Message from the Children’s Board of Hillsborough County
To combat the problem of substance-exposed children born each year in Hillsborough County and reduce the number of children exposed to alcohol and drugs, which ultimately cost our community millions of dollars and untold human suffering, the Children’s Board has helped fund the Zero Exposure Partnership.

This initiative allows CBHC to realize the vision of our Healthy Birth Outcome strategy for pregnant women and their infants through age one by providing resources and support to ensure access to prenatal health care, full-term births with an absence of birth defects, a safe environment and health care for mom and her infant.

Luanne Panacek, Ed.D.
Executive Director
Children's Board of Hillsborough County
LPanacek@childrensboard.org

Message from DACCO
Welcome and thank you for visiting the Zero Exposure Project website. As a partner in this innovative project, DACCO serves as the leading substance abuse agency in Hillsborough County, and the primary source for pregnant women to secure assistance in overcoming maternal substance use. Our mission is ZERO substance-exposed infants born in Hillsborough County.

DACCO Women’s Resource Specialists are strategically located in Community Health Centers throughout Hillsborough County including Ruskin, Dover and Plant City sites. Our specialists screen and link pregnant women to community services to help overcome any barriers to healthy and substance free birth outcomes.

DACCO is committed to working closely with our partners Healthy Start Coalition, Children’s Board of Hillsborough County, Department of Children and Families and the Florida Mental Health Institute.

Again, thank you for browsing the ZEP homepage.
If you have questions or desire more information, please contact us at 813-980-3866.
We look forward to the opportunity to serve our community as a Zero Exposure Project partner.

Mary Lynn Ulrey
Executive Director
DACCO