Parkland Healthy Start
The Parkland Healthy Start program works to reduce infant deaths, pre-term, and low-weight births. To learn more about Parkland Healthy Start, please call 214-590-1670 or email ParklandHealthyStart@phhs.org.
Are you pregnant or parenting a child age 0-18 months?
Fill out our interest form here and a member of our staff will contact you.
Parkland Healthy Start provides:
- Case management home visits
- Medicaid assistance
- Prenatal education
- Depression screening and referrals
- Substance abuse prevention, screening, and referrals
- Food and housing assistance
- Breastfeeding information
- Well baby care
- Nutrition counseling
- Family planning referrals
- Teen pregnancy prevention
- Transportation assistance
- Dental care referrals
- Father and male involvement
- Car seat education and distribution program
- Parenting education
Loss of a Baby
Have you or someone you know experienced the loss of a baby? Please visit the Dallas County Fetal Infant Mortality Review program page.
Infant Mortality Awareness Summit 2023
Research in Health Disparities – UTSW Professor of Psychiatry Latoya Folova, MD
Engaging Fathers to Improve the Lives of Babies – Dallas Healthy Start Fatherhood Coordinator Aaron Fields
Addressing Colorism in Care Settings to Mitigate Racial/Ethnic Inequities in Maternal and Infant Mortality – Assistant Professor, Department of Kinesiology Public Health, Kyrah Brown, PhD
How Maternal Mental Health Affects Childhood Health and Development Panel Discussion – Mental Health Counselors Janet Dominguez, Andrea Eberle, and Paola Thompson
Infant Mortality Awareness Summit 2022
Community Partners
Parkland Healthy Start partners with community-based organizations to better meet the needs of mothers and their children.
This project is/was supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). This information or content and conclusions are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. government.