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Healthy Start Initiative
Published on AidPage by IDILOGIC on Jun 24, 2005
Possible uses and use restrictions...
Every Healthy Start project implements community-driven approaches to address infant mortality rates by reducing behavioral and medical risk factors and promotes healthy outcomes for young women and their families. Beginning with prenatal care and continuing through the infant's second year of life, each community awarded funds assures the availability of a core set of services and activities for the perinatal population in their project area. These services include case management, home visiting and links to health care and other needed services for mothers and their infants; direct outreach and peer mentoring by trained community members; screening and referral for perinatal/postpartum depression; and strong coordination with and access to substance abuse, domestic violence, mental health, early intervention, parenting and other critical services for high-risk women and families. In addition, each Healthy Start project is required to have a community-based consortium of individuals and organizations and includes women and families served by the project, to collaborate with State Title V (MCH) Agency, and a local health system action plan to improve the quality, cultural competence, access to services or addresses other problems in the local system of care. Funds may not be used to supplant currently funded activities/services.
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