As NHSA has news and updates to share, we’ll post them here (see below). We’ll also post articles and other news from the Healthy Start projects. (The initial articles represent three eras of Healthy Start. Members: send your news and updates to NHSA’s webmaster for publication.)
2022 has been a busy year for NHSA and AIM CCI. Below are just some of our publications or activities this year!
March 2022 – COVID-19 Guide: Guide to Community Conversations about COVID-19: Vaccines, Myths & Implications for Pregnancy and Breastfeeding Updated 2.24 (amazonaws.com)
Infographic for pregnant and breastfeeding women
Infographic for fathers/partners
April 2022 – NHSA – AIM CCI launch Racial Equity Series
June 2022 – NHSA released Spanish versions of the Covid-19 infographics mentioned above:
July 2022 – Release of RELS Leadership Guide
September 2022 – Declared September as officially National Infant Mortality Awareness Month
October 2022 – NHSA AIM CCI Released the Maternal Monologues Toolkit
Planning for Pregnancy and Beyond: a professional learning series to guide pre-pregnancy and inter-pregnancy planning and education
November 2022 – Infant and Maternal Loss: A Toolkit for Grieving Fathers
December 2022 – Fatherhood Advocacy Toolkit: Navigating Support Through the Perinatal Period
A recent feature from The Associated Press highlights how essential father involvement and inclusion are to maternal and infant health. The story follows a couple who share their journey of keeping the father actively engaged through pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period. It also includes perspectives from practitioners in the field, including the National… View Article
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We are proud to announce that Congress has passed legislation providing $145 million in funding for the Healthy Start program for Fiscal Year 2026 (October 2025 through September 2026). This critical investment reinforces our nation’s commitment to improving maternal and infant health outcomes in communities that need it most. The Healthy Start program plays a vital… View Article
Read MoreWashington, DC Last week, First Focus on Children, the National Healthy Start Association, and nearly 200 national, state, and local partner organizations urged leaders in the House and Senate to support funding for the Healthy Start program at $145 million in Fiscal Year 2026. Healthy Start funding has been threatened over the last several appropriations… View Article
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NHSA Proclaims September as National Infant Mortality Awareness Month On September 1, 2022, NHSA issued a Proclamation declaring that September is officially National Infant Mortality Awareness Month (NIMAM). Go to the Celebrate Day 366 page to read it! NIMAM Media Release
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Founded in 1991, the Cleveland MomsFirst Project is one of the original 15 Healthy Start sites. MomsFirst targets African American women in Cleveland’s most impoverished neighborhoods, with special efforts to reach adolescents, as well as homeless, substance abusing or incarcerated women.
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The Missouri Bootheel Healthy Start (MBHS) is located in Sikeston, Missouri, and is considered a “rural” project with a five-county service region. MBHS’s grantee is the Missouri Bootheel Regional Consortium, Inc. (MBRC), a non-profit entity.
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The University of Houston Graduate School of Social Work is the grantee for the Healthy Start project in Houston. Led by Associate Professor, Dr. McClain Sampson, the UH Healthy Start Initiative is the largest program in Houston designed to explicitly address these longstanding perinatal health disparities.
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