About Best for Broward Babies
Best for Broward Babies is a county-wide collaboration of community and government agencies whose goal is to strengthen the family unit, save babies’ lives, and address the increased rate of black fetal and infant deaths in the county.
In October 2010, Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies Coalition of Broward County, in collaboration with the Broward County Human Service Department, Community Partnerships Division, launched the Best for Broward Babies initiative as a result of funds generously provided by the National Center for Chronic Disease and Health Promotion. Best for Broward Babies supporters include the AD Henderson Foundation, Lillian S. Wells Foundation, and the Community Foundation of Broward.
About Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition of Broward County
A leader in the community for nearly 25 years, Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition of Broward County provides pregnant women, teens and families access to prenatal care, education, and support services while advocating and creating public awareness for the reduction of infant mortality. To learn more about Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition of Broward County’s programs and services, please visit www.HMHBBroward.org
Advisory Board Members
Broward County Community Partnership Division works collaboratively with community partners, advocates and consumers to assure community based human services are cost effective, coordinated, and performance-based to meet the needs of Broward’s residents. www.Broward.org/communitypartnerships
Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition of Broward County has been a community leader in providing services to pregnant women, teens and families for nearly 25 years by providing access to prenatal care, education, advocacy and public awareness for all families in Broward County; most specifically for those who are unable to afford private care. www.HMHBBroward.org
Broward Co. Medical Examiner’s Office investigates all violent, suspicious, unnatural and unattended deaths, in addition to performing toxicology testing for drugs and poisons for police and health departments.
Broward Health is one of the ten largest public health care systems in the nation. Providing service since 1938, Broward Health is a nonprofit community health system offering a full spectrum of health care services. Broward Health encompasses more than 30 health care facilities and is the medical safety net for Broward County residents. www.BrowardHealth.org
Broward Healthy Start ensures universal screening and support services are available to promote and protect the health and well-being of pregnant women and children from birth to three years of age with the goal of reducing infant mortality, the number of low birth weight babies & improve health and developmental outcomes. www.BrowardHSC.org
Children’s Services Council of Broward County provides the leadership, advocacy and resources necessary to enhance children’s lives and empower them to become responsible, productive adults through collaborative planning and funding of a continuum of quality care. www.CSCBroward.org
Comcast, one of the nation’s leaders in cable, entertainment and communication products and services, is dedicated to the communities they serve by supporting digital literacy and promoting community service. www.Comcast.com
Family Central, is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) agency founded in 1971. For nearly 40 years, Family Central has played a pivotal role in the lives of South Florida families by strengthening the social, emotional and economic binds that family members have to one another, as well as to their community. www.FamilyCentral.org
Florida Department of Health, Broward County works to promote, protect and improve the lives of all people in Broward County. www.BrowardCHD.org
Florida House Representative, Ari Porth, the Florida House of Representatives for District 96. First elected in 2004, Representative Porth most notably sits on the Health Services Policy Council, the Health Regulations Committee, in addition to chairing the Legislature’s Early Childhood Caucus. www.myfloridahouse.gov
Koze Fanm is a community-based dialogue radio talk show hosted on Radio Mega 1020 AM by Guylene Berry. The tri-weekly program provides essential information on topical issues such as healthcare, housing, credit, entrepreneurship, relationships, cultural diversity, and more to women of Haitian and Caribbean descent. www.KozeFanm.com
March of Dimes works to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth and infant mortality. Founded in 1938, the March of Dimes funds programs of research, community service , education & advocacy. MarchOfDimes.com/Florida
The Marome Agency, a public relations, event design and marketing firm, is committed to building partnerships, and relationships based on truth and integrity, and produce innovative ideas through teamwork and commitment for positive results. www.MaromeAgency.com
Memorial Healthcare System provides safe, quality, cost-effective, patient- and family-centered care, regardless of one’s ability to pay, with the goal of improving the health of the community it serves and envisions becoming a world-class model of safety, quality, service and efficiency. www.MHS.net
MODCO is a faith-based Community Development Corporation whose mission is to revitalize low and moderate-income communities by providing strategic programs that promote economic development, create jobs and focus on strengthening families through Public Services, Affordable Housing, and Entrepreneurial Ventures. www.MountOliveMODCO.org
100 Black Men of Greater Fort Lauderdale has a steadfast goal of improving the quality of life of African/Caribbean American families through the enhancement of educational and economic opportunities within our community, with the goal of creating a paradigm shift that will guarantee economic equality for every family of African descent. www.100BlackMenGFL.org
