Mission Neighborhood Health Center   
$3,000
Funds will be used to support the 'La Tiendita' program through the purchase of clothing and the printing of incentive booklets.  La Tiendita functions like the Stork’s Nest program.  Points are provided as an incentive to prenatal patients of the clinic to attend prenatal education classes and other related activities.  These points are then spent in small 'stores' provided for patients to purchase new clothing for their babies. 

Zeta phi Beta Sorority (Iota Delta Zeta Chapter)  
$1,800
Funds will be used to purchase incentive items (baby clothing and accessories) for participants in the Stork's Nest program.  The Stork's Nest is run in collaboration with the Alameda County Improving Pregnancy Outcomes Program and serves between 30 and 40 low-income pregnant women every quarter. 

Central Valley Division
Community Medical Center, Diabetes Care Center
$3,000
To purchase and develop educational materials for the Diabetes and Pregnancy Program.  The program includes educational class sessions, counseling, individual education and health fairs.   Materials will help to promote and maintain healthy pregnancy outcomes for patients in the program.

UCSF Fresno
$3,000
To support a lecture on 'Depression and Anxiety During Pregnancy' and a conference on 'Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders.'   Funds will be used to cover speaker fees and print syllabus and registration materials for conference participants. 

Greater Capital Division
CAPRI of the Sierras  
$1,275
To increase prenatal health education and information/referral services available to pregnant women who use alcohol and other drugs.  Funds will be used to conduct a public awareness poster campaign, provide professional education trainings and for outreach to integrate substance abuse screening, assessment, referral and treatment services into prenatal care in Alpine and El Dorado counties.

jBanta Resources & Support for Fathers
$1,500
Funds will be used to educate and support fathers of babies born prematurely or with birth defects, or whose partners are experiencing a high-risk pregnancy.  Approximately 25 participants will be served by the Father's Pride project.  Project activities will include eight educational workshops with speakers from local health agencies, a leisure-oriented field trip and an end-of-course dinner. 

Kima’w Medical Center
$3,000
Funding will support prenatal classes that will include information on SIDS, shaken baby syndrome, premature birth, prenatal care and drug use. The classes are aimed at pregnant Native American women on the Hoopa Valley Reservation in eastern Humboldt County.

Methodist Hospital of Sacramento
$1,800
To purchase educational materials on developmentally supportive care for both nurses and NICU parents.  The interactive learning modules will enhance the nurses' knowledge of caring for premature infants in a developmentally supportive way.  The educational materials given to parents will help them to better care for their infants after discharge from the hospital. 

Inland Empire Division
African-American Health Institute of San Bernadino County
$1,500
Funding will support a one-day conference to increase the knowledge and awareness of health professionals regarding prematurity in the African-American population.  The conference will present health disparity data, discuss the issues of preconception health across the age spectrum, the need for pregnancy spacing and other issues related to prematurity and infant deaths.

Bear Valley Community Healthcare District
$2,000
Funding will be used to purchase curriculum supplies for prenatal classes and to purchase incentives for clients who attend these classes.  Classes serve clients in the isolated mountain community of Big Bear, which is one hour away from the nearest hospital with delivery services. 

California Diabetes & Pregnancy Program
$250
To support a two-day training for health educators and community healthcare educators.  The training will provide teaching materials, references and resources for providers working with women with diabetes who are or may become pregnant.

Loma Linda University Children’s Hospital  
$1,500
To support a pilot project aimed at preventing postpartum smoking relapse in mothers of preterm babies in the neonatal intensive care unit. 

Riverside County Black Infant Health Program
$1,000
Funds will be used to implement the Brighter New Beginnings program for African-American women.  This program will hold weekly sessions for pregnant women to provide information on how to have a healthy pregnancy and emphasize the importance of early and regular prenatal care.

Riverside County Department of Health
$1,500
To fund training on the March of Dimes curriculum Healthy Babies, Healthy Futures curriculum for pregnant and breast-feeding women in the African-American Peer Counselor Project – Sistah Connection Group. 

Los Angeles Division
California Diabetes & Pregnancy Program   
$3,000
Funding will be used to develop a Postpartum Toolbox that will be distributed to Sweet Success clients prior to their delivery date.  Sweet Success clients have been diagnosed with Gestational Diabetes.  The toolboxes will help to educate clients on the importance of postpartum follow-up and on preconception care for future pregnancies. 

Encino-Tarzana Regional Medical Center
$1,000
To support a one-day conference for the perinatal and neonatal nursing community.  The conference will have sessions on current topics in this area, such as late preterm infants, fetal surgery and supporting high-risk NICU families. 

Huntington Memorial Hospital
$3,000
Funds will support a professional education conference on late preterm birth.  The target audience for the conference is obstetricians, community pediatricians, nurses working in the maternal child-health area and emergency department staff. 

Los Angeles Department of Public Health / The Happiest Baby, Inc.
$3,000
Funding will cover speaker fees for keynote speaker Dr Harvey Karp at the Making a Difference in Infant Health Conference.  Dr Karp will help to draw a wide audience of physicians, nurses and other health professionals to the conference. 

Perinatal Advisory Council: Leadership, Advocacy & Consultation (PAC/LAC)
$1,500
Funding will be used to produce syllabus materials (including presentations, speaker bios and reference articles) for attendees at PAC/LAC's Annual Conference. The conference will be attended by approximately 200 health professionals and will focus on current neonatal and obstetrical topics.

Public Health Foundation Enterprises – WIC Program
$1,000
Funding will support a presentation by Dr Michael Lu for PHFE-WIC dietitians and nutritionists. The presentation will discuss the value of pre- and inter-conception health, integration of preconception care within the WIC setting and the life course perspective. 

Santa Barbara County Public Health Department
$1,476
Funding will be used to purchase bus tokens for women in the WIC (Women, Infants & Children) nutrition program so that they can travel by bus to access the WIC program offices.   WIC participants currently have to travel to the opposite side of town to access with WIC program offices and frequently ask staff for bus money.  

Orange County Division
Orange County Perinatal Council    
i) Towards speaker fees for an educational presentation on preconception care for women with diabetes. ($1,000)
ii) Funding will support the Perinatal Substance Abuse Prevention Network, including updating and expanding the contact database; securing speakers for quarterly meetings and sponsoring an annual event to honor mothers in recovery.  ($2,630)

Sweet Success Extension Program
$1,500
Funds will be used to support a workshop by Professor Merry-K Moos at the 2008 Sweet Success Diabetes and Pregnancy conference.  The conference will provide current, clinically applicable information to health care professionals from California and across the country. 

San Diego Division
Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity (Lamba Iota Sigma Chapter)
$2,500
Funds will be used to secure speakers, train volunteers and purchase incentives and educational materials for the Sigmas Against Teenage Pregnancy Plus Program (SATAPP).  The program promotes smart choices for teenagers and discusses the responsibilities that come with being a young parent. 

San Diego County Nurse-Family Partnership Program
$2,500
Funding will be used to purchase educational materials for clients of the Nurse-Family Partnership Program.  This program provides home visits to low-income pregnant women who are at high risk of having a poor birth outcome.

UCSD Medical Center
$2,350
Funds will be used to print educational materials about breastfeeding.  The materials will be distributed to every family with a baby in the hospital’s NICU. 

South Bay Division
Auxiliary of Good Samaritan Hospital
$3,000
Funds will be used to support families in the ACCESS program, which enables families with babies in neonatal intensive care to spend more time bonding with their newborns and learning how to care for their babies' special needs. 

San Benito Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition
$1,500
Funds will be used to purchase strollers, books and toys to use as incentives for pregnant and parenting women enrolled in the Stork’s Nest program.

Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
$3,000
To support the 13th NICU graduate reunion, for former NICU patients and their families.   Funds will be used to purchase food, decorations and t-shirts for reunion attendees.

Valley Division
San Joaquin General Hospital
$1,415
To purchase display materials and print handouts to promote breastfeeding among patients in the labor and delivery unit.

Stanislaus County Health Services Agency
i) To purchase prenatal education material and supplies for the Healthy Birth Outcomes Program prenatal classes.  ($3,000)
ii) To fund projects and meetings of the Stanislaus County Maternal Child Health Advisory.  This group meets regularly to identify strategies to reduce infant mortality and morbidity. ($525)

Total for 2008: $66,772