Our Healthy Start program provides case management, home visiting, and health education to help pregnant women get the care they need to have healthy babies.

We help connect women with:

• Family planning services.
• Prenatal care.
• Pediatric care.
• Care they need between pregnancies (interconceptional care).

Philadelphia Healthy Start is part of a national program to address the issues of maternal and infant mortality, low birth weight, and racial disparities in perinatal outcomes.

Healthy Start case managers/home visitors help families create personalized care plans to support their health. They provide:

• One-on-one support and education in your home.
• Health education and resources (childbirth education, pregnancy education, child development).
• Breastfeeding education and support.
• Preventive health care for moms and babies.
• Education about pregnancy spacing and planning your life course.
• Referral to prenatal depression and grief services.
• Referral to parenting classes and support groups.
• Help meeting your goals – a case manager will help you make a plan to return to school, get back to work, and apply for your own housing.
• Help getting connected to affordable health care.
• Resources and support for men and fathers.
• Confidential counseling and mental health supports.