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Communities
in 34 states and the District of Columbia will share $75.4
million in new grants intended to reduce high infant mortality
rates and other health
problems related to pregnancy and women’s health, HHS Secretary
Tommy G. Thompson announced today.
The 73 communities receiving Healthy
Start Initiative awards face serious challenges in maternal
and child health. More
than 225 U.S. counties reported an infant mortality rate at
least 50 percent higher than the national average for the
years 1996-1998.
“These new grants incorporate vital services
that research from earlier Healthy Start projects found to
be effective in fighting infant mortality,” said Secretary
Thompson. “We
know these funds offer real solutions for women and children
who live in communities where they are at a higher risk of
maternal and child health problems.”
The core services, which will extend
from prenatal care through the baby’s second year, include:
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a community-based consortium of families,
local leaders, and public and private organizations;
-
case management and links to health
care and other services for mothers and their infants;
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direct outreach from trained community
members;
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health education to address risk
factors; and
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a plan that mobilizes community-based
organizations and local, state, public and private providers
to identify and address barriers to quality, family-centered
services.
Six
of the new Healthy Start communities were awarded additional
funding up to $250,000 to provide services to medically high-risk
women and infants and to follow mothers and infants for two
years or through the next pregnancy.
Eight of the new grantees will use other grants to
establish a network of community health and mental health
service providers, enabling early identification and referral
of pregnant and postpartum women who are experiencing depression.
HHS’ Health Resources and
Services Administration awards and oversees the fiscal year
2001 grants announced today by Secretary Thompson.
Tables listing the new Healthy Start grants are attached
below.
Healthy Start: Improving Perinatal Health
|
Organization
|
City
|
State
|
Grant
|
|
Jefferson County Department of Health
|
Birmingham
|
Ala.
|
$
875,000
|
|
Mobile
County Health Department
|
Mobile
|
Ala.
|
1,500,000
|
|
Mississippi
County Arkansas EOC, Inc.
|
Blytheville
|
Ark.
|
270,000
|
|
Fresno
County Dept. of Community Health
|
Fresno
|
Calif.
|
1,150,000
|
|
SHIELDS
for Families Project, Inc.
|
Los
Angeles
|
Calif.
|
750,000
|
|
Alameda
County Health Care Services Agency Public Health Department
|
Oakland
|
Calif.
|
1,100,000
|
|
Metro
Community Provider Network, Inc.
|
Englewood
|
Colo.
|
700,000
|
|
Community
Foundation of Greater New Haven
|
New
Haven
|
Conn.
|
900,000
|
|
District
of Columbia/ Department of Human Services (Wards 5/6)
|
Washington
|
D.C.
|
1,350,000
|
|
District
of Columbia/ Department of Human Services (Wards 7/8)
|
Washington
|
D.C.
|
2,350,000
|
|
Northeast
Florida Healthy Start Coalition
|
Jacksonville
|
Fla.
|
925,000
|
|
Maternal
Child Family Health Alliance
|
Palm
Springs
|
Fla.
|
875,000
|
|
Pinellas
County Health Department
|
St.
Petersburg
|
Fla.
|
1,020,075
|
|
Florida
State University
|
Tallahassee
|
Fla.
|
737,355
|
|
Univ.
of South Florida Children’s Center
|
Tampa
|
Fla.
|
1,500,000
|
|
Center
for Black Women’s Wellness, Inc.
|
Atlanta
|
Ga.
|
575,000
|
|
Augusta
Richmond County Community Partnership
|
Augusta
|
Ga.
|
420,000
|
|
Medical
College of Georgia
|
Augusta
|
Ga.
|
498,527
|
|
South
Central Health District
|
Dublin
|
Ga.
|
600,823
|
|
State
of Hawaii Department of Health
|
Honolulu
|
Hawaii
|
925,000
|
|
ACCESS
|
Chicago
|
Ill.
|
1,675,000
|
|
City
of Chicago Department of Health
|
Chicago
|
Ill.
|
925,000
|
|
Health
Care Consortium of Illinois
|
Dolton
|
Ill.
|
1,725,000
|
|
Southern
Illinois Healthcare
|
East
St. Louis
|
Ill.
|
900,000
|
|
Aunt
Martha’s Youth Service Center
|
Matteson
|
Ill.
|
875,000
|
|
State
of Illinois Dept. of Health Services (Chicago)
|
Springfield
|
Ill.
|
1,633,581
|
|
Marion
County Health Department
|
Indianapolis
|
Ind.
|
900,000
|
|
Visiting
Nurse Services
|
Des Moines
|
Iowa
|
883,295
|
|
Wichita-Sedgwick
County
|
Wichita
|
Kan.
|
441,897
|
|
Jefferson
County Fiscal Court
|
Louisville
|
Ky.
|
1,275,000
|
|
Family
Road of Greater Baton Rouge, Inc.
|
East
Baton Rouge
|
La.
|
700,000
|
|
City
of New Orleans
|
New
Orleans
|
La.
|
2,082,970
|
|
North
Louisiana AHEC
|
Shreveport
|
La.
|
500,000
|
|
Boston
Public Health Commission
|
Boston
|
Mass.
|
2,125,000
|
|
Detroit
Public Health Department
|
Detroit
|
Mich.
|
1,575,000
|
|
Genesee
County Health Department
|
Flint
|
Mich.
|
750,000
|
|
Kalamazoo
County Government
|
Nazareth
|
Mich.
|
366,162
|
|
Saginaw
County Dept of Public Health
|
Saginaw
|
Mich.
|
600,000
|
|
Inter-Tribal
Council, Inc.
|
Sault Ste. Marie
|
Mich.
|
816,419
|
|
Minneapolis
Department of Health & Family Support
|
Minneapolis
|
Minn.
|
925,000
|
|
Toogaloo
College
|
Toogaloo
|
Miss.
|
775,000
|
|
Heart
of America United Way
|
Kansas
City
|
Mo.
|
1,415,865
|
|
March
of Dimes – St. Louis Maternal and Child Family Health
District
|
St.
Louis
|
Mo.
|
550,000
|
|
SIDS
Resources, Inc.
|
St.
Louis
|
Mo.
|
900,000
|
|
Charles
Drew Health Center
|
Omaha
|
Neb.
|
900,000
|
|
Southern
New Jersey Perinatal Cooperative, Inc.
|
Pennsauken
|
N.J.
|
1,286,727
|
|
City
of Trenton
|
Trenton
|
N.J.
|
700,000
|
|
New
York City Dept. of Health
|
New
York
|
N.Y.
|
1,350,000
|
|
Northern
Manhattan Perinatal Partnership, Inc.
|
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