Advancing Healthy Births: An Equity Plan for Michigan Families and Communities Mini-Grants

Advancing Healthy Births: An Equity Plan for Michigan Families and Communities Mini-Grants is sponsored by Southeast Michigan Perinatal Quality Improvement Coalition (SEMPQIC). This mini-grant program focuses on reducing disparities in maternal, perinatal, and infant health outcomes between Black and White communities in Southeast Michigan.

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Michigan Perinatal Quality Collaborative (MI PQC)") Michigan Perinatal Quality Collaborative (MI PQC) map showing the Regional Perinatal Quality Collaboratives (RPQCs) ## Michigan Perinatal Quality Collaborative (MI PQC) MDHHS launched the Michigan Perinatal Quality Collaborative (MI PQC) in 2015; over the past several years, all 50 states along with the District of Columbia have establishedState Perinatal Quality Collaboratives.

The State Perinatal Quality Collaboratives, including the MI PQC, are part of theNational Network of Perinatal Quality Collaboratives (NNPQC). ContactMichigan's Perinatal Quality Collaborative Coordinatorto learn more.

**Michigan Perinatal Quality Collaborative Advancing Healthy Births: Request for Proposals - 2025** To facilitate alignment with the _Advancing Healthy Births_ plan and encourage collaborative efforts with the MI PQC and individual Regional Perinatal Quality Collaboratives (RPQCs), funding was awarded to community-based organizations and local programs, whose efforts focus on improving birthing outcomes and advancing healthy births.

The _Advancing Healthy Births: Request for Proposals_ was led by the RPQCs and made possible by funding received through the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. Download the list of _\_2025 awarded agencies and projects. \__ ## MI PQC Efforts and Achievements **Advancing Health Outcomes for Families** ♦ Actively addressing systemic health gaps and social drivers of health outcomes.

♦ Partnering with Maternal Child Health Epidemiologyand Infant Health Epidemiology to collect, analyze and share data to improve health outcomes for all. **Implementing and expanding care for families affected by Perinatal Substance Use Disorder (PSUD)** ♦ Increased screening for mental and behavioral health concerns at prenatal clinics through utilization of an electronic screening tool (such asHigh Touch, High Tech).

♦ Increased accessibility of Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) for pregnant & postpartum women, as well as coordination of prenatal care for pregnant women receiving MAT. ♦ Establish rooming-in policies and procedures for families with babies born substance-exposed at participating birthing hospitals.

RPQC Region 2 Town Hall Meeting 2023 **Improving access to respectful, quality care throughout the pregnancy and postpartum period** ♦ Bolstering virtual birthing and breastfeeding education and support. ♦Building a doula workforce through training, mentorship and continued education opportunities.

**Download the Michigan Perinatal Quality Collaborative Information Sheet****to learn more about improving birth outcomes for Michigan families. ** Perinatal Quality Collaborative Handout ## Regional Perinatal Quality Collaboratives (RPQCs) Recognizing the diverse geographic and demographic nature of the state, Michigan approached its structure of the PQC in a unique manner.

The Michigan PQC (MI PQC) is comprised of nine (9) Regional Perinatal Quality Collaboratives (RPQC), representing the state’s ten (10) Prosperity Regions (see map above), with all nine established by 2019.

As an individual’s health outcomes are attributed to clinical care, as well as environment, socioeconomic factors, and health-related behaviors, the RPQCs utilize both community and clinical approaches by bringing together health care professionals, community partners, families, faith-based organizations, Great Start Collaboratives, home visiting agencies, and others in a unified, collaborative effort.

* Convene perinatal partners in regular meetings to address their respective region’s largest concerns with individualized attention. * Improve birth outcomes for mothers, infants and families through data-driven quality improvement efforts that are tailored to the strengths and challenges of their respective region.

* Authentically engage families and communities; garnering and utilizing the advisement of families statewide and within specific RPQC catchment areas. ### Region 1 Perinatal Quality Collaborative The Region 1 Perinatal Quality Collaborative was initiated in 2017 with a goal of ensuring birthing women and babies are healthy and thriving across the Upper Peninsula.

The predominantly rural Region covers 15 counties and is home to an extensive coastline on three of the Great Lakes. Every county in the Upper Peninsula has at least one Health Professional Shortage Area designation.

#### Geographic location – Michigan’s Upper Peninsula * Six local health departments * Seven birthing hospitals; One Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) * One Medicaid health plan (Upper Peninsula Health Plan) #### Key program highlights * Bringing training opportunities to the region on topics including perinatal mood and anxiety disorders, Spinning Babies- cesarean prevention training, urgent maternal warning signs, perinatal loss, and child passenger safety.

* Piloting the Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health (AIM) Perinatal Substance Use Disorder safety bundle with three of the region’s birthing hospitals. * Launching a region-wide universal referral process for home visiting services. * Promoting and expanding the use of Long-Acting Reversible Contraceptives (LARCs).

* Convening workgroups to focus on topics including Care Coordination, Child Passenger Safety, Family Planning, Grief & Bereavement, Maternal and Family Wellness, and Perinatal Substance Use Disorder/Opioid Use Disorder (SUD/OUD).

#### Contact Information: * Emily Belinski, Upper Peninsula Health Care Solutions * Katrina Keough, Upper Peninsula Health Care Solutions * Andy Chosa, Upper Peninsula Health Care Solutions Website:https://www. uphcs.

org/rpqc/ ### Northern Michigan Regional Perinatal Quality Collaborative Regions 2 & 3 share a combined Perinatal Quality Collaborative, which was the initial Regional Perinatal Quality Collaborative in Michigan, and was formed in 2011. Funding through the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) was initiated in 2015. The primarily rural Region covers 21 counties near the northern shores of Lake Michigan and Lake Huron.

#### Geographic Location - Northern Lower Michigan * Seven local health departments * Eight birthing hospitals; One Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) * Four Medicaid health plans #### Key program highlights: * Implementing High Touch, High Tech universal behavioral and mental health screening in obstetric provider practices across the regions.

New sites continue to be added, and support for existing sites is provided, as well as exploration of expansion to a direct-to-patient screening modality. * Enhancing family and doula engagement through active recruitment, as well as holding listening sessions and town hall events to amplify family and doula voices to better inform the work of the collaborative.

* Supporting birthing hospitals in their efforts to implement MI AIM (Michigan Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health) safety bundles.

* Maximizing patient safety for birthing families through a variety of measures, including supporting hospitals with training and birthing supplies, supporting home visiting programs, increasing direct engagement with Medicaid health plans, involving doulas in regional blood pressure (BP) screening, education, and referral