Communities Transforming Maternal & Child Health
Ensure families have access to adequate breastfeeding services, and experience improved health outcomes, by developing sustainable partnerships across maternal and child health organizations.
Check out what's available to state & local leadersInitiative Status:
Active since 2016
Led By:
Wisconsin Department of Health Services – Wisconsin
WIC Program and Maternal & Child Health Program
In some areas, quality breastfeeding and healthcare services might not exist. If quality services exist, families might not know about them. If families know about the services, they might not be able to access them at the right time or at all. If families can access the services, they might not experience the same quality of care over time.
These barriers have a large impact on families’ health outcomes, and disproportionately affect Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC), people with limited income, and rural populations.
Connections between maternal and child health organizations could be developed or strengthened to promote more communication and collaboration.
Community and clinical organizations offer a wide range of programs and services for families. But not everyone knows about these resources to be able to make appropriate referrals.
The Ohio Community Collaboration Project focuses on improving families’ access to adequate breastfeeding services and other evidence-based maternity care practices.
Maternal and child health organizations are provided resources and support for developing sustainable partnerships that work toward improving breastfeeding rates by addressing access to services, continuity of care, and consistent messaging. State and local organizations can benefit from…
Find alignment opportunities by analyzing state-level policies, programs, and priorities.
Enhance referral systems by leveraging existing networks and building new connections.
Get expert technical assistance and learn from other communities on how to improve access to care.
Gather information about programs, reach, data sources, priority areas, funding opportunities, and local networks.
Survey local networks to understand their needs, priorities, partnerships, successes, and progressive programming.
Access a landscape analysis report that compiles statewide partner profiles with recommendations on potential priority, focus area, collaboration, and funding opportunity alignment. This opportunity is also available for regional-level programs and health systems.
Community Match is an online dashboard that helps local organizations coordinate with other organizations. Use Community Match to…
Receive technical assistance from a community partnership coordinator on building referral networks and collaborating more efficiently across community partners. A community partnership coordinator can help you..
Many communities have already had success improving access to care! Local leaders can share with and learn from these communities through..
Since 2018, Coffective and the Ohio WIC Program have partnered to support community success across the state. See how our journey has evolved!
Find out more about the initiatives, tools, and activities available to Ohio maternal and child health organizations.
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