Healthy Mothers/Healthy Babies (HMHB) of Essex

Healthy Mothers/Healthy Babies
(HMHB) of Essex is an affiliate of the Northern NJ Maternal/Child Consortium. The HM/HB of Essex initiates programs that bring women into prenatal care and children into pediatric care. The center's mission is to improve access to quality and risk appropriate health services for women and children through advocacy, program development, and community education. HM/HB of Essex collaborates with several local community-based organizations with specialty expertise in the areas of community outreach, health screening, asthma diagnosis and treatment, and to develop other worthwhile programs to address unmet needs. The HM/HB of Essex provides administrative oversight of its affiliated centers, as well as grant development for new outreach programs. The HM/HB of Essex supports the activities of these centers, Irvington Family Development Center, and the Safety Net Program.

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• Provides early childhood screeings including: vision, hearing, dental and developmental to children from birth to six years of age enrolled in Childcare Centers in Newark, Irvington, East Orange, and Orange
  

• Provides parent education workshops, referrals, and NJ Family Care enrollment

• Outreach workers will locate and educate families with eligible children and to assist the families to enroll in NJKidCare, a comprehensive and affordable health coverage program for children in New Jersey

• Funded by United Way of Essex and West Hudson

Safety Net Program of Orange

Provides prenatal patient retrieval, case management, prenatal care referrals, maternal and child health education, emergency food and clothing distribution, and NJ Family Care enrollment.

 

Our "Knock Out Diabetes" project offers residents of East Orange:

diabetes education
diabetes risk assessment
medical care referrals
case management

Visit our DIABETES AWARENESS page to learn more about diabetes and to take a test to see if you are at risk!

 

Understanding Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Program (SIDS)

This program offers SIDS risk factor information and education to the at risk community. Click here to learn more about SIDS.

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HM/HB of Essex Sub-grants

 

Mom/Babies Health Project at Covenant House New Jersey

Provides access to health care and health education for homeless and at risk pregnant and parenting adolescent women and their born/unborn children. Covenant House offers case management, prenatal care, health education, parenting classes, and temporary housing.

The Strong Mothers Project at Family Connections

Provides services for pregnant and postpartum women and women of childbearing age. Offers psychosocial education, life skills training and individual mental health counselling.

 

Healthy Mothers / Healthy Babies Project at
Ironbound Community Corporation

Provides free pregnancy testing, case management, preconception education, health education for expectant mothers, adolescent pregnancy prevention workshops, referrals, on-site WIC registration and immunizations.

Postpartum Case Management Program at
Newark Community Health Centers, Inc.,
East Orange PrimaryCare Center

Provides dedicated postpartum services to ensure access to quality prenatal and infant pediatric health care to pregnant women, mothers of infants, and infants. Services offered are postpartum case management, prenatal and infant care.

Newark Infant Mortality Reduction Project
at the Newark Department of Health and
Human Services

Provides prenatal care, immunizations, referrals for pediatric care, substance abuse prevention, lead screenings, and nutrition education.

 

Location:
HM/HB of Essex, Inc.
303-309 Washington St., 4^th Floor
Newark, NJ 07102
Contact:
Beverly Braxton-Cannon, Director
Healthy Mothers / Healthy Babies of Essex
Phone: (973) 621-7758 Fax: (973) 621-9227

 

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