About Us
Our mission is to promote the health and well-being of women, infants and families to achieve a successful pregnancy and a healthy start in life.
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Our vision is to lead the Broward County maternal and child health system of care to improve birth and developmental outcomes.
Broward Healthy Start Coalition, Inc.
Broward Healthy Start Coalition, Inc. was incorporated on February 14, 1992 and is the leader in Maternal and Child Health policy and programming in Broward County. The Coalition receives funding from the Florida Department of Health and the Agency for Health Care Administration and is responsible for the formation and administration of the Healthy Start system, which includes management of subcontracts for quality services to pregnant women and children birth to age three and monitoring services through quality improvement and assurance responsibilities and accountability.
Our primary goals are to:
- Reduce fetal and infant mortality and morbidity
- Reduce the number of low birth weight and preterm births
- Improve maternal and child health developmental outcomes
The staff of Broward Healthy Start Coalition is proud to facilitate this organization’s mission to support new mothers and babies and demonstrate a measurable positive impact upon maternal and child health services and outcomes in Broward County. We are dedicated to upholding our legislatively mandated role as Broward’s maternal and child health leader.
The Coalition is responsible by Florida Statute for conducting a Service Delivery Needs Assessment and developing a Service Delivery Plan with the goal of addressing Maternal Child Health in Broward County.
In 2020, the Coalition published it’s most recent Assessment and Plan.
Our Team
Management Team
MONICA FIGUEROA KING, MA
Chief Executive Officer
REGINE KANZKI, MPH
Vice President of Operations
ROBIN GRUNFELDER, RN, BHSc
Director of Healthy Start
MARTA GUTIERREZ, BBA
Director of Coordinated Intake and Referral
DANIELLE LEE, MBA
Director of Finance & Administration
SAMANTHA SILVER
Director of Transformation Initiatives
BEATRIZ DEL RIO, B.S.
HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER
Our Team
Board Officers
ALLISON METSCH, M.S. ED
President
Early Learning Coalition of Broward County, Inc.
DR. SHARETTA REMIKIE
Vice-President
Children's Services Council of Broward County, Inc.
NEIKO SHEA, LCSW
Treasurer
National Youth Advocate Program, Inc.
MARSHA CHRISTIE
Secretary
Community Advocate
Our Team
Board Members
DEDE AKITI FRANCOIS, ESQ.
Jackson Health System
DR. LORI CANNING, ED.D.
Early Learning Language Acquisition, School Board of Broward County
TIMOTHY CURTIN
Memorial Healthcare System, Inc.
DR. HARLEEN HUTCHINSON, PSY.D.
The Journey Institute, Inc.
RALPH KENOL, Esq.
Ralph Kenol, PA
DAWN LIBERTA, MSM
Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies, Inc.
ROSE MCKELVIE, MBA, MSN, BSN, RN
Broward Health Medical Center/Salah Foundation Children's Hospital
AMY PONT, RN, BSN
Community Care Plan
ELIDA SEGRERA
Broward Behavioral Health Coalition, Inc.
KAREN SWARTZBAUGH GHEZZI, MA
ChildNet, Inc.
Community Advocate
Partners
The partners who are with us in our mission.
Sponsors
The sponsors who are with us in our mission.
