In this video (just under 10 minutes), NYC Department of Health leadership speak about the need for the Maternal Home Collaborative and walk through how a birthing person can access and benefit from the initiative.
Designed to address the root cause of Black maternal health inequities – structural racism – a pilot of the MHC will reinvest in three, under-resourced priority neighborhoods and center Black women and birthing people and their infants in all actions and interventions. Through community-based clinical care, brick-and-mortar community spaces, and social supports (peer-to-peer groups, counseling, home visits, etc.), the MHC will help pregnant New Yorkers and their families not only survive but also thrive.