About Us
For more than thirty years Healthy Start Coalition of Southwest Florida has led the maternal and child health movement to save the lives of babies and moms in our community of Lee, Collier, Hendry, and Glades counties. As a nonprofit, we partner with public and private organizations, and service providers to ensure babies get the medical and community support they need to thrive from the start. Every year, over 20,000 pregnant women and babies benefit from our services… and we are just getting started.
Our mission:
Our mission is to support a system of care that improves the health and well-being of pregnant women and families by ensuring they can access the care, services, and resources they need to enable them to thrive.
Our Responsibility
- Ensure access to prenatal and infant medical care and services
- Educate and monitor the community about pregnancy and birth outcomes
- Advocate & build partnerships to fill service gaps
- Allocate service funds in the community and provide quality assurance over the services
Annual Report
Every year we review the impact our programs and partners have had on our community, formalizing these victories in an Annual Report. Every year we work to ensure women and babies have access to medical care, receive education, and get early intervention and community resources from evidence-based screenings.
Needs Assessment
Every five years we conduct a thorough needs assessment of our four-county region and use the findings to help us and our community better educate and advocate for maternal and child health in our region.
Service Delivery Plan
Using the comprehensive Needs Assessment, we develop the Healthy Start’s Service Delivery Plan to provide a direction for services, education and advocacy every five years.
Our Volunteer Executive Board
Pamela Blackwell
Juan M. Henriquez
Stephen Eller
Judith Yevick
Debbie McMarthy, MSN, ARNP
Indira Maharaj
Lina Diaz-Conde, MSW
Sylvia Delgado, MSW
Shiminka Greenidge, RN, MBA
Dr. Cherrie Morris, MD
Michelle Trunkett, Esq.
Meetings and Calls
3:00pm-5:00pm
First Horizon Bank 6651 Orion Drive, Fort Myers, FL 33912
In May, the meeting will be held on May 29th 3:00pm-5:00pm at First Horizon Bank, 6651 Orion Drive, Fort Myers, FL 33912
We will resume our normal schedule on June 19, 2025
10:00am-12:00pm
Coalition office 1921 Jefferson Ave. Fort Myers, FL 33901
