File #: 24-3383    Version: 1 Name: Enhancing Perinatal Care Support
Type: Grant Award Status: Approved
File created: 5/24/2024 In control: Board of Commissioners
On agenda: 6/13/2024 Final action: 6/13/2024
Title: PROPOSED GRANT AWARD Department: Cook County Health Grantee: Cook County Health Grantor: Northwestern University Request: Authorization to accept grant Purpose: Enhancing Perinatal Care Support to Improve Maternal Mortality Disparities Grant Amount: $257,687.00 Grant Period: 8/24/2021 - 4/30/2024 Fiscal Impact: None Accounts: N/A. Concurrences: The Budget Department has received all requisite documents and determined the fiscal impact on Cook County, if any. Summary: The purpose of this grant is to develop and evaluate a Well-Mama intervention specifically aimed toward pregnant and postpartum Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) individuals, centered around Community Doula Navigators conducting in-person and telehealth check-ins on 5 priority areas (mental health, cardiovascular symptoms, safety, opioid/substance abuse, and social support), supplemented with virtual support groups and labor support.
Indexes: ERIK MIKAITIS, M.D., Interim Chief Executive Officer, Cook County Health and Hospitals Systems

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PROPOSED GRANT AWARD

 

Department:  Cook County Health

 

Grantee:  Cook County Health 

 

Grantor:  Northwestern University 

 

Request: Authorization to accept grant 

 

Purpose:  Enhancing Perinatal Care Support to Improve Maternal Mortality Disparities 

 

Grant Amount:  $257,687.00 

 

Grant Period:  8/24/2021 - 4/30/2024

 

Fiscal Impact:  None 

 

Accounts: N/A.

 

Concurrences:

The Budget Department has received all requisite documents and determined the fiscal impact on Cook County, if any.

 

Summary:  The purpose of this grant is to develop and evaluate a Well-Mama intervention specifically aimed toward pregnant and postpartum Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) individuals, centered around Community Doula Navigators conducting in-person and telehealth check-ins on 5 priority areas (mental health, cardiovascular symptoms, safety, opioid/substance abuse, and social support), supplemented with virtual support groups and labor support.

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