• Enhancing education and support services for high-risk pregnant women. Preference will be given to interventions that focus on reducing disparities in birth outcomes. This may include March of Dimes programs such as Stork's Nest® and Comenzando bien®. 
• Increasing participation in state or local maternal child health programs (e.g. Medicaid, SCHIP, WIC) through enhanced outreach, education and public awareness.
• Enhancing preconception/interconception education and support services for women at high-risk due to previous poor outcomes, chronic conditions (i.e. diabetes, hypertension) or other risk factors.

Increasing Availability of Prevention Services

• Increasing smoking cessation services available to pregnant women who smoke. Preference will be given to prenatal health education and information/referral services that utilize the "5 A's" counseling approach. **

• Increasing education and services (excluding billable services) for urinary and reproductive tract infections in women. The may include sexually transmitted infections.

• Increasing prenatal health education and information/referral services available to pregnant women who use alcohol or other drugs.

 Increasing Availability of Genetics Services and Folic Acid Education

Enhancing the availability, quality and utilization of genetics services and/or other patient services related to preventable birth defects.

Increasing folic acid education and use of multivitamins among women of childbearing age.

Enhancing SIDS Education

• Increasing education related to reducing the risk of Sudden Death Syndrome (SIDS) in high risk communities, consistent with the 2000 American Academy of Pediatrics guidelines.