The child welfare bill focuses on encouraging fathers to take an active role in their children’s lives and provides grants to community-based membership programming.

For the past 30 years, Northeast Florida Healthy Start Coalition has had one main job: to keep babies alive. During that time, the staff has worked with thousands of mothers and fathers to make sure they're prepared for their new bundle of joy.

Duval County has one of the highest rates of infant mortality in the state.

Erin Addington with Northeast Florida Healthy Start Coalition talks about what's being done to keep babies alive.