FL MIECHV Funds New, Expanded Home Visiting Programs in High-Need Communities

Funding was awarded by the Florida MIECHV initiative to establish new evidence-based home visiting programs in four high-need communities, and expand services in four additional programs. New sites include:

  • Bay, Franklin, Gulf Healthy Start Coalition will provide Parents As Teachers to 50 families in Bay County;
  • The Okeechobee County Healthy Start Coalition will offer Parents As Teachers to 50 families in Okeechobee County and adjacent Indiantown in Martin County;
  • Lutheran Services Florida will serve 50 high-need families in the Belle Glade community of Palm Beach County using Parents As Teachers, and,
  • WellFlorida Council will provide Parents As Teachers to 50 Marion County families.