Providing or enhancing risk reduction education and/or services for pregnant women.  Risk reduction projects include, but are not limited to: Providing smoking cessation services.  Preference should be given to prenatal health education and information/referral services that utilize the "5 A's" counseling approach.  For more information,visit click here. Focusing on preterm birth recurrence prevention such as health care provider education about “17P” (17a hydroxyprogesterone caproate) treatment for women who have had a previous singleton preterm birth). Focusing on quality improvement programs that address late preterm birth through systems that ensure compliance with ACOG guidelines regarding elective labor inductions and c-sections performed prior to 39 weeks.

Implementing disparity-related community programs that aim to decrease racial and ethnic disparities in birth outcomes.  This may include CenteringPregnancy® or March of Dimes programs like Stork’s Nest® and Becoming a Mom/Comenzando bien®.