Children’s Issues/Oral Health Resources

The Children Issues Oral Health Committee of the Consortium for a Healthier Miami-Dade partners have created the list below of resources to link families and children to health care services and programs in Miami-Dade County.

Family Economic Support

• Banyan Health Systems
  • Miami-Dade Crisis Services Mobile Response Team
• ConnectFamilias and Mission North Star Program
• Florida Department of Children and Families
• Short-Term Rental, Mortgage and Utility (STRMU) Assistance Program

Nutrition Resources

• Banyan Health Systems
  • Miami-Dade Crisis Services Mobile Response Team
• Florida Department of Health in Miami-Dade Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Program
  • FL WIC Mobile App
• Florida Impact
• MyPlate
• Summer BreakSpot Program
• The Education Fund
  • Common Tropical Food Forest Plants of South Florida Report

Clinical and Mental Health Services

• Banyan Health Systems – Mental Health Services
• Epilepsy Florida
  • Healthcare enrollment navigation flyers available in English, Spanish, and Creole.
• Healthy Start Coalition of Miami-Dade
  • Moving Beyond Depression (MBD)
  • Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome/ Substance Exposed Newborn (NAS/SEN) Project
• Institute for Child and Family Health
  • Mental Health Services Flyer in English & Spanish
  • Functional Family Therapy Flyer
• UHealth Community Pediatrics Program
  • Pediatric Mobile Clinic
  • SHOTZ-2-GO!

Parenting Support and Referrals 

• Banyan Health Systems
• Bridging Families and Communities Initiative
  • Bridging Families and Communities Brochure
• ConnectFamilias 
• Count the Kicks
• Early Learning Coalition of Miami-Dade/Monroe
• Epilepsy Florida
  • Healthcare enrollment navigation flyers available in English, Spanish, and Creole.
• Families First 
  • Please see Families First digital flyers available in both English and Spanish.
• Florida KidCare
  • The Florida KidCare Coalition of Miami-Dade County has flyers available in English, Spanish, and Creole.
  • Check out the Connecting Kids to Coverage National Campaign Partner Social Media Toolkit to learn more here.
• Healthy Start Coalition of Miami-Dade (HSCMD)
  • Healthy Start Coalition of Miami-Dade Brochure
  • Connect Program
    • Connect Program Brochure (Brochure available in English and Spanish.)
    • Connect Self Referral Form
  • HSMCD Prenatal Care Information
    • English flyer
    • Spanish flyer
  • HSCMD Postnatal Care Information
    • English flyer 
    • Spanish flyer
  • HSCMD Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome/ Substance Exposed Newborn (NAS/SEN) Project
    • English flyer 
• Jessie Trice Community Health System
• March of Dimes
• Metro Mommy Agency
• Miami-Dade County Head Start/ Early Head Start Program
• New Worlds Reading Initiative
  • The New Worlds Reading Initiative has flyers available in English and Spanish.
• Safe Sleep Materials
  • Better Sleep for You and Your Baby
  • Safe Sleep for You and Your Baby 
    • Safe Sleep for Your Baby Brochure
  • Creating a Loving Bond With Your Baby
    • Creating a Loving Bond With Your Baby Brochure
• The Children’s Trust
  • Advocacy Network Funding Opportunity flyer is available in English, Spanish, and Creole.
  • Book Club
• UM Family Navigator Program
  • The Family Navigator Program flyers are available in English, Spanish, and Creole.

Other Special Topics 

• Banyan Health Systems
• Care Resource
  • Care Resource: Know Your Status, Even During COVID-19 with Home Self Testing Flyer
• Colgate Bright Smiles Bright Futures
• Epilepsy Florida
  • Healthcare enrollment navigation flyers available in English, Spanish, and Creole.
• Florida International University (FIU) Law Practice: Guardianships
• Healthy Start Coalition of Miami-Dade
• March of Dimes
• Miami-Dade County Parks, Recreation and Open Spaces
  • Therapeutic Recreation & Inclusion (Programs for Children, Adults, and Adults with Developmental Disabilities)
• Sunshine Health Community Resource Database
  • Sunshine Health Community Connections help line number is 1-866-775-2192.
• Tobacco Free Florida