Provide folic acid education, multivitamins and prenatal vitamins (30 day and 14 day supply respectively) to women that receive pregnancy tests (negative and positive respectively) in order to decrease birth defects of the brain and spine.

Target Audience: 4,275 women of childbearing age

First Step Family Support Center
First Step Outreach Project
Port Angeles, WA
Funding: $19,500.00

Provide outreach services (by a person knowledgeable about preterm labor) to low income pregnant women and women who are likely to become pregnant, including street youth, incarcerated women and women who participate in NA.

Target Audience: 200+ pregnant and parenting high risk teens, Native American pregnant/parenting women, pregnant women at risk for or experiencing preterm labor, and women of childbearing age who have substance abuse problems.

WithinReach
Health Connections for Infants and Children
Seattle, WA (reaches whole state)
Funding:  $7,000.00

Provide funding to continue the HealthyKidsNow! helpline.  Funding is being cut and this project helps with referrals to programs like Medicaid, WIC and First Steps for pregnant and parenting women and their families.  In addition the HealthyKidsNow! helpline provides health information and eligibility screenings.

Target Audience: 14,000 Low-income pregnant women and children

Klickitat County Health Department
Healthy Outreach
White Salmon, WA
Funding:  $6,731.00

Provide pregnant women who want to quit smoking with the tools to do so through a smoking cessation program; also provide prenatal and folic acid education to women of childbearing age; provide enhanced outreach and support to Spanish-speaking women who may be eligible for WIC or Medicaid.

Target Audience: 130 Low-income pregnant women + women of childbearing age

Pregnancy Resource Centers of Snohomish County
Preparing for Parenthood
Everett, WA
Funding:  $20,674.72

Increase the number of "Preparing for Parenthood" classes to alleviate crowding. These classes focus on smoking, drinking and drug cessation and promotion of breastfeeding, as well as the signs of preterm labor.

Target Audience: 300 Low-income, high-risk pregnant women

Refugee Women's Alliance
Informed Mothers for Healthy Babies
Seattle, WA
Funding:  $13,596.28

Continue the Informed Mothers for Healthy Babies project and expand it to high school aged East African and Southeast Asian young women.  The program consists of several culturally relevant outreach projects and sessions on pregnancy related topics. This year’s grant will develop the reach into high schools to share the preconception message.

Target Audience: 268 + refugee and immigrant women of and nearing childbearing age

Spokane Regional Health District WIC Program
Folic Acid Education and Supplementation for Women of Childbearing Years
Spokane, WA
Funding: $13,548.00

Purchase and distribute folic acid and corresponding educational supplies to women of childbearing age.

Target Audience: 4,000 low-income women of childbearing age

The Caring Place Pregnancy Resource Center
Folic Acid/Multi-Vitamin Education Outreach
Forks, WA
Funding:  $5,000.00

Project will help inform women of the benefits of folic acid, distribute vitamin supplements to women, and provide culturally relevant, bilingual information on healthy diet and nutritious eating habits.

Target Audience: 250+ low-income women of childbearing age

University of Washington School of Nursing
Health Ministry Volunteers Promote A Better Chance for Healthy Babies, Healthy Families
Seattle, WA
Funding:  $16,050.00

Develop a network of health ministry volunteers who serve women at risk for preterm labor in Downtown/Central Seattle, Kent and Renton, with a focus on African American women.

Target Audience: Hundreds of African-American women, + ongoing outreach and education after the formation of the network

Whatcom County Health Department
Genetics Program
Bellingham, WA
Funding: $7,350.00

Providing five genetics services clinics to Whatcom County families who are unable to travel to Seattle for services. 

Target Audience: 56 children and their families with genetic issues and/or birth defects.

Mission Community Outreach Center
Folic Acid Outreach
Spokane, WA
Funding: $1,500.00

Provide folic acid and education to women of childbearing age that are low income.