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Vote to accept $132,586 in US Health Resources and Services Administration grant funds through Piedmont Health Services to establish a doula collaborative
Abstract
Introduction & Background: Piedmont Health Services (PHS) is serving as the lead applicant for a Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)-funded grant to combat maternal health inequities. PHS has engaged UNC Family Medicine and the Chatham County Public Health Department (CCPHD)- EMBRACe Project to support a multi-pronged quality improvement project that will center the voices and lived experience of individuals experiencing these inequities. The project will focus on perinatal interdisciplinary care team (IDT) workflows to increase the timeliness and comprehensiveness of postpartum care, a virtual maternal-fetal medicine (MFM) specialty consultation service including e-consult and telehealth capability for women with high-risk conditions served at PHS rural community health centers, and support for community doula training and the development of a community doula collaborative in rural Chatham County, NC.
CCPHD, through the EMBRACe initiative, will lead the effort to develop a sustainable community-based doula program in Chatham County as part of this project.
Discussion & Analysis: This funding will support EMBRACe’s focus of the grant. The total amount for the grant across all agencies is $1.75 million over two years.
How does this relate to the Comprehensive Plan: Relates to Plan Goal #10: Foster a healthy community.
Budgetary Impact: No Local Funding Requested.
Recommendation/Motion: Motion to accept $132,586 in US Health Resources and Services Administration grant funds through Piedmont Health Services to establish a doula collaborative.