Helping Mothers Have Healthy Babies

Health Tests & Screenings

Health Tests and Screenings are performed - at no charge to clients - in home and at Healthy Start locations. Please review the services performed. For additional information about the Health Tests and Screening offered at Healthy Start, please contact Maxine Vance by phone at (410) 396-7318 or by email at maxine.vance@baltimorecity.gov.

Breastfeeding Group

Breastfeeding group education and support sessions are held at our East and West Healthy Start locations on a monthly basis. The sessions are facilitated by a licensed Lactation Specialist. In-home education and support is also available. More Info | Breastfeeding FAQs

Mental Health Group

Mental Health Services are provided for Healthy Start clients on an individual, family, and group therapeutic basis. The service is facilitated by a Licensed Clinical Social Worker Certified (LCSWC) and includes direct counseling, required documentation, making and following up on outside referrals, and reviewing cases with appropriate case management staff. More Info

Healthy Relationships, Healthy Marriage Group

The Healthy Relationships, Healthy Marriage Program offers 8 week sessions on exploring relationships and marriage with fragile families for healthy start case managed clients, and their significant others. The sessions are co-facilitated by Healthy Start staff and community partners certified in the curriculum. More Info

Early Childhood Development Program

Healthy Start has designed an early childhood development (ECD) department to provide developmentally appropriate activities in a center-based environment for children while their parent(s) or caregiver are attending groups or accessing services within the agency. More Info

Home Visiting/Case Management

Case Management entails the coordination, review, and management of services delivered to Healthy Start clients and their families. Deriving from a comprehensive plan of interventions, case management activities are carried out primarily by Neighborhood Health Advocates (who are outreach workers) under the supervision of a Case Manager. More Info