Healthy Start
The Downstate Healthy Start Program of the EOC of Nassau County, Inc. is an infant mortality reduction initiative designed to improve maternal and child health. The Healthy Start Program facilitates access to health and social services for low income women and their children in the Village of Hempstead by developing consumer involvement, providing enhanced outreach, consortium development, case management, education, referral, and follow-up services. The EOC Downstate Healthy Start Program seeks to improve maternal and child health outcomes for those most in need. Hempstead was chosen by the funding sources because of an infant mortality rate of 14.1 deaths for every 1,000 births.
The EOC Healthy Start Program made client referrals for: housing, clothing, mental health, food/nutrition, family planning, managed health care, domestic violence, PCAP, postpartum depression, FEMA, immigration, smoking cessation, the Dept. of Health, WIC and Parenting Education.
Efforts by the Department of Health and Human Services, the New York State Department of Health and participating local agencies have managed to improve maternal and child health in recent years; this has been through primarily through successful outreach in communities committed to upward mobility. Unfortunatly, gaps in services remain and many women still lack access to health and perinatal services necessary to improve their well-being. The Healthy Start Project seeks to improve access to existing services for these women and families.
We are able to put our clients in contact with:
- Prenatal Care Assitance
- Ob/GYN Providers
- HIV/AIDS Prevention & Education Programs
- Manage Care Health Plus
For additional information, please contact us.