*3)Center for the Childbearing Year
 Ann Arbor, MI
 Collaborative effort between the Doulas Care program and the Latina Centering Program conducted by a bilingual Certified Nurse Midwife from the University of  Michigan Nurse Midwifery Service.  The project would expand the Center for the Childbearing Year’s current programs for the underserved Spanish-speaking only population of Washtenaw County by collaborating with the Centering Pregnancy Group to reach this unique group of women who are primarily Spanish Speaking only and with limited social support as well as individuals who are also Spanish Speaking but are unable to participate in the Centering program.  The other target population would be women who desire formal Doula training and who are fluent Spanish Speakers. It is anticipated that the Centering model would serve 100 Latina women and Doulas and childbirth professionals are likely to reach an additional 200 people per year. Funds would be used for personnel, education and outreach, scholarships for Doula training and program evaluation.

4)  Faith Access to Community Economic Development
Flint, MI 
 Project would utilize members of the Faith Based Health Team Network who have received and continue to receive training on various health topics. Classes would be offered at the Mother to Mother Group and would include diabetes in pregnancy, HIV and AIDS in pregnancy, smoking during pregnancy, obesity and proper nutrition, alcohol use during pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections. The project would include a Healthy Pregnancy corner as part of the Health Awareness Station at Health Team Churches.  It is anticipated that the project would reach 200 women of childbearing age. Funds would be used for salary/fringes, literature/materials, meeting    
support, supplies and administrative costs.
        

5)  Family Planning & Women’s Health of Allegan County
Allegan, MI        
 Healthy Pregnancy Outreach Program which provides comprehensive, immediate and extended, client-centered services to pregnant women. Services would include health education and support materials,  advocacy services and linkages to important state and local resources. Staffing is the major expense.

6)  Healthy Start/Healthy Families Oakland
 St. Joseph Mercy Oakland
 Pontiac, MI 
 “Fathers Matter!” project designed to involve fathers (whether the parents are married, living together or  involved in some manner) in order to positively impact birth outcomes.  The project would engage the  fathers starting at the prenatal phase and continue throughout the pre/inter conception phase for the 250  enrolled families.  The combination of father involvement along with the promotion of quality prenatal  care and reduction of any barriers to the receipt of care and supportive services would be the focus of  this program.  Funds would be used primarily for the partial support salary of a male, bilingual person.   Other funds would be used for childbirth education class expenses.
 

7)  Jackson County Prenatal Task Force
Jackson, MI
 House-to-House Program to increase risk reduction education for women of childbearing age especially women of color and teenagers in Jackson County.  The project would train 10-12 health educators from the populations at greatest risk. These individuals would hold at least 10 gatherings per year at which they would provide health education and community resources and empower at-risk women with the knowledge needed to help them improve their health before, during and between pregnancies.  In addition, the project would empower peer educators with health teaching and facilitation knowledge and skills.  The project is modeled after a successful program in Berrien County.  It is anticipated the program would reach at least 1,000 Jackson County women and teens each year. Funds would be used for supplies, training and incentives for health educators, printing and copying, evaluation and gatherings.

*8) LacVieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians
 Watersmeet, MI
 Continued support for an outreach and education project in a rural area with the nearest hospital 30 to  60 miles away and the neatest OB/GYN specialist a minimum of 60 miles away.  The project would  continue to provide education in the schools, maintenance of a Men’s Health Group, Women’s Health  Days and early health screenings.  The Elders would continue to provide traditional teachings and  support an educational forum. Supplemental  vitamins for women are also provided by the project.  Collaboration with the Michigan State Extension Offices provides expertise in nutrition, maternal  health  and other topics. Funds would be used for supplements, supplies and incentives, pamphlets and  videos, facility rental,  food and beverages and traditional People/travel.
 

9) Michigan Department of Community Health (MDCH)
 Lansing, MI
 Maternal Diabetes:  Increasing Awareness of Preconception Care to Prevent Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes project that focuses on risk reduction in women of childbearing age.  MDCH plans to collaborate with the Children’s Special Health Care (CSHC) program and the Family-to-Family Health Information and Education Center to use a previously developed educational tool to educate young women with diabetes about the increased chance for poor reproductive outcomes associated with pre-existing diabetes in mothers.  The educational tool is comprised of a book and interactive tutorial DC-ROMS. The program has the potential to reach several hundred women.  Funds would be used for educational materials/tutorials, educational sessions, project evaluation and a Project Coordinator and administrative support.
 

*10) Ready, Set, Grow! Passport Initiative
 Flint, MI
 Continued funding for “Put Out That Cigarette” Phase III project to provide smoking cessation  services for pregnant women. Utilizing the “5-A’s”  counseling approach the project would provide  individual/group and telephone support to help pregnant members quit smoking tobacco – a major  factor in low birth weight babies. The project would target women  during the prenatal stage with enrollment sites strategically located throughout Genesee County. Those exposed to secondhand  smoke  would also have an opportunity to receive information and participate in workshops. Funds would be  used for Salary, marketing materials and workshop expenses.
 

11) Saginaw County Department of Public Health
Saginaw, MI
 Great Beginnings Healthy Start Program which would serve as a mean of providing information, support  and education to high risk pregnant women and interconception women in a support group setting.    The  project would reach a duplicated total of 600 women annually through direct services and 3000  indirectly through the dissemination of information by the project participants present at the educational support groups/meetings.  Funds would be used for educational materials/supplies,  nutritional supplements, promotional incentives and educational training for group facilitators.
 

*12) Spectrum Health Foundation
Grand Rapids, MI
 Continued support for Teaming Up to Quit Smoking program which provides smoking cessation services  to pregnant women utilizing the “5-A’s” approach in a home, clinic and group setting.  The smoking  cessation activities would take place within the structure of the Mothers Offering Mothers (MOMS).  Support Program and the Parent-to-Parent Program (PPP). The MOMS program serves approximately  350 women each year who are at risk for poor birth outcomes.  The Parent-to-Parent Program serves 150  women each year who have medically complicated pregnancies.  Funds would be use for salary/benefits  for one Community Health Worker and incentives for participation such as mileage, taxi, child care and  snacks.
 

*13) Telamon Corporation
Lansing, MI
 Continued support for the Healthy Women/Healthy Babies project. The project would distribute 300  count bottles of multi-vitamins containing folic acid at all Migrant Head Start center locations  throughout Michigan.  Families served by the MMHS program are primarily Hispanic placing them at   1.5 to 3 times higher risk for Neural Tube Defects. The major budget category would be used to  purchase Multi-Vitamins for distribution.
 

14)Wayne State University College of Nursing
 Detroit, MI
 Project designed to improve the health of women and newborns from diverse socioeconomic and  racial/ethnic backgrounds by using the Centering Pregnancy (CP) model of group prenatal care and/or  providing training to providers who plan to utilize this model.  After attending three Michigan Centering  Pregnancy workshops, providers would be assessed as facilitators.  In addition, assessment would  include impediments to implementing this evidence-based care model, rate and extent of adoption and  maintenance of the model.  All providers attending the three workshops would be invited to participate  in the study.  It is anticipated  that 75 providers would participate in the study but this numbers does not  entirely reflect the reach of the project as each prenatal provider would in turn care for many pregnant  women by using this model.  Funds would be used for workshops, web database development, provider  incentives and statistical analysis.

   *Funded Previous Year/Years