Support CBOs responding to increased referrals
- MHSP Priority Area: Addressing Health Related Social Needs
- Recommendation: Explore and support existing policies and programs to improve housing and food security and access to transportation for pregnant and postpartum individuals and their families.
- Actionable Strategies: Support CBOs responding to increased referrals
- Lead: Family Health Council of Central PA
- Lead Web Site: https://fhccp.org/
- Progress: In Progress
pdf Addressing Health Related Social Needs (HRSN) Actionable Strategies
The Family Health Council of Central PA will recieve $32,580 to implement a SafeSeat Connect project, which will provide appropriate car seats and car seat safety education to low-income pregnant and postpartum people at eight Pennsylvania WIC locations.
Support CBOs responding to increased referrals
- MHSP Priority Area: Addressing Health Related Social Needs
- Recommendation: Explore and support existing policies and programs to improve housing and food security and access to transportation for pregnant and postpartum individuals and their families.
- Actionable Strategies: Support CBOs responding to increased referrals
- Lead: The Foundation for Delaware County
- Lead Web Site: https://delcofoundation.org/
- Progress: In Progress
pdf Addressing Health Related Social Needs (HRSN) Actionable Strategies
The Foundation for Delaware County will recieve $32,580 to implement a Family Village Transportation Initiative to address the transportation needs of pregnant and postpartum people in Delaware County to help increase attendance at health care appointments.
Support CBOs responding to increased referrals
- MHSP Priority Area: Addressing Health Related Social Needs
- Recommendation: Explore and support existing policies and programs to improve housing and food security and access to transportation for pregnant and postpartum individuals and their families.
- Actionable Strategies: Support CBOs responding to increased referrals
- Lead: ACLAMO
- Lead Web Site: https://aclamo.org/
- Progress: In Progress
pdf Addressing Health Related Social Needs (HRSN) Actionable Strategies
ACLAMO will recieve $32,580 to provide care and expand their bilingual capacities to 120 pregnant and post-partum people in Montgomery County over 10 months. This care will help pregnant people progress toward health milestones.
Create a HRSN screen for pregnant and postpartum people
- MHSP Priority Area: Addressing Health Related Social Needs
- Recommendation: Explore and support existing policies and programs to improve housing and food security and access to transportation for pregnant and postpartum individuals and their families.
- Actionable Strategies: Create a HRSN screen for pregnant and postpartum people
- Lead: Thomas Jefferson University
- Lead Web Site: https://research.jefferson.edu/connected-care-center.html
- Progress: In Progress
pdf Addressing Health Related Social Needs (HRSN) Actionable Strategies
Thomas Jefferson University will receive $53,000 to review existing HRSN screening tools, collect feedback from pregnant and postpartum people on HRSN screening questions and processes, and disseminate findings and recommendations across Pennsylvania.
Create a Peer to Peer Learning Exchange for CBOs
- MHSP Priority Area: Addressing Health Related Social Needs
- Recommendation: Explore and support existing policies and programs to improve housing and food security and access to transportation for pregnant and postpartum individuals and their families.
- Actionable Strategies: Create a Peer to Peer Learning Exchange for CBOs
- Lead: CAAP and PACDV
- Lead Web Site: https://www.thecaap.org/ https://www.pcadv.org/
- Progress: In Progress
Addressing Health Related Social Needs (HRSN) Actionable Strategies
The Community Action Association of Pennsylvania and the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence will collectively receive $122,000 to work in partnership to build a Peer Learning Network Toolkit designed to increase collaboration between community-based organizations, managed care organizations, and other maternal health stakeholders in Pennsylvania. They will then establish and facilitate the peer-to-peer exchange.