MHLIC provides resources and capacity-building assistance to State Maternal Health Innovation (MHI) Program awardees in three areas:
- Maternal health policy
- Community & provider engagement
- Maternal health innovations
About the State MHI Program
The state MHI programs will establish state Maternal Health Task Forces to create and implement a Title V-aligned strategic plan. They will improve the collection, analysis, and application of maternal mortality/morbidity data, and promote and execute innovation in maternal health service delivery.
Universal Innovations:
- Maternal Health Task Force: All states have an active MHTF however how each state implements, evaluates and utilizes the taskforce varies.
- Data and Evaluation: All states are collecting data and using data to drive decision making. However, each state has their own way of doing this, including who is collecting and analyzing the data to the use of data dashboards to primary or secondary data collection.
- Social Media, Marketing, Education: All states have some type of social media, marketing, website, and dissemination of educational messages. However this varies by state and their innovations.
Maternal Health Innovation (MHI) States MHLIC directly works with.
Some states have their own websites. Click them to learn more and scroll down further to learn more about each cohort.
The State MHI Program is being established to assist states in collaborating with maternal health experts, and optimizing resources to implement state-specific actions that address disparities in maternal health and improve maternal health outcomes, including the prevention and reduction of maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity (SMM). Specifically, award recipients will:
- Establish a state-focused Maternal Health Task Force to create and implement a strategic plan that incorporates activities outlined in the state’s most recent State Title V Needs Assessment;
- Improve the collection, analysis, and application of state-level data on maternal mortality and SMM; and,
- Promote and execute innovation in maternal health service delivery, such as improving access to maternal care services, identifying and addressing workforce needs, and/or supporting postpartum and interconception care services, among others.
Participating States & Organizations and Innovations
- (AZ) Arizona Dept. of Health Services, Bureau of Women’s and Children’s Health
- Maternal Levels of Care/ Perinatal Regionalization
- Perinatal Quality Collaborative (PQC)
- Maternal Mortality Review Committee (MMRC) and/or other morbidity/mortality review committeesÂ
- Implementation of AIM Bundles
- Workforce Development (Includes training for clinical and non-clinical providers)
- Postpartum Warning Signs
- Substance Use/Abuse and/or Perinatal and Mental Health Initiatives
- 2nd Generation Clinics (implementation of clinical care for caregiver and infant)
- Telehealth/Telemedicine
- Simulation
- Utilization of Community Health Workers, Doulas, and/or Midwifery
- Collaboration with Home Visiting Programs
- Working with PWLE
- Medicaid Expansion / Postpartum Care /Expanding reimbursement for doulas, CHW, midwives
- (IL) University of Illinois at Chicago
- Â Perinatal Quality Collaborative (PQC)
- Maternal Mortality Review Committee (MMRC) and/or other morbidity/
mortality review committees - Implementation of AIM Bundles
- Workforce Development (Includes training for clinical and non-clinical providers)
- Postpartum Warning Signs
- Implicit Bias Training
- Substance Use/Abuse and/or Perinatal and Mental Health Initiatives
- 2nd Generation Clinics (implementation of clinical care for caregiver and infant)
- Telehealth/Telemedicine
- Collaboration with Home Visiting Programs
- Medicaid Expansion / Postpartum Care /Expanding reimbursement for doulas, CHW, midwives
- (IA) Iowa Department of Public Health, Division of Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention
- (MD) Johns Hopkins University
- (MT) MT Department of Public Health and Human Services, Family and Community Health Bureau
- (NJ) New Jersey Department of Health, Division of Family Health Services
- (NC) North Carolina Division of Public Health
- (OH) Ohio Department of Health, Division of Maternal, Child, Family Health
- (OK) Oklahoma Department of Health, Maternal and Child Health Services
The purpose of this program is to support state capacity to improve maternal health and address maternal health disparities through quality services, a skilled workforce, enhanced data quality and capacity, and innovative programming that aims to reduce maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity (SMM). The program addresses the high rates of these adverse maternal health outcomes by engaging public health professionals, providers, payers, and consumers to implement evidence-based interventions and policy changes that address critical gaps in and needs for services within the following categories:
- Direct clinical care;
- Workforce training;
- Maternal health data enhancements; and,
- Community engagement. This program seeks to improve state capacity through a coordinated effort using public health approaches, direct service delivery, and maternal health data to support the implementation of innovative maternal health strategies.
Participating States & Organizations
- (AL) University of Alabama at Birmingham
- (AR) University of Arkansas System
- (CO) Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
- (GA) The Medical Center Foundation, Inc
- (IN) Indiana State Department of Health
- (ME) Maine Department of Health & Human Services
- (MA) Massachusetts Department of Public Health
- (MN) Minnesota Department of Health
- (TN) Tennessee Department of Health
Our State MHI program funds entities such as public health departments and universities to improve maternal health in the United States by:
- Establishing a maternal health task force in their state
- Improving the collection and use of their state-level data on maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity (SMM)
- Launching new maternal health service delivery activities (e.g. improving access to services during pregnancy and the postpartum period; equipping the maternal and child health workforce with new training and resources)
Participating States & Organizations
- (AZ) Arizona Department of Health Services
- (CA) The Leland Stanford Junior University
- (CT) Connecticut Department of Public Health
- (DC) Government of the District of Columbia
- (HI) Hawaii Hospitceal Ed & Research
- (KS) Kansas Department of Health & Environment
- (KY) The University of Kentucky Research Foundation
- (MD) The Johns Hopkins University
- (MS) Mississippi Public Health institute
- (NE) I Be Black Girl
- (NM) New Mexico Department of Health
- (NY) Health Research, Inc.
- (OH) Ohio Department of Health
- (RI) Rhode Island Department of Health
- (SC) South Carolina Department of Health
- (VA) Virginia Commonwealth University
- (OR) Comagine Health
- (WA) Washington State Department of Health
- (WI) Wisconsin Department of Health Services
- (WY) University of Wyoming