Healthy Start, Inc.

The mission of Healthy Start, Inc. is to improve maternal and child health and to reduce poor birth outcomes and infant mortality. Healthy Communities, Healthy Families, Healthy Babies, Healthy Start.

Healthy Start offers prenatal, birth, and postpartum support to mothers, babies, families, and other community members at-risk for poor birth outcomes in Allegheny and Westmoreland counties, with a focus on Black mothers, babies, and families.

Through our array of programs that are offered at no cost to participants, Healthy Start provides early prenatal care, health literacy, breastfeeding promotion, safe sleep education, depression screening and intervention, substance use prevention, and more. From the community health worker that teaches a new mom proper breastfeeding technique to the project coordinator showing members of a family how to prepare nutritious food, Healthy Start is making a powerful impact on families. Since our founding, we've served over 17,976 mothers/birthing people, fathers/father figures, and babies with direct services, as well as thousands more community members through education programs.

Your donation supports healthier pregnancies, safer births, stronger families, and a more equitable healthcare system. Thank you from all of us at Healthy Start!

Testimonials

"It's an amazing program. It's a program for moms and families to become educated about health issues that impact women of color especially during pregnancy."

"The program did what a lot of programs don't do. And that is get ideas, experiences and feedback directly from people in the community. That's always the way to go. HS has set the standard. The program is inviting and judgement free. You can gain a wealth of healthy options for your family and an awesome network."

"Even if I gotta go to Mount Everest and scream Healthy Start, I'ma do it. I'ma spread the word as much as I can because I appreciate everything that I've gotten from being a participant and an employee."