The HSCMD promotes the health of pregnant women, infants and children through the analysis of trends in maternal and child health data and facilitates efforts aimed at developing strategies to improve maternal and child health outcomes through the compilation, review, and sharing of data.

The HSCMD is dedicated to the goal of helping local MICH practitioners and community stakeholders improve their capacity to gather, analyze, and use data for planning and policymaking. To this end, the HSCMD compiles and analyzes data; and prepares reports and community assessments that are geared toward framing and shaping the future of MICH in Miami-Dade County.

The sections herein include data on select maternal, infant and child health indicators, the HSCMD Needs Assessment, the HSCMD Healthy Start Program 2006-2010 Service Delivery Plan, and other relevant reports or data.