Community Health Northwest Florida

06/12/2026

What a great day at the Pollak Center! 🎉 We joined Arc Gateway for their summer wellness & community festival, connecting with hundreds of employees and providing health screenings for nearly 30 attendees. Thank you to The Arc Gateway for including us — we love getting out into the community!

06/10/2026

Come see our friends!

Please be sure to bring proof of residency (driver's license or photo ID & a household bill) and a Medicaid OR WIC card to receive assistance.
For more information, please contact the Healthy Start office at 850-696-2291

06/05/2026

Meet Julia Kania, APRN — one of our Pediatric Nurse Practitioners and a familiar face at our C.A. Weis Elementary School clinic!

Julia joined the Community Health Northwest Florida team in August 2018, bringing experience from the University of South Alabama PICU and the Pediatric Department at Mobile County Health Department. She earned her undergraduate degree from the University of Alabama and her Master's from the University of South Alabama, and is a member of the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners.

At C.A. Weis, Julia works alongside our Health Ambassadors — a group of third- through fifth-graders learning the basics of primary healthcare, from taking vitals and blood pressure to answering the phone and performing CPR. It's the kind of hands-on, community-rooted care that makes the Healthy Schools initiative so powerful. (And also thanks in no small part to our friends at United Way of West Florida and Children's Home Society of Florida.)

Julia is passionate about helping the community, serving patients, building relationships with families, and watching kids grow. Outside of work, she loves time with her husband, Dan, and their two children, trips to the beach, and cheering on Alabama football. 🐘

👉 Learn more or request an appointment: healthcarewithinreach.org/doctor/julia-kania/

06/01/2026

There's no better time to prepare than right now.

Hurricane season officially runs through the end of November. Storms don’t have calendars, however, so we all need to be ready for the 2026 hurricane season.

05/28/2026

No more excuses — your annual checkup isn't going to schedule itself. 😄

This Saturday, May 30, our Jackson Street location is open 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. so the workweek can't get in your way. Stop by or — even better — call ahead to lock in your spot! Adult checkups, paps, or if you just need a little help getting started finding a doctor, we've got you covered.

05/22/2026

Pregnancy is a lot. The appointments. The worries. (And excitement!) The endless list of things your baby is going to need.

Our Baby Bucks program is here to help, while also keeping you and your baby healthy. 💛

Keep your prenatal appointments at Community Health Northwest Florida and earn Baby Bucks to spend in our Baby Bucks store at our Jackson Street office. Clothes, diapers, strollers, car seats, stuffies — if it's in the store, it's yours with your Bucks.

And once baby arrives? They're eligible for our Toddler Tokens program, where keeping up with pediatric visits earns even more rewards.

Learn more 👉 https://healthcarewithinreach.org/baby-bucks

05/19/2026

Greater recovery means fewer deaths and lower crime. Full stop.

Opioid deaths around Florida have significantly dropped, and Escambia County, labeled the worst district for fentanyl deaths, also dropped. See link below ⬇️

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05/18/2026

The CORE program saves lives. Full stop. We've shown that. Our partners at Lakeview Center and Escambia County EMS and Emergency Communications have shown that.

The Coordinated Opioid Recovery pairs medication-assisted treatment wit wraparound supports to sustain long-term recovery. It's not just prescription medicine. It's also case management. Behavioral health therapy. Basic primary care. The CORE program currently has about 452 patients in Escambia and Santa Rosa Counties alone. It has a 91 % retention rate. It is, by every measure, a success.

CORE needs more funding. Not less.

For more, see:

🔗 CHNWF: https://healthcarewithinreach.org/programs-services/core/

🔗 Florida Core Network: https://www.flcorenetwork.com/

🔗 Florida Department of Health (DOH): https://escambia.floridahealth.gov/programs-and-services/wellness-programs/overdose-prevention/overdose-prevention-programs/core/

🔗 Escambia County EMS and Emergency Communications: https://myescambia.com/american-rescue-plan/real-change/core

ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. -- For hundreds of people in Northwest Florida battling addiction, the "CORE" program has become their saving grace.

05/16/2026

Excellent time at the second-annual Trauma Release Invest Inc Community Field Day at Woodland Heights Park. TRI stands for Trauma, Release, Invest, and the event delivered as promised: A day full of love, fun, connection, and knowledge with the goal of raising awareness for su***de awareness and prevention.