UH Healthy Start
Healthy Moms. Healthy Families.
About
Healthy Start is a national program that helps improves the lives of mothers, infants, and families before, during and beyond pregnancy. Through coordinated care case management, home visits and outreach and education Healthy Start seeks to reduce infant and maternal mortality rates, increase access to prenatal care and remove barriers to service. Houston has high rates of infant and maternal mortality with black mothers being most at risk.
Clients referred to UH Healthy Start will receive in-home case management services and will be navigated through health care and community resources based on eligibility and need.
Eligibility
Both:
- Non-pregnant but of childbearing age, pregnant, postpartum and parenting (child is under 18 months)
- fathers residing in one of the 10 zip codes are eligible for fatherhood education and referrals from our fatherhood involvement coordinator
- Lives in one of the following zip codes: 77004,77016, 77021, 77033, 77035, 77047, 77067, 77088, 77091,77093
Or Either:
- You received no or late prenatal care during
or previous pregnancycurrent - You have experienced previous complicated pregnancy or related maternal health complication
Contact
Services are FREE and CONFIDENTIAL. Call us TODAY for more information: (713) 743-5500 | Or email: hsi@Central.UH.EDU
If you would like to enroll yourself or refer someone to the UH Healthy Start program, please CLICK HERE. Please include at least a first name and phone or e-mail so one of our outreach staff can follow up.
Follow us on social media

Meet the Team
![]() McClain Sampson
|
![]() Reiko Boyd, |
![]() Eulalia Gillum - Program Director |
![]() Kimberly Taylor-Branch - Clinical Nursing Staff |
![]() Yvette Hill - Program Manager & Case Management Supervisor |
![]() Keyona Tompkins - Coordinated Case Managers/Home Visitors |
![]() LeSondra Keys - Coordinated Case Managers/Home Visitors |
![]() Morgan Holomon - Coordinated Case Managers/Home Visitors |
![]() Robin Kedede - Outreach Specialist |
![]() Leondre Ledoux - Outreach Specialist and Fatherhood Involvement Coordinator |
![]() Manuela De Leon - Bilingual Case Manager |
Kim Baker - DrPH, UT School of Public Health