A Panel Discussion and Exhibition of Successes in Maternal Telehealth

20APRIL2021

ABOUT MTAP

Maternal Telehealth Access Project (MTAP) was funded in May 2020 for one year by the CARES Act to increase access to quality maternity care and services via telehealth during (and beyond) the COVID-19 pandemic. The project will focus specifically on serving women at greatest risk of maternal mortality and morbidity, including women of color, Black women, Native American women, Latinx women, and women who live in rural and frontier communities.

Maternal mortality impacts women of color at higher rates and the COVID-19 pandemic is making the situation worse. Recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention illustrate COVID-19 mortality rates are substantially higher among Black and Latinx women. As the novel coronavirus continues to spread across the country, pregnant women of color have expressed concern about how they can safely obtain prenatal care, deliver their babies, feed their babies and receive needed postpartum support services, including mental health care.

MTAP seeks to address these concerns and support providers, as well as families, to access telehealth and distant care services. MTAP is supported by a one-time award through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (CARES Act).

MTAP is led by a team of organizations working together to respond as quickly as possible to the urgent need for telehealth services.

• National Birth Equity Collaborative• Georgia Health Policy Center• R.A.C.E. for Equity• Reaching Our Sisters Everywhere• UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health Department of

Maternal and Child Health

• Jordan Institute for Families, UNC School of Social Work• SHEPS Center for Health Services Research• National Perinatal Association • National Area Health Education Center Organization (NAO)• Meridian Solutions• The 4th Trimester Project• National Preconception Health and Health Care Initiative• Morehouse School of Medicine

MTAP’s Community Grant Program, led by the National Birth Equity Collaborative, Reaching our Sisters Everywhere, and UNC Chapel Hill, increased access to perinatal services and supports via telehealth by funding a diverse group of organizations to adapt their services to meet COVID-related challenges. The purpose of the MTAP Forum and this program is celebrate the work of those funded organizations. The live panels feature some of the funded organizations talking about how telehealth can be used in maternity care. This program describes each of the funded organizations. In addition to these funded organizations, MTAP has also conducted assessments to understand community and provider needs related to telehealth, provided training to maternity care providers and launched a communications campaign.

Funding Statement

The Maternal Telehealth Access Project: Collaboration and Innovation for Equity and Healthy Families (Grant # H7EMC37564) is a collaborative initiative with several partnering agencies aimed at ensuring that women at highest risk are receiving quality maternal care services via telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of an Award totaling $4,000,000 for one year with 0% percentage financed with nongovernmental sources. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.

PARTNERS & FUNDING

Grantees Funded by MTAP (NBEC, ROSE, and UNC) by Region

MTAP REGIONS

The map above depicts where the funded agencies are located.

The graph below provides detail on the number of grantees per HRSA Region by funder (UNC, ROSE, NBEC). Overall, the projects reached every HRSA region and the majority of the states.

AGENDAINTRODUCTION Dr. Joia Crear-Perry, National Birth Equity Collaborative

PANEL 1 Topic: Maternal Telehealth Today and TomorrowHost: Kimarie Bugg, Reaching Our Sisters Everywhere Panelists: Nurse Nikki (Bloom Maternal Health) Christina Gebel (Accompany Doula) Jennie Joseph (Commonsense Childbirth)

PANEL 2 Topic: Latching on to What Works - Providing Breastfeeding Support During Unique TimesHost: Natalie Hernandez, PhD, Morehouse School of Medicine Panelists: Kiana Ayers (Mamas and Tatas) Vanessa Caldari (Mujeres Ayudando Madres) Le‘a Minton (Breastfeeding Hawaii)

THANK YOU AND CLOSING Naomi Clemmons, National Birth Equity Collaborative

Many grantees provided blood pressure cuffs to assist with remote monitoring.

GRANTEES & HIGHLIGHTSMTAP

Accompany Doula

All Moms Empowered to Nurse

Ancient Song Doula Services

Funds used to: (1) purchase a HIPPA complaint Doula Dashboard; (2) train 30 staff on how to use the platform; and (3) enroll 60 women to use the remote doula services.

Website: https://www.accompanydoulacare.com/

Funds used to improve the quality of education throughout the organization by providing training in the virtual platform to new AMEN moms, as well as further online training for AMEN Champions.

Website: https://www.facebook.com/amencincy/

Funds used to expand the virtual platform for trainings, workshops, and conferences, using DOXY.me (a HIPPA compliant telehealth platform), and provide doula service consultations and prenatal visits, as well as trainings on best practices using telehealth services to both providers and clients.

Website: https://www.ancientsongdoulaservices.com/Twitter: @AncientSong7

MODABA FEATURED IN NPR [EXCERPT] In Arizona, Birth Workers Of Color Fight For More AccessApprenticeship is a practice that has been taken up by birth workers of color like Fatima Muhammad Roque — a Phoenix-based doula with more than 20 years of experience.

In the year since the pandemic hit, Roque has used her time to launch the telehealth program Wellness Within Reach. The goal is to support families of color as they maintain the socially distanced, stay-at-home world of COVID-19. Roque has been following up with 30 families, which includes sessions

tailored exclusively for fathers and children.

Following the program’s trial run, Roque plans to meet with the Atlanta-based nonprofit Reaching Our Sisters Everywhere to submit a grant proposal to bring back her doula training program in a virtual format.

“I feel like this has brought people together in a different way,” she said.

Click here to read the full article.

Arkansas Birthing Project

Assertive Intuition Health Services, LLC

Atlanta Doula Collective

Funds used to purchase cell phones, data cards, a trauma informed health seminar and provide doula and breastfeeding support services.

Website: https://www.arkansasbirthingproject.org/

Funds used to provide doula services via telehealth to birthing people.

Website: http://www.assertiveintuitionhs.com/

Funds used to train 14 labor support specialists to facilitate undisturbed care to clients.

Website: https://www.atlantadoulacollective.org/the-collective

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Bellies to Babies Foundation

Big Springs Medical Association

Birth and Breastfeeding Color, Inc.

Funds used to train doulas and community healthcare workers to specialize in basic life-saving skills through basic screening and support for pregnant and postpartum clients.

Website: http://BelliestoBabiesFoundation.org

Funds used to: (1) purchase and install telemedicine equipment in 6 of the 12 highest-need clinics that do not currently have OB services. Telehealth services will be provided to pregnant women experiencing OUD. A total of more than 125 women will be served.

Website: https://www.mohigh.org/locations/big-springs-medical-clinic/

Funds used to support families to receive ongoing education, prenatal support, lactation counseling, parenting guidance and postpartum follow-up.

Website: https://www.facebook.com/birthandbreastfeedingcoach/

JAMAICA HOSPITAL FEATURED IN SPECTRUM NEWS IN NEW YORK

[EXCERPT] Jamaica Hospital Prenatal Care Program Goes Virtual, and ThrivesPatricia Fox [pictured right], a midwife at Jamaica Hospital, is meeting with eight expectant mothers over Zoom.

“It’s group prenatal care,” said Fox. The women are participating in the hospital’s popular Centering Pregnancy Program.

The hospital received an MTAP grant to keep the program going through the pandemic. Now, participating mothers-to-be are given the tools they need in order to do some of their prenatal check-ups at home.”

For more information about Jamaica Hospital’s program, contact Janice Ascencio.

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Black Mamas ATX

Black Parent Initiative

Bloom Maternal Health

Funds used to provide live monthly workshops targeted to birthing people and their primary support person as well as support pre-recorded workshops that clients can view with their support team (doula, family etc.) at any time.

Website: https://blackmamasatx.com/ Twitter: @BlackMamasATX

Funds used to provide basic internet for clients who do not have access.

Website: https://www.thebpi.org/ Twitter: @BPIpdx

Funds used to: (1) purchase hotspots and tablets for families in technology deserts; (2) provide virtual health and safety classes to parents; (3) distribute Bloom Wellness Bundles (diapers, wipes, sanitary pads, bassinets, etc.); and (4) replenish supply of blood pressure cuffs to monitor patients remotely.

Website: https://bloomlife.com/Twitter: @bloom_life

At Kids Above All, a Chicago group supporting kids and their families, director of early childhood education Catherine Enright said they saw a significant uptick in relationship issues between partners, and between parents and children. ‘Family schedules were upended, and power dynamics within families all shifted,’ she said. ‘Mothers also struggled with social isolation and diminished time

to themselves.’ Virtual therapy may have helped people feel comfortable seeking help; she said they saw more families accessing services.”

For more information about Kids Above All’s program, contact Catherine Enright, MPH, Director of Early Childhood. Read the full article, subscription required.

KIDS ABOVE ALL FEATURED IN CHICAGO TRIBUNE

[EXCERPT] 5 Ways COVID-19 Might Reshape Maternal Health

Breastfeeding Hawai’i

Breastfeeding Sisters That Are Receiving Support

Brown & Green Botanica Limited

Funds used to: (1) provide culturally-appropriate lactation support; (2) develop telehealth software access; (3) develop and provide access to lactation education videos for nursing families, health care providers and lactation support persons to utilize with maternal telehealth services; and (4) provide interpreter voice overs for the videos to further support persons of Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander heritage.

Website: https://bfhawaii.org/

Funds used to extending breastfeeding support via social media forums for Black/African American, Hispanic/ LatinX, and Native/Alaska Natives.

Website: https://www.facebook.com/BSTARS901/

Funds used to provide remote breastfeeding education classes and webinars and facilitate virtual breastfeeding support groups for families of color.

Website: https://www.bgbotanica.com/

Bump to Birth Doula Services LLC

Caderamen, Inc.

Funds used to improve access to virtual doula support for pre-natal and postpartum services via video conferencing apps.

Website: https://www.bumptobirthdoulaservices.com/

Funds used to provide virtual training to childbirth educators and lactation consultants to build capacity to use trauma-informed telehealth approaches.

Website: https://www.facebook.com/CaderamenPR/

Chicago Family Health Center

Children’s National Medical Center

Funds used to purchase telehealth supplies (190 broadband devices and 60 phone cards) to be distributed to high-risk women in Chicago, enabling their participation in remote services and to decreasing no-show rates of prenatal and postpartum appts.

Website: https://chicagofamilyhealth.org/Twitter: @ChiFamilyHealth

Funds used to: (1) provide subscriptions for NICU parents to a mindfulness app, notebooks, and enhanced digital access; (2) begin screening NICU parents for potential Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders (PMAD) and offer support services as needed; and (3) establish a loaner program for iPad/tablets for patients. Aim to serve 70 women with the loaner iPad program; 1050 caregivers with the app; and 60 parents with therapy services.

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CHOICES Memphis

Funds used to provide virtual postpartum services including lactation support and preeclampsia and depression screening via telehealth to birthing people.

Website: https://memphischoices.org/Twitter: @MemphisCHOICES

Commonsense Childbirth School of Midwifery

Community Birth Companion

Funds used to provide students and faculty the necessary equipment, software and technical support to be able to teach and master skills and competencies, to operate and deliver telehealth services with confidence as part of collaborative health care team, and to enhance the virtual curriculum.

Website:commonsensechildbirth.org/midwife-and-doula-training/

Funds used to improve telehealth services by providing facilitator stipends, administrative staff time to help facilitate sessions and better track participation, professional telehealth accounts and e-incentives for participants.

Website: http://communitybirthcompanion.org/

Crowned and Cradled

Delta Baby Cafe-Let’s Talk

Funds used to provide subscription or text-based services to reach clients more efficiently.

Website: http://crownedandcradled.com/

Funds used to provide technology resources such as tablets, cellphone plans, hotspots, and headsets to offer high quality virtual services in addition to Zoom subscriptions.

Website: https://www.facebook.com/letstalkbabycafe

Delta Baby Cafe-Let’s Talk

Funds used to extend virtual Zoom meetings and seminars highlighting leaders from community organizations.

Website: https://www.facebook.com/letstalkbabycafe

Dr. Jacynia Women’s Care Consulting

Earthside Ease, LLC

Funds used to provide prenatal care virtually to birthing people and increase internal capacity to provide telemedicine care virtually to birthing people.

Website: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-cynthia-jacinthe-dnp-apn-cnm-pmh-c-5ba30546/

Funds used to provide prenatal doula services via telehealth to birthing people.

Website: https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_la/44002561K

Funds used to purchase laptops, hotspots, and necessary subscriptions to provide virtual prenatal visits.

Website: https://www.elephantsongdoulas.com/

ACCOMPANY DOULA CARE

Elephant Song Doula Services

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Funds used to provide virtual services to assess lactation and feeding processes, providing corrective interventions, and improving breastfeeding outcomes in consumers enrolled in the HBSF program.

Website: https://familiesforwardco.com/

Funds used to train and support peer-to-peer education from the 22 WI Tribes to: provide remote breastfeeding support for pregnant and postpartum women; conduct outreach and education activities; and address chronic diseases, obesity and diabetes.

Website: https://www.glitc.org/

Funds used to expand the hours of virtual and phone lactation support, offer additional drop-in hours, and expand prenatal birthing and breastfeeding education opportunities.

Website: https://www.facebook.com/forherinstitute/

Funds used to create a toolkit of adequate technology to expand the borders to heal and empower communities.

Website: http://www.healthyheartsplus2.com/services.html Twitter: @healthygax

Funds used to provide virtual conference registrations and scholarships for CLC and IBCLE certifications.

Website: https://www.indianablackbreastfeedingcoalition.com/ Twitter: @IBBCFly

Families Forward Resource Center

Great Lakes Intertribal Council

H.E.R. Institute

Healthy Hearts Plus II Mommies Bellies Babies and DaddiesIndiana Black Breastfeeding Coalition

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Several individual providers were funded to conduct activities such as providing virtual doula services and breastfeeding classes.

Funds will be used to purchase remote monitoring supplies (685 BP cuffs, fetal dopplers, and digital scales) to distribute to high-risk pregnant women who can be supported with a hybrid model of in-person and telehealth services.

Website: https://jamaicahospital.org/ Twitter: @JamaicaHospital

Funds will be used to expand services to off-peak hours (early morning or evening hours) and to allow clients access through their mobile devices whether through video sessions for enhanced monitoring or via a simple phone call.

Website: http://www.jhmsolutions.com/

Individuals

Jamaica Hospital

JHM Solutions

Funds will be used to: (1) purchase 20 Fire HD Tablets for their clients to use throughout the project period; (2) support doula’s to use telehealth to conduct weekly prenatal appointment to assess families’ needs and strengths and screen clients for prenatal/postpartum depression and link to resources (as needed); and (3) conduct weekly telehealth postpartum visits for 6 to 8 weeks to improve knowledge and resources for women.

Website: https://www.kidsaboveall.org/ Twitter: @KAAIllinois

Funds will be used to provide virtual doula services and prenatal nutrition.

Website: https://www.facebook.com/Iyona.Shavon/

Funds will be used to provide a free prenatal breastfeeding series, one-on-one virtual postpartum support to families, and monthly breastfeeding training for birth workers.

Website: https://www.facebook.com/latchandlovelactation/

Funds used to provide: (1) virtual breastfeeding support services; (2) prenatal educator services; and to (3) establish a clinical doula at the hospital to support mothers delivering alone. Additionally, they will purchase hot spots, iPads, and training aids.

Website: https://latchedsupport.com/

Funds used to develop a website and purchase a high-quality noise-cancelling headset with a microphone.

Website: https://makelemonadedoula.com

Kids Above All

Kind Comforting Births

Latch and Love Lactation Center

Latched Support

Make Lemonade Doula and Coaching Services

Funds used to increase access to virtual services and provide more consults to women of color.

Website: https://mamasandtatas.com/

Funds used to purchase Apple Air MacBook, zoom subscriptions, and hotspots to provide virtual prenatal and maternal mental care to birthing people.

Website: https://www.mamatotovillage.org/ Twitter: @MamatotoVillage

Funds used to implement a video telehealth platform for women from 16 weeks of pregnancy on. The group of African American pregnant patients will have had their initial individual prenatal visit prior to participating.

Website: https://melanatedmidwives.org/

Mamas and Tatas

Mamatoto Village

Melanated Midwives, NFP

Le’a Minton is the mid-wife who does all the visits, no matter where on Oahu. But worries over COVID-19 forces her to use video chat meetings, she only does in-person visits if necessary. Before the outbreak started, she says she already wears a mask and gloves during appointments. Her hope is still for patients to feel comfortable seeing a medical professional.

“Developing relationships with the community. That was a big piece we worked on in the beginning with this program and continue to work on,” Le’a Minton, MI-HOME certified nurse-midwife, said. “In order to have healthy communities, we need to have healthy moms and babies.”

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UNIVERSITY HEALTH PARTNERS OF HAWAI’I INTERVIEWED BY ABC AFFILIATE

[EXCERPT] UHP Program Provides Free Women’s Care

Mental Health America of Ohio

Funds used to provide financial incentives and stipends to volunteer mentors.

Website: https://mhaohio.org/ Twitter: @MHAOhio

Funds used to purchase 235 fetal doppler monitors, bags, and tape measures and 30 BP cuffs for pregnant women to increase remote monitoring during prenatal telehealth appointments and to manage chronic diseases remotely using telehealth.

Website: https://www.trinityhealthofne.org/location/mercy-medical-center

Funds used to provide resources and support for those that serve the community.

Website: https://milestonecreations.org/

Funds used to offer interim pregnancy check-ins between prenatal visits via telehealth, as well as group pregnancy “mama groups”.

Website: https://momsdadsbabies.com/ Twitter: @Birthbirthbirth

Funds used to: (1) host virtual village meetings and goal-planning with young mothers to understand the need for technology during their pregnancy and postpartum periods; (2)to create a library of iPads that can be loaned out for virtual community doula assistance, and (3) to increase internet access via hotspots for clients who express a need.

Website: https://www.facebook.com/MommiesintheD/

Mercy Medical Center

MileStone Creations LLC

MODABA LLC

Mommies in the D

Funds used to: (1) cover telehealth subscription fees; (2) provide equitable reimbursement for lactation services provided to families; and (3) cover Zoom fees for the breastfeeding classes and support groups. We will continue our partnerships with local WIC agencies, physician offices, doulas, and midwives.

Website: https://michigan-company.com/co/mommy-me-lactation-consulting-llc

Funds used to (1) improve internet access and broadband across the island; (2) provide SIM cards and cell phones for perinatal patients; and (3) create and distribute 30 remote monitoring kits. Expect to serve 500 women.

Website: http://mujeresayudandomadres.org/ Twitter: @centromam

Funds used to expand virtual support to reach more families of color.

Website: https://www.nearbybaby.org/

Funds used to: (1) purchase 275 BP cuffs, 200 digital scales, Tablets and Smart Phones to increase access to prenatal and postpartum care, reaching over 200 women and (2) develop in-house videos for increasing education and awareness of telehealth, reaching 300 women.

Website: https://neighborhoodhealthva.org/ Twitter: @NeighborhoodHth

Funds used to purchase tablets, electronic health record systems and equipment for doula, lactation, and mental health providers.

Website: https://www.newfamilia.org

Mommy and Me Lactation

Mujeres Ayudando Madres (MAM)

Nearby Baby

Neighborhood Health

New Familia Health Support Services

Protector of the Womb

Raising Resilience

Funds used to: (1) purchase 50 iPads and covers for the 120 Welcome Baby participants to increase/enable remote postpartum breastfeeding and mental/behavioral health support.

Website: https://www.dignityhealth.org/socal/locations/northridgehospital

Funds used to support the virtual provision of perinatal services that families may not have been able to access due to COVID-19.

Website: https://www.nubeingdoulaservices.com/

Funds used to provide free or low-cost community classes.

Website: https://www.mariahalyce.com/about

Funds used to purchase hotspots for the doulas and pay for their online application subscription fees.

Website: https://pettawaypursuitfoundation.org/ Twitter: @PPFdoulaxmyside

Funds used to support up to 20 BIPOC birth workers across Michigan (with a heavy emphasis on the Upper Peninsula) to learn all 8 modules of Postpartum Healing Lodge class, with additional telehealth content.

Website: https://postpartumhealinglodge.com/

Funds used to provide remote childbirth education and doula services created alongside medical professionals to establish a community of care.

Website: https://protectorofthewomb.com/

Funds used to support hosting remote groups catering to new and existing mothers, including the provision of individual maternal mental services through outpatient therapy.

Website: https://www.raisingresilience.org

NuBeing Doula Services, LLC

P.S Mariah Alice

Pettaway PursuitFoundation

Postpartum Healing Lodge

Northridge Hospital (Dignity)

Ready Set Latch Go

ROOTT

Sacred Womb Birth Support Services

Saint Francis Hospital

Funds used to provide full and partial scholarships to those that are unable to afford but need doula services.

Website: https://www.readysetlatchgo.com/

Funds used to purchase supplies and equipment to provide prenatal care virtually to birthing people and improve telehealth infrastructure.

Website: https://www.roottrj.org/

Funds used to provide virtual classes and miscarriage support via a peer-led support group that has transitioned to online due to COVID-19.

Website: https://www.sacredwombservices.com/

Funds used to purchase 235 fetal doppler monitors, 30 BP cuffs, 235 bags, and 235 tape measures for pregnant women to increase prenatal appointments and to manage chronic diseases remotely using telehealth.

Website: https://www.trinityhealthofne.org/location/saint-francis-hospital Twitter: @SaintFrancisCT

Funds used to expand services by training additional doulas.

Website: https://www.sbccthrivela.org/ Twitter: @SBCCThriveLA

Funds used to provide telehealth doula services for more than 100 mothers and their families over the next year.

Website: https://www.sisterweb.org/

SBCC Based Community Change

SisterWeb

The Amandala GroupThe Bloom Collective

The Intune Mother Society

Stork and Cradle

Sueños Sin Fronteras de Tejas

Taweret Midwifery

Funds used to: provide remote mentoring of new lactation professionals; offer online breastfeeding education, support, and promotion, as well as childbirth/Lamaze education; support upcoming wellness talks focused on functional health to reduce incidence and severity of preeclampsia, gestation diabetes, gestation hypertension, low breastmilk supply, and infant’s first food to influence immune resiliency.

Website: https://www.storkandcradle.com/?r_done=1 Twitter: @StorkandCradle

Funds used to: (1) purchase iPads, tablets, and other technology to provide prenatal care virtually to birthing people; (2) provide stipends to birth workers (doulas and midwives) for both virtual and in-person direct services; and (3) to support collaboration with Black, Latinx, and Indigenous birth workers/organizations.

Website: https://www.suenossinfronterastx.org/who Twitter: @SSFTexas

Funds used to: purchase technology needed to facilitate telehealth appointments; and cover transportation costs when in-person care is needed.

Website: https://www.taweretmidwifery.com/

Funds used to provide prenatal care and doula services virtually to birthing people.

Funds used to provide virtual training for childbirth educators, lactation consultants, postpartum support, and lactation support.

Funds used to: expand community-based programs and virtual workshops; update data-capturing software; design and print educational materials products; and expand professional marketing services that have become a major part of our outreach-based approach.

Website: https://timcenter.org/

The Maternal Matrix

The Ohio Hispanic Coalition

The Up Center

Together Inspiration Acts Inc.

Tuba City Regional

University Health Partners of Hawaii

Funds used to: increase access to internet connectivity; purchase a secure technology platform; and purchase computers and/or tablets.

Website: https://www.facebook.com/TheMaternalMatrix/

Funds used to create and provide trainings for health providers to offer culturally and linguistically appropriate telehealth services with an interpreter.

Website: http://www.ohiohispaniccoalition.org/ Twitter: @OHCO_Columbus

Funds used to purchase tablets and hotspots for women/families who would otherwise not have access.

Website: https://theupcenter.org/

Funds used to: (1) engage our childbirth educators to enhance education at the community level; (2) build capacity for our medical translators to provide understanding and empathetic consultations; (3) enhance the ability of our doula consultants to provide one-on-one connections for birth planning and preparation; and (4) enhance the skills of our postpartum wellness, lactation consultants, and mental health team to connect and meet needs in the postpartum season.

Website: https://nonprofits.raisethemoney.com/together-inspiration-acts-inc

Funds used to purchase 400 BP cuffs for pregnant women to begin prenatal care with remote monitoring.

Website: https://tchealth.org/ Twitter: @TubaCityHealth

Funds used to: contract with a durable medical equipment company to purchase Butterfly iQ and in-home invu devices to expand capabilities of maternal-fetal medicine providers to care for high-risk pregnancies; purchase additional telehealth equipment; and conduct outreach to providers throughout the state.

Website: https://uhphawaii.org/

Vanderbilt University

University of TN Graduate School of Medicine

Urban Health

Funds used to: loan tablets and hotspots to all Mom Power mothers to support and care for women during the perinatal period in the Appalachian Highlands, including mental health services; conduct at least two telehealth-based Mom Power groups; and provide supplies and support for 140 patients.

Website: http://gsm.utmck.edu/ Twitter: @utgsm

Funds used to: expand the telehealth program to high-risk population in the epicenter of the NYC COVID-19 outbreak area by providing support through CareMessage. Aims to serve 2,800 women.

Website: https://www.urbanhealthplan.org/

Funds used to: recruit postpartum Black women who developed Gestational diabetes mellitus during pregnancy within four weeks of birth; and deploy specially trained community postpartum doulas from Homeland Heart via telehealth for postpartum assessments and diabetes screening.

Website: https://www.vanderbilt.edu/ Twitter: @vanderbiltu

Funds used to provide virtual doula services to birthing people, hold childbirth education classes, and provide breastfeeding and prenatal/postpartum groups.

Funds used to purchase laptops and hotspots to provide virtual prenatal care to birthing people and virtual training for childbirth educators and lactation consultants.

Funds used to offer at least five families free doula services. YOLO will increase the number of virtual postpartum visits and small self-care packages for moms.

Website: http://yolobreastfeeding.org/

Village Birth International

Woman’s Choice Charitable AssociationYOLO, Michigan Breastfeeding

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THANK YOU!

The Maternal Telehealth Access Project: Collaboration and Innovation for Equity and Healthy Families (Grant # H7EMC37564) is a collaborative initiative with several partnering agencies aimed at ensuring that women at highest risk are receiving quality maternal care services via telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic. The project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of an Award totaling $4,000,000 for one year with 0% percentage financed with nongovernmental sources. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.