New Initiatives for Year 2008:

UNCAS Health District
The Uncas Health Department (UHD) will develop and facilitate a preconception health care coalition to access comprehensive preconception health in the geographical regional and develop strategies. UHD is one of the three health departments, nationwide, to be awarded technical assistance for coalition building form National Association of County and City Officials Organization (NACCHO).
            $  8,000

Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center:
Centering Pregnancy
The Centering Pregnancy project provides supportive prenatal care to a low socioeconomic urban population.  This care will improve preterm delivery rates and reduce STD’s, improve patient satisfaction, and improve patient compliance. 
          $  15,000

Community Health Center, Inc. – Middletown
Centering Pregnancy
To implement the Centering Pregnancy at their Meriden site. The Centering Pregnancy model of prenatal care provides care to women in groups.  The groups provide a safe, supportive environment where women can learn from each other and build positive, motivating relationships and positive birth outcomes.
 $  41,394
         

Eastern Area Health Education Center- De Mujer A Mujer  
A program focused on preconception health information to support Latina women and Latino Men in Windham Country through the Access to Health Care Model. The program design includes education taking  place as a “house party” to provide services in the privacy and comfort of the target population’s home. The education materials will include topic such as preventing high risk births and preparing for pregnancy and delivery.

          $ 10,000 

City of Stamford:
Stamford’s Mobile Medical Van: Neighborhood Outreach for Healthy Moms and Babies
The Stamford Health Department’s Mobile Medical Van will visit low-income neighborhoods with populations most in need of preconception/interconception education and prenatal service referrals to Stamford’s Hospital’s OBGYN Clinic and Optimus Healthcare, Inc.’s Clinic.

           $ 18,000
   
Generations Family Health Center- Alternative Connections for Women’s Health
A community outreach and education program designed to reach women in Windham County who find it difficult to access mainstream health services due to atypical employment  schedules, lifestyles, substance abuse, unstable relationships, homelessness, teen issues, and cultural barriers. 
          $  17,000

COMMUNITY AWARDS

These awards have not yet been awarded for the 2008 year.

         TOTAL   $109,394