Maternal Health Impact in Maryland's Diverse Communities (Grants to Support Maternal and Child Health Outcomes)

Maternal Health Impact in Maryland's Diverse Communities (Grants to Support Maternal and Child Health Outcomes) is sponsored by Maryland State and Funding Organizations (administered via The Grant Portal). This grant focuses on addressing racial disparities and barriers to healthcare access in maternal health outcomes in Maryland.

Maryland Department of Health Accessibility Information Promoting Comprehensive Women's Health Services and Reducing Infant Mortality​ (29 grants) Grantee Organization: Baltimore City Health Department Jurisdiction Served: Baltimore City Grant and Amount: 21-016 ($385,000) Grant Project Description: This program supports increased access to preventative services at public health sexual health clinics through: increasing STI and HIV testing of high-risk populations, providing at-home STI and HIV testing, and increasing referrals to pre-exposure peer navigators.

Funding allows BCHD to adjust clinic operations in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The program targets three groups disproportionately affected by both COVID-19 and STI/HIV: Black and Latinx individuals, individuals with lower socioeconomic status, and individuals with lower health care access. Organization Contact Information: https://health.

baltimorecity. gov/ Grantee Organization: The Gaston & Porter Health Improvement Clinic Jurisdiction Served: Montgomery County Grant and Amount: 21-025 ($275,000) Grant Project Description: The program aims to address the negative impact of COVID-19 on African Americans in Prince George's County, with a specific focus on Black women.

Program activities include: virtual webinars to increase knowledge, improve attitudes, and change behaviors of 600 residents, including information on how to protect themselves; a 'train the trainer' program to train 50 residents, who will then give presentations to an additional 2,500 residents; and five free "the Prime Time Sister Circles" for mid-life Black women to increase knowledge, improve attitudes, and change behaviors linked to COVID-19 vaccinations and risk factors, and chronic illness.

Organization Contact Information: https://www. gastonandporter.

org/​ Grantee Organization: Prince George's County Health Department Jurisdiction Served: Prince George's County Focus Area: Women's Health Grant and Amount: 20-006 ($300,000) Grant Project Description: This program will support a care management program to improve reproductive and maternal health as well as expand care management to improve health outcomes for high-risk racial/ethnic minority females who are pre-conceptual, pregnant, or post-partum.

The target population is women referred to the Department's Administrative Care Coordination Unit (ACCU), which has a caseload of 1,250 women. The proposal states that the program will bill third-party payers for care coordination services. The proposal states that the program will emphasize addressing social determinants of health.

Organization Contact Information: Prince George's County Health Department Grantee Organization: Access to Wholistic & Productive Living Institute Jurisdiction Served: Prince George's County Focus Area: Women's Health Grant and Amount: 20-007 ($335,000) Grant Project Description: This program will fund the Bright Beginnings of Prince George's County project to assist high-risk, racial/ethnic minority women who are pregnant, postpartum or diagnosed with cardiovascular disease and/or Type 2 diabetes access to needed health and social services in a timely and effective manner.

CHWs will be assigned to provide care coordination, patient navigation, and health education services to assist women to overcome social determinants of health and adopt preventive behaviors to achieve better health outcomes. A lifestyle coach will support healthy eating and active living measures.

Organization Contact Information: Access to Wholistic & Productive Living Institute​ Organization: Baltimore City Health Department Focus Area: Women's Health Grant and Amount: 20-009 ($350,000) Grant Project Description: This program, Reproductive Planning and Access Now!

, will expand access to reproductive planning for women engaged in SUD treatment and recovery services who experience a disproportionately high level of unmet reproductive health needs and have other complex health and social service needs.

Through improved access to on-site clinical family planning services, the program seeks to reduce the number of unintended pregnancies, which are estimated to represent 90% of pregnancies among women with SUD. Organization Contact Information: health. baltimorecity.

gov​ Grantee Organization: Harford County Health Department. Jurisdiction Served: Harford Grant and Amount: 19-001 ($275,000) Grant Project Description: This project, Meaningful Environment to Gather and Nurture (MEGAN) Place, would provide a supportive, non-judgmental, and restorative place to improve perinatal health outcomes and build family resiliency skills.

The project would serve at-risk pregnant and postpartum women and their families, with a specific emphasis on women with substance use disorders. The project would employ evidence-based practices from existing programs, including Harford's current Healthy Families program and Helping Families Recover program. Organization Contact Information: harfordcountyhealth.

com​ Grantee Organization: Mary’s Center. Jurisdiction Served: Prince George’s, Montgomery Grant and Amount: 18-003 ($170,000) Grant Project Description: This project would implement the evidence-based CenteringPregnancy and CenteringParenting programs for expectant and new Latina mothers in Montgomery and Prince George’s Counties.

The group care programs provide prenatal and pediatric services and help participants to increase their personal health care autonomy and build contacts and social bonds with other women. The program is replicable with the target population in other areas of the state and offers the potential to help improve birth outcomes. Organization Contact Information: www.

maryscenter. org Grantee Organization: Community Clinic Inc. Jurisdiction Served: Prince George’s Grant and Amount: 18-004 ($170,000) Grant Project Description: This project would implement the CenteringPregnancy project for at-risk, low-income minority and immigrant women in northern Prince George's County, the jurisdiction in the state with the lowest percentage of women receiving adequate prenatal care.

Women participating in the CenteringPregnancy program would benefit from a supportive network of other women going through the same experience. Services would be provided at CCI’s clinic in Greenbelt. The program is replicable with the target population in other areas of the state and offers the potential to help improve birth outcomes.

Organization Contact Information: www. cciweb. org​ Grantee Organization: Baltimore City Health Department.

Jurisdiction Served: Baltimore City Grant and Amount: 18-018 ($250,000) Grant Project Description: This project would support the continued implementation of the B’More for Healthy Babies (BHB) Initiative.

Grant funds would be utilized to support the salaries of pregnancy engagement specialists at Health Care Access Maryland and Baltimore Healthy Start who will use aggressive, trauma ‐ informed strategies to outreach pregnant women who are currently unable to be located though traditional outreach methods. The investigators will direct vulnerable pregnant women and newborns into appropriate obstetric and pediatric homes..

Organization Contact Information: health. baltimorecity.

gov ​ Grantee Organization: The Family Tree Jurisdiction Served: Baltimore City Grant and Amount: 17-017 ($150,000) Grant Project Description: This two-year grant provides funding to implement an evidence-based, cost-effective, 'Maryland Family Connects' program, which is a home visitation program for at-risk mothers designed to support new mothers in caring for their newborns by providing a brief intervention strategy (3-7 visits post-partum).

Organization Contact Information: www. familytreemd. org​ Grantee Organization: Baltimore City Health Department Jurisdiction Served: Baltimore City Grant and Amount: 16-015 ($250,000) Grant Project Description: This two-year grant provides funding to support the continued implementation of the B’More for Healthy Babies (BHB) Initiative.

Grant funds are being utilized to support the salaries of two new public health investigators who will use aggressive, trauma-informed strategies to outreach pregnant women who are currently unable to be located though traditional outreach methods or who refuse to talk to care coordinators. The investigators use cutting-edge strategies to direct vulnerable pregnant women and newborns into appropriate obstetric and pediatric homes.

Organization Contact Information: health. baltimorecity. gov​​ Grantee Organization: Community Clinic, Inc. Jurisdiction Served: Prince George's Grant and Amount: 15-001 ($110,000) Grant Project Description: This one-year grant provides funding for CCI to expand services at its newly opened prenatal clinic in Greenbelt and access to a range of comprehensive women's health services.

Grant funding is utilized to cover the salary costs of one FTE RN and one FTE Community Health Worker (CHW), as the prenatal clinic is currently staffed with three part-time volunteer NPs. Services enabled under the grant include care coordination, screening for depression, and screening/care management for diabetes. This proposal would serve Prince George's County, a jurisdiction identified by DHMH as a priority area.

Organization Contact Information: www. cciweb. org Grantee Organization: Access to Wholistic and Productive Living Jurisdiction Served: Prince George’s Grant and Award: 14-001 ($100,000) Grant Project Description: This two-year grant supports the expansion of services for pregnant and early postpartum women in order to improve birth outcomes and rates of first trimester prenatal care in underserved communities in Prince George’s County.

Services include targeted case management, home visiting, linkage to prenatal care, smoking cessation services and/or health education. Grant funds are being utilized to hire staff to increase the number of zip codes in Prince George’s County served by the Bright Beginnings program. Organization Contact Information: www.

guide. awpli. org Grantee Organization: Mary’s Center Jurisdiction Served: Prince George’s Grant and Amount: 14-002 ($300,000) Grant Project Description: This two-year grant supports an effort to reduce health disparities and the State’s infant mortality rate by expanding its current prenatal services at the grantee’s Adelphi, MD clinic.

Services also include the provision of primary health care for women of reproductive age. Grant funds will be used to support the salary costs of a Primary Care Adult/Family Medical Doctor, a Certified Nurse Midwife, a Family Support Worker, and a Life Cycle Health Educator at the Adelphi health center. Organization Contact Information: http://www.

maryscenter. org/ Grantee Organization: Planned Parenthood-Maryland Jurisdiction Served: Baltimore City Grant and Amount: 14-003 ($225,000) Grant Project Description: This two-year grant supports a program which seeks to reduce infant mortality rates by increasing access to comprehensive women’s health services in Baltimore, Anne Arundel, and Wicomico Counties.

Grant funds are being utilized to provide same-day access to Long Acting Reversible Contraception (LARC), as well as to prevent substance-exposed pregnancies by implementing use of the Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) tool. The grantee is also providing outreach to clients to educate them about the importance of health insurance and connect eligible individuals to coverage.

Organization Contact Information: www. plannedparenthood.

org/planned-parenthood-maryland Grantee Organization Calvert County Health Department Jurisdiction Served: Calvert Grant and Amount: 14-004 ($230,000) Grant Project Description: This three-year grant supports a program to reduce infant mortality rates by creating a new, “one-stop shop” of integrated behavioral health and social services for substance abusing women and expectant mothers.

Grant funds are being utilized to develop and implement the multi-disciplinary program which includes intensive case management and linkage to local obstetric providers, family planning, folic acid supplements, behavioral health services, WIC, social services, dental care, health insurance enrollment, and community resources such as education and job training opportunities. Organization Contact Information: www. calverthealth.

org Grantee Organization: Harford County Health Department Jurisdiction Served: Harford Grant and Amount: 12-001 ($156,052) Grant Project Description: This two-year grant supported the addition of comprehensive care coordination and community outreach to the HCHD existing family planning/reproductive health services.

The comprehensive program targeted low income, minority women and health services and interventions to reduce infant mortality rates. The program served 2,858 patients through 8,080 visits over the duration of the grant. Organization Contact Information: http://www.

harfordcountyhealth. com/ Grantee Organization: Tri-State Community Health Center Jurisdiction Served: Allegany County Grant and Amount: 12-002 ($135,598) Grant Project Description: This three-year grant supported a collaboration between Tri-State Community Health Center and the ACHD to bring together resources and health care providers at Tri-State’s existing Women's Health Center.

Grant funds were utilized to provide women with OB/GYN and postnatal care services through Tri-State providers and home visiting services through the ACHD staff. The grantee reported serving 256 women through 1,361 visits over the duration of the grant. Organization Contact Information: http://www.

tschc. org/ Grantee Organization: St. Mary's County Health Department Jurisdiction Served: St.

Mary's Grant and Amount: 11-001 ($240,000) Grant Project Description: This two-year grant supported a program which provided individual and group reproductive health and family planning counseling, multi-vitamins with folic acid to women of child bearing age, pregnancy tests, and up to three months of birth control. Grant funds were utilized to support operational and administrative costs.

The grantee reported serving 1,640 patients and provided 1,971 visits over the duration of the grant. Organization Contact Information: www. smchd.

org Grantee Organization: Access to Wholistic & Productive Living Jurisdiction Served: Prince George's Grant and Amount: 11-002 ($150,000) Grant Project Description: This two-year grant supported the expansion of the Bright Beginnings program which is aimed at reducing infant mortality and morbidity in vulnerable populations.

The program enrolled participants through community outreach and then connected them to prenatal care, health insurance coverage, and social services. The program enrolled 111 women over the duration of the grant. Organization Contact Information: www.

guide. awpli. org Grantee Organization: Allegany County Health Department Jurisdiction Served: Allegany Grant and Amount: 11-003 ($127,000) Grant Project Description: This two-year grant supported a program the provided case management services to women who use substances during pregnancy during the post-partum period.

The program referred women to drug and/or alcohol rehabilitation, and provided specialized instruction for providing care to substance affected newborns. DHMH matched the CHRC grant award and CareFirst awarded a one-time $20,000 grant to the Allegany County Health Department to implement this program. The grantee reported to have served 363 patients and provided 1,592 visits over the duration of the grant.

Organization Contact Information: www. alleganyhealthdept.

com Grantee Organization: Access to Wholistic & Productive Living Jurisdiction Served: Prince George's Grant and Amount: 10-001 ($100,000) Grant Project Description: The two-year grant supported the Bright Beginnings Program which provided targeted case management services, health education, smoking cessation support, and linkages to early prenatal and post-partum care for women living in zip codes 20743 and 20746 (Seat Pleasant, Fairmount Heights, Capitol Heights and Suitland).

Grant funds were utilized to support the costs of operations and the services of a case manager. The grantee reported serving 83 women through 386 visits over the duration of the grant. Organization Contact Information: www.

guide. awpli. org Grantee Organization: Baltimore County Health Department Jurisdiction Served: Baltimore County Grant and Amount: 10-002 ($293,759) Grant Project Description: CHRC grant funds supported the Prenatal Enrichment Program, which provided access to a prenatal, educational and case management services for high risk pregnant women and teenagers.

The program provides education and counseling on management of health issues, screenings, and interventions for smoking and other substance use during pregnancy, and home visiting program during pregnancy and after delivery. Grant funds were utilized to support the salaries of program staff. The grantee reported serving 2,019 women through 4,275 visits over the duration of the grant.

Organization Contact Information: http://www. baltimorecountymd. gov/Agencies/health/healthservices/familyplanning.

html Grantee Organization: Baltimore Medical System. Inc. (BMS) Jurisdiction Served: Baltimore City, Baltimore County Grant and Amount: 10-003 ($300,000) Grant Project Description: This three-year grant supported a program to improve access to prenatal care, improve birth outcomes, and provide a medical home to women and their children. The program was operated at BMS's Highlandtown Community Health Center and BMS at St.

Agnes where the greatest number of BMS's prenatal patients receive their care. The program provided personalized care to women throughout their pregnancy and through one-year post-partum. The grantee reported serving 1,751 women through 2,423 over the duration of the grant.

Organization Contact Information: www. bmsi. org Grantee Organization: Garrett County Health Department Jurisdiction Served: Garrett Grant and Amount: 10-004 ($298,288) Grant Project Description: This two-year grant supported the expansion of the health department's Nurse-Family home visiting program, which provided services throughout pregnancy and through the first two years of the child's life.

Grant funds were utilized to support nursing staff salaries. The grantee reported serving 527 patients through 3,774 visits over the duration of the grant. Organization Contact Information: www.

garretthealth. org/ Grantee Organization: Pregnancy Aid Centers Jurisdiction Served: Prince George's Grant and Amount: 10-005 ($300,000) Grant Project Description: This two-year grant supported the provision of pregnancy services by a multidisciplinary team and targeted pregnant teens in Prince George’s County.

The program provided services aimed at reducing the incidence of repeat pregnancies in the teen population by providing family planning services. Grant funds were utilized to support staff salaries. The grantee reported providing services to 379 patients over 3,812 over the duration of the grant.

Organization Contact Information: www. pregnancyaidcenter. org Grantee Organization: Prince George's Health Department Jurisdiction Served: Prince George's Grant and Amount: 10-006 ($250,000) Grant Project Description: This two-year grant funded the Tapestry Program which provided perinatal services to low-income, uninsured, and underinsured women in Prince George's County.

The health department partnered with the University of Maryland to provide multidisciplinary services high risk women of reproductive age, including those with HIV/AIDS. Grant funds were utilized to support salary costs and support the services provided under this grant. The grantee reported providing services to 165 women through 987 visits over the duration of the grant.

Organization Contact Information: www. princegeorgescountymd. gov/health/ Grantee Organization: Carroll County Health Department Jurisdiction Served: Carroll County Grant and Amount: 09-011 ($190,000) Grant Project Description: This three-year grant funded the Best Beginnings Program, an interagency prenatal care program that targets women who are low-income, uninsured, and underserved residents of Carroll County.

The funds were utilized to support staff salaries for the program. The grantee reported that 80 women were served in this program through 3,652 patient visits over the duration of the grant. Organization Contact Information: http://cchd.

maryland. gov/​ Grantee Organization: Queen Anne's Health Department Jurisdiction Served: Queen Anne's Grant and Amount: 08-027 ($82,597) Grant Project Description: This one-year grant supported the Mom Movers Program, which provided the resources for prenatal care for uninsured and undocumented foreign-born women with less than five years of residency in the United States.

In addition, the program provided transportation to and from medical appointments as well as linkages to other resources in the community. This program provided services and education to 88 women through 850 prenatal visits over the duration of the grant. Organization Contact Information: http://dhmh.

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