Healthy Start scheme in Jersey offers vouchers for fresh fruit and vegetables to the following individuals:
- Pregnant women who are on income support (each woman needs to apply through the online form available on Pregnancy and Birth gov.je webpage: Healthy Start Scheme: food vouchers for pregnant women
Pregnant women can apply for the scheme at any point during their pregnancy and should be aware of this support in case their financial situation changes. If a pregnant woman with less than 5 years of residency is recognised as living in need but is not eligible for the scheme during pregnancy (as she is not on income support), her child could become eligible for this support as soon as they are born, based on the professional judgment of the Health Visitor. This would need to be highlighted to the assigned Health Visitor, who can then issue the scheme for the child in this family.
- Parents with children aged 0–5 (until the day before their 6th birthday) who are on income support (this is issued automatically for families by Employment Social Security and Housing (old Customer and Local Services) as soon as a child is born and registered).
- Non-residential parents with children aged 0–5 (until the day before their 6th birthday) who have been on the island for less than 5 years and are identified by Health Visitors and School Nurses based on their professional judgment as living in need.
Inclusion criteria
In order to onboard a family with less than 5 years residency to the Healthy Start scheme, Family Nursing & Home Care (FNHC) have a process to establish the following through their usual screening process:
- Family is categorised as living in need, in according with a Health Visitors/School Nurses professional judgement
- Family has not been resident in Jersey for 5 years (as stated by the family) and therefore is not eligible to receive income support or Healthy Start vouchers through Employment Social Security and Housing (old Customer and Local Services).
