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Open Coalition Meeting
Hello Community Partners, Do you have an interest in maternal and child health in Indian River County? Healthy Start is hosting our annual coalition meeting on June 17th from 9:00- 11:00am at the IRC Healthy Start offices 1555 Indian River Blvd. #B241 We will be...
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June Board Meeting
Healthy Start Coalition June Board Meeting has been moved from June 17th to June 21st 8:30-12:30 for our Annual Board meeting. This meeting is open to the public and is located in the Johns Island Foundation Community Room: 1555 Indian River Blvd, Ste 241.
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Position Opening | Associate Executive Director
Are you a data nerd, financial wiz who wants to make a difference in the lives of the mother babies and families of Indian River County? Indian River County Healthy Start Coalition is looking for an Associate Executive Director. This person would be responsible two...
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Lactation Counselor Class Offered March 2019
Join us as Healthy Start Coalition hosts a Lactation Counselor Training Course from March 11-15 by the Center for Breastfeeding. The Center for Breastfeeding’s Lactation Counselor Training Course is a college-level course designed to provide up-to-date, research-based...
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Scholarship Opportunity for Community Doula Program
Community Doula Scholarship Application Interested in becoming a Doula? Well, now is the chance. Healthy Start is hosting another Doula training February 8-10. If you or someone you know is interested, please click the link below to fill out our scholarship...
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Celebrate Former Board President Dr. Tremml | January 17, 2019
Join Indian River Healthy Start Coalition as we honor our Former Board President, DR. GLENN TREMML for the legacy created through his leadership and devotion to the programs and work of our organization. Enjoy hors d’oeuvres and toast with us as we dedicate the...
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10 Things You Don’t Need When You Have A Baby
When it comes to baby, the recommendations to have ALL THE THINGS can sometimes overwhelm a new mom. The latest, greatest gadgets can seem great - but often, after baby comes home, you may find yourself using it to hold laundry rather than help with baby. Sometimes,...
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Babywearing: What It Is and How It Can Help
FROM THE DESK OF INDIAN RIVER HEALTHY START COALITION CEO, ANDREA BERRY. When my second child Finnegan was born, my oldest Sullivan had just turned two. It was a wild time -- looking back, I can say that babywearing saved me. It would have been nearly impossible to...
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Successful Community Doula Program Looks To Continue Training In January
Nine months after launching, Indian River County Healthy Start is experiencing their own birth, with a successful Community Doula program paving a path to provide a unique, free program available to every mother, every family, every baby. Doulas are trained,...
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Position Opening | Director of Development (Full Time)
Position Opening DIRECTOR of DEVELOPMENT (FULL TIME) About the Organization Indian River County Healthy Start Coalition’s (IRCHSC) mission is to establish and support a local system of care that optimizes the health of moms, babies and their families living in Indian...
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Start off 2019 with a Healthy Start at Beachside Half Marathon on January 6
Lace up your running shoes and start getting in shape for the 9th Annual Beachside Half Marathon to benefit Indian River Healthy Start Coalition, which is held on the first Saturday of the new year in Vero Beach’s Riverside Park, on January 6, 2019. The half marathon...
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Healthy Start Coalition Launches Nurse Family Partnership Program for First Time Mothers
Following several months of planning and generating community support, Indian River Healthy Start recently announced that it launched the Nurse Family Partnership (NFP) program in August, which will locally serve 25 first-time mothers in the Gifford area. The Nurse...
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New Weekly Classes Are Now in Progress-Free of Charge
The Indian River County Healthy Start Coalition has taken one of their successful programs, originally named Belly Beautiful, and expanded it by leaps and bounds including a name change to Babies & Beyond, showing the scope of what the new program now offers. CEO...
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Pregnant Women-Healthy Start Coalition is here to Educate & Support You! Weekly Classes Are Now in Progress-Free of Charge
The Indian River County Healthy Start Coalition’s Babies & Beyond would like to remind pregnant women and their support systems about classes offered to help share important information pertaining to Prenatal Education, Lactation/Breastfeeding with hospital...
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Global Company Donates to the Indian River County Healthy Start Coalition
Global Company Donates to the Indian River County Healthy Start Coalition Chris Foster and Mark Wygonik, Vero Beach residents and owners of M Boutique Foster My Body, produce and market a line of all natural and non-toxic skin care and bath products both locally and...
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Virtual Class via Zoom: PART 2 of 2- Laboring, Breathing, Positioning, Pushing, & Birth
In person class: PART 2 of 2- Laboring, Breathing, Positioning, Pushing, & Birth
Virtual Class via Zoom: PART 2 of 2- Laboring, Breathing, Positioning, Pushing, & Birth
DoulaDad’s Confident Care Class
In person class: Baby’s here! Discuss Normal & What’s Not? Plus, practice basics of infant CPR.
Virtual Class via Zoom: Baby’s here! Discuss Normal & What’s Not? Plus, practice basics of infant CPR.
Virtual Class via Zoom: Baby’s here! Discuss Normal & What’s Not? Plus, practice basics of infant CPR.
Breastfeeding & your baby’s cues
2nd or 3rd Trimester: HypnoBirthing Series
In-person class: PART 1 OF 2- Labor Signs & Is It Time?
Virtual class via Zoom: PART 1 OF 2- Labor Signs & Is It Time?
Virtual class via Zoom: PART 1 OF 2- Labor Signs & Is It Time?
Virtual Class via Zoom: PART 2 of 2- Laboring, Breathing, Positioning, Pushing, & Birth
In person class: PART 2 of 2- Laboring, Breathing, Positioning, Pushing, & Birth
Virtual Class via Zoom: PART 2 of 2- Laboring, Breathing, Positioning, Pushing, & Birth
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Pregnant mothers touched by IRCHSC in Indian River County
ENCOUNTERS of EDUCATION AND HEALTH with mothers and new families in 2016
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