Program
Healthy Start Initiative
Created a federal maternal and infant health initiative focused on communities with exceptionally high infant mortality and poor maternal health outcomes.
Year
1991
Impact
Positive
Status
Active
Party
Republican Party
Era
Contemporary Era
Impact Context
Targeted maternal and infant health resources toward high-risk communities, which has mattered disproportionately for Black mothers and infants because of persistent racial gaps in mortality, prenatal care, and postpartum support.
What This Policy Did
Targeted maternal and infant health resources toward high-risk communities, which has mattered disproportionately for Black mothers and infants because of persistent racial gaps in mortality, prenatal care, and postpartum support.
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Sources
Health Resources and Services Administration • Government
Official HRSA overview describing Healthy Start's maternal and infant health mission and community targeting.