Coalitionsacross the state is charged with developing and implementing quality systems of care by funding maternal and child health programs in the community.
The implications of having healthy babies for the community are vast: for every $1 spent on preventing an unhealthy birth, $6 is saved in neonatal intensive care costs, recurrent hospital/medical expenses, exceptional student education, child abuse/neglect investigations, disability and dependency costs.