HEALTHY START COALITION OF HARDEE HIGHLANDS AND POLK COUNTIES INC

As filed

Subsection

03

Classification

2100

Street

650 E DAVIDSON ST

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Mission and programs · 2024

• THE COALITION IS AN ADVOCATE FOR IMPROVED MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH SERVICES FOR ALL RESIDENTS IN THE TRI-COUNTY AREA AND WAS ENACTED BY THE STATE OF FLORIDA WITH THE GOAL TO REDUCE INFANT MORTALITY, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT BABIES, AND IMPROVE HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL OUTCOMES FOR ALL CHILDREN. THE COALITION WORKS WITH, AND THROUGH, MANY COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND AGENCIES TO ENSURE A STRONG MATERNAL AND CHILD SYSTEM OF CARE IS PRESENT IN ALL COUNTIES AND THERE IS A FOCUS ON CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT. LOCAL FUNDS ENHANCE AND SUPPORT ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS TO REDUCE TEEN PREGNANCY RATES, EDUCATE TEENS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF ABSTINENCE AND OTHER SAFE SEX PRACTICES AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO BECOME ROLE-MODELS FOR THEIR PEERS. THE COALITION PROVIDED SERVICES FOR 9,556 CLIENTS IN THE TRI-COUNTY AREA IN FY2025.

  Expenses $1,387,233

• HEALTHY START HOME VISITING SERVICES PROGRAM: A FREE HOME VISITING PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES EDUCATION AND CARE COORDINATION TO PREGNANT WOMEN AND FAMILIES OF CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF THREE. THE GOAL IS TO LOWER RISK FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH PRETERM BIRTH, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT, INFANT MORTALITY, AND POOR DEVELOPMENTAL OUTCOMES. THE PROGRAM AIMS TO IMPROVE OVERALL HEALTH, PREPARE CHILDREN FOR SUCCESS IN SCHOOL, ENHANCE FAMILIES' ECONOMIC WELL-BEING, AND CONNECT FAMILIES TO OTHER COMMUNITY RESOURCES.

  Expenses $1,270,136 · Grants $1,270,136

• FEDERAL MATERNAL, INFANT AND EARLY CHILDHOOD HOME VISITING (MIECHV) PROGRAM: TO IMPROVE HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL OUTCOMES FOR AT-RISK CHILDREN THROUGH EVIDENCE-BASED HOME VISITING PROGRAMS. THE PROJECT WORKS WITH FAMILIES RESIDING IN HIGHLANDS COUNTY TO EQUIP PARENTS AND OTHER CAREGIVERS WITH THE KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND TOOLS THEY NEED TO ASSIST THEIR CHILDREN IN BEING HEALTHY, SAFE AND READY TO SUCCEED IN SCHOOL.

  Expenses $328,374

• FATHERHOOD - TEAM DAD PROJECT: IN AMERICA NEARLY 18.5 MILLION CHILDREN GROW UP WITHOUT THEIR FATHERS. THIS PROJECT OFFERS EDUCATION, TRAINING AND SUPPORT TO HELP MEN BECOME THE RESPONSIBLE, ENGAGED, AND EMPOWERED FATHERS THEIR CHILDREN NEED THEM TO BE. IT FOLLOWS THE "24:7 DAD NATIONAL FATHERHOOD INITIATIVE" PARENT EDUCATION PROGRAM CURRICULUM. OUR "TEAM DAD" COACH WORKS WITH FATHERS ONE-ON-ONE TO COMPLETE THE COURSE WORK AND PROVIDE ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL TOOLS NECESSARY TO BE A GREAT DAD.

  Expenses $273,213

• TEEN PREGNANCY PREVENTION ALLIANCE (TPPA) PROGRAM: THE TPPA PROGRAM WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1994 AS AN ACTION GROUP OF THE HEALTHY START COALITION OF HARDEE, HIGHLANDS & POLK COUNTIES. OUR MISSION IS TO IDENTIFY AND REDUCE THE RISK OF PREGNANCY IN POLK COUNTY THROUGH THE COLLABORATION OF AGENCIES AND THE EMPOWERMENT OF OUR YOUTH AND COMMUNITY. LOCAL FUNDS ENHANCE AND SUPPORT THE TPPA PROGRAM TO REDUCE TEEN PREGNANCY RATES, EDUCATE TEENS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF ABSTINENCE AND OTHER SAFE SEX PRACTICES, AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO BECOME ROLE MODELS FOR THEIR PEERS. ANNUALLY, THE TPPA HOSTS THE FESTIVAL OF FAITH AND TEEN SUMMIT. THE FESTIVAL OF FAITH EVENT PROVIDES FAITH LEADERS AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH OTHER FAITH LEADERS AND TO RECEIVE THE INFORMATION AND EDUCATION NECESSARY TO SPEAK WITH THEIR CONGREGATION ABOUT TEEN PREGNANCY PREVENTION. OUR 2025 TEEN SUMMIT EVENT WAS HELD IN BARTOW. THE TEEN SUMMIT INCLUDED WORKSHOPS, GAMES, EDUCATION, RESOURCES, AND WELLNESS CHECKS FOR PARTICIPANTS. DURING THE FISCAL YEAR, BI-MONTHLY "LET'S TALK" VIRTUAL WORKSHOPS WERE ALSO HELD WHERE TEENS AND PARENTS PARTICIPATE. THEY FOLLOW ALONG WITH THE NATIONAL CAMPAIGN THAT ENCOURAGES OPEN COMMUNICATION AND HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS TO PREVENT TEEN PREGNANCY AND SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS.

  Expenses $111,864

• FETAL INFANT MORTALITY REVIEW (FIMR) PROGRAM: FIMR IS A COMPREHENSIVE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY, AND MULTISYSTEM REVIEW OF THE EVENTS THAT OCCURRED BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER A PREGNANCY WHICH LED TO A FETAL DEATH OR THE DEATH OF AN INFANT. FIMR DESCRIBES AND DEFINES THE COMMUNITY'S HEALTH, BUILDS KNOWLEDGE OF THE HEALTHY START SERVICE DELIVERY PLAN, IMPROVES COMMUNICATION, IDENTIFIES GAPS IN SERVICES, AND IMPLEMENTS CREATIVE SOLUTIONS TO IDENTIFIED NEEDS. THE FLORIDA FETAL INFANT MORTALITY REVIEW PROJECTS ARE ORGANIZED UNDER FLORIDA STATUTES 766.101. THE SUBCOMMITTEES WITHIN THE FIMR PROJECT ARE THE CASE REVIEW TEAM AND COMMUNITY ACTION GROUP. THESE COMMITTEES COULD USE YOUR VALUABLE EXPERTISE AND EXPERIENCE. THE FIMR CASE REVIEW TEAM IS A TEAM OF EXPERT MEMBERS FROM THE HEALTH CARE SECTOR AND OTHER SYSTEMS OF CARE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO REVIEW A SUMMARY OF THE CASE INFORMATION TO IDENTIFY ISSUES WITHIN THE SYSTEMS OF CARE AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR COMMUNITY AND SYSTEMS CHANGE TO IMPROVE THE SERVICE TO MOTHERS, BABIES, AND FAMILIES. THE FIMR COMMUNITY ACTION GROUP IS A DIVERSE GROUP OF COMMUNITY LEADERS WHO REVIEW RECOMMENDATIONS, ASSESS THEIR IMPORTANCE, AND DESIGN, DEVELOP, AND IMPLEMENT STRATEGIES FOR CHANGE TO ENSURE THAT MOTHERS AND INFANTS RECEIVE HIGH-QUALITY HEALTH CARE.

  Expenses $79,011

• THE HEALTHY START DOULA PROGRAM: THE HEALTHY START DOULA PROGRAM USING THE GROW DOULA MODEL PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE SUPPORT TO EXPECTING AND NEW MOTHERS, WITH A FOCUS ON ENHANCING MATERNAL AND INFANT HEALTH OUTCOMES. OUR PROGRAM OFFERS ACCESS TO TRAINED DOULAS WHO GUIDE AND SUPPORT FAMILIES THROUGH PREGNANCY, LABOR, BIRTH, AND POSTPARTUM. DOULAS PROVIDE EMOTIONAL, PHYSICAL, AND INFORMATIONAL SUPPORT, FOSTERING A CALM AND INFORMED BIRTHING EXPERIENCE. RESEARCH SHOWS THAT HAVING A DOULA CAN LEAD TO SHORTER LABOR TIMES, REDUCED RATES OF MEDICAL INTERVENTIONS, AND HIGHER SATISFACTION WITH THE BIRTH EXPERIENCE. OUR PROGRAM OFFERS THIS VITAL SERVICE, HELPING TO REDUCE STRESS AND ANXIETY, IMPROVE BIRTH OUTCOMES, AND PROMOTE HEALTHY BONDING BETWEEN PARENTS AND NEWBORNS. THROUGH THIS PROGRAM, WE AIM TO EMPOWER FAMILIES AND CONTRIBUTE TO HEALTHIER COMMUNITIES.

  Expenses $36,202

• BEDS 4 BABIES PROGRAM: DUE TO THE HIGH NUMBER OF ACCIDENTAL INFANT SUFFOCATION DEATHS, THE HEALTHY START COALITION OF HARDEE, HIGHLANDS & POLK COUNTIES INITIATED OUR BEDS 4 BABIES PROJECT. OUR B4B PROJECT FOCUSES ON PUBLIC AWARENESS, DISTRIBUTION OF PORTABLE CRIBS, AND "SAFE SLEEP" EDUCATION. OUR B4B PROJECT PROVIDES RESIDENTS OF HARDEE, HIGHLANDS, AND POLK COUNTIES WHO CANNOT AFFORD A SAFE PLACE FOR THEIR BABIES TO SLEEP WITH A PORTABLE CRIB, TWO CRIB SHEETS, A HALO SLEEP SACK SWADDLE, A CHILDREN'S BOARD BOOK TITLED "SLEEP BABY, SAFE AND SNUG, AND SAFE SLEEP EDUCATION. SINCE THE BEGINNING OF OUR PROJECT IN 2006, HSCHHP HAS EDUCATED AND DELIVERED APPROXIMATELY 6,800 CRIBS.

  Expenses $5,319

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $3,774,294

  Expenses

  $3,843,168

  Contributions

  $3,742,978

  Grants paid

  $1,270,136

• 2023

  Revenue

  $3,494,204

  Expenses

  $3,519,523

  Contributions

  $3,464,658

  Grants paid

  $1,296,209

• 2022

  Revenue

  $3,336,405

  Expenses

  $3,330,271

  Contributions

  $3,321,878

  Grants paid

  $1,280,092

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,272,203

  Expenses

  $2,845,311

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,989,201

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,048,204

  Expenses

  $2,580,998

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,860,257

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,756,734

  Expenses

  $2,212,218

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,358,990

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,492,856

  Expenses

  $1,916,986

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,678,397

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,456,842

  Expenses

  $2,563,871

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,207,832

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,852,959

  Expenses

  $2,489,312

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,239,276

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,911,245

  Expenses

  $2,829,983

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,193,448

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,673,192

  Expenses

  $2,387,446

  Assets (EOY)

  $908,370

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,969,840

  Expenses

  $2,935,911

  Assets (EOY)

  $867,588

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $3,017,810

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,029,375

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

• POLK COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT

  $976,855

  2023 · HEALTHY START PROGRAM

• POLK COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT

  $948,406

  2022 · HEALTHY START PROGRAM

• POLK COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT

  $917,379

  2024 · HEALTHY START PROGRAM

• HIGHLANDS COUNTY COMMUNITY COALITION FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE REDUCTION INC

  $203,468

  2024 · HEALTHY START PROGRAM

• HIGHLANDS COUNTY COMMUNITY COALITION FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE REDUCTION INC

  $175,849

  2022 · HEALTHY START PROGRAM

• HARDEE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT

  $161,227

  2023 · HEALTHY START PROGRAM

• HIGHLANDS COUNTY COMMUNITY COALITION FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE REDUCTION INC

  $158,127

  2023 · HEALTHY START PROGRAM

• HARDEE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT

  $154,989

  2022 · HEALTHY START PROGRAM

• HARDEE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT

  $149,289

  2024 · HEALTHY START PROGRAM

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• HEALTHY START MOMCARE NETWORK INC

  $1,868,558

  2022 · IMPROVE CHILD HEALTH

• HEALTHY START MOMCARE NETWORK INC

  $1,688,130

  2024 · IMPROVE CHILD HEALTH

• HEALTHY START MOMCARE NETWORK INC

  $1,550,924

  2023 · IMPROVE CHILD HEALTH

• FLORIDA ASSOCIATION OF HEALTHY STARTS COALITIONS INC

  $313,689

  2023 · IMPROVE CHILD HEALTH

• FLORIDA ASSOCIATION OF HEALTHY STARTS COALITIONS INC

  $311,481

  2022 · IMPROVE CHILD HEALTH

• FLORIDA ASSOCIATION OF HEALTHY STARTS COALITIONS INC

  $309,623

  2024 · IMPROVE CHILD HEALTH

• FLORIDAS NATURAL GROWERS FOUNDATION INC

  $6,500

  2024 · GENERAL SUPPORT

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