186th Street School Healthy Start Collaborative

The goal for the 186th Healthy Start Program is to insure the education, health and well-being of students and their families, and therefore, increase the likelihood of the student's academic success. Strategies for accomplishing this goal include increasing protective factors for children and families that promote learning and development of their full potential to becoming contributing members of society.

The five Outcome Areas have been selected and prioritized by the 186th Street Healthy Start Collaborative as areas that need the most improvement. On the outcome areas page you will get a description of each outcome area's goal and what has been done so far to reach that goal. The outcome areas are as follows:

The Healthy Start Links Page provides a list of other valuable Healthy Start Resources on the Internet. To find out more about what Healthy Start is you should definitely look at some of these links.