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HomeAbout usMaternal Health Grants

Supporting Maternal Health Equity

Access to maternal healthcare helps ensure safe pregnancies and healthy babies. Expectant mothers need regular checkups and a healthy lifestyle to prevent potential problems and have a healthy pregnancy.

Fidelis Care is dedicated to helping improve maternal health outcomes in New York State and ensuring there is equitable access to services for pregnant and new mothers.

As part of our goals in 2024, Fidelis Care strives to:

  •  Increase postpartum visits, especially in Black populations
  •  Decrease c-section rates, especially for Blacks and Hispanics
  •  Decrease preterm births in Black, Hispanic, and Asian populations

 Fidelis Care works with providers and community partners to address maternal health issues through education, outreach, and community events.


Maternal Health Grant Program

To focus our maternal health efforts, Fidelis Care gave $150,000 to nine not-for-profit groups across New York State that focus on helping moms stay healthy. These grants support the work of these groups to ensure healthy pregnancies. This is especially important for women with lower incomes who might not get as much help otherwise.

Maternal Health Grants

Fidelis Care is dedicated to helping improve maternal health outcomes across New York State. Click below to view our prior year's recipients.

2023-2024

Fidelis Care Awards The Birthing Place Foundation with Maternal Health Grant In Recognition of Maternal Health Awareness Day

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Fidelis Care awarded a maternal health grant to The Birthing Place Foundation in the Bronx, NY in recognition of Maternal Health Awareness Day. The grant will support The Birthing Place Foundation’s ongoing efforts in maternal health – particularly to help underserved, lower-income women and their families.

The Fidelis Care grant will support The Birthing Place’s Familia Flourish: Breastfeeding and Beyond (FFBB) program, which aims to improve mental health outcomes for postpartum parents, while providing educational and career opportunities for BIPOC birth professionals.

The Birthing Place is a team of maternal health professionals that serves New York City with the goal of creating a maternity care system that addresses the marginalized. The Birthing Place is dedicated to offering personalized support for the planning, expectant, and newly blossomed families in the Bronx and New York City.  

Fidelis Care’s partnership with The Birthing Place Foundation and our shared commitment to maternal health will help ensure quality access to education and training. By providing this education, parents will be provided the skills, support systems, and access to vital resources to ensure their children can get a strong start and promising future.

The 2024-2025 Fidelis Care maternal health grant recipients are:

Caribbean Women’s Health Association – Kings County

The Caribbean Women’s Health Association provides high quality, comprehensive, culturally appropriate health, immigration, and social support services to its diverse constituency. The Fidelis Care grant helps provide culturally tailored breastfeeding and safe sleep workshops facilitated by a Haitian Creole-speaking Certified Lactation Consultant.

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EPIC – Every Person Influences Children – Erie County

EPIC provides a series of helpful parenting programs designed to support families from birth through the teenage years. EPIC’s vision is that every child has a strong start and a promising future. Dedicated to ensuring every child thrives, EPIC plans to use the Fidelis Care grant to support its Ready, Set, Parent! program that addresses prenatal disparities through parenting classes and connecting individuals to postpartum care resources.

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Expecting Relief - Kings County

Expecting Relief provides equitable access to nutrition, essentials, and health through distribution, education, and advocacy. Focused on addressing racial disparities, Expecting Relief plans to use the Fidelis Care grant to expand its culturally sensitive doula services to underserved communities and offer prenatal education and mental health support.

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Healthy Community Alliance – Cattaraugus County

Healthy Community Alliance (HCA) is committed to health promotion, disease prevention, and building quality of life in rural communities through inclusive partnerships. HCA plans to use the Fidelis Care grant to increase postpartum interventions for high-need and low-income individuals and families through events that include health education, postpartum care supplies, and appointment setting.

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Little Free Pantry Project – Genesee County

The Little Free Pantry Project reduces food insecurity and supports the health and well-being of vulnerable individuals and families. The Fidelis Care grant supports its Maternal Health and Wellness Support Initiative, which addresses critical gaps in maternal care and infant wellness by providing food, baby supplies, and emergency housing to pregnant individuals and families with infants.

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Mosaic of the Southern Tier - Chemung County

Mosaic of the Southern Tier provides information, cost-free services, and practical support to women and families experiencing a pregnancy situation. Mosaic plans to use the Fidelis Care grant to expand its reach into Schuyler County through the establishment of a satellite office in Watkins Glen.

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Oswego County Opportunities – Oswego County

Oswego County Opportunities is a private, nonprofit human service agency serving 15,000 people each year through more than 50 programs. It plans to use the Fidelis Care grant to provide postpartum recovery kits, group education sessions, breastfeeding education, home-delivered meals to new mothers, and home visit support through community health workers.

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Seven Valleys Health Coalition – Cortland County

Seven Valleys Health Coalition builds local solutions and collaborative actions that advance the health and well-being of the Cortland community.  The Fidelis Care grant supports expansion of its birth and postpartum doula program to improve maternal and child health outcomes and allows them to provide birth education classes, distribute baby supplies, and offer comprehensive outreach to reduce isolation.

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Westchester Community Health Center – Westchester County

Westchester Community Health Center is a Federally Qualified Health Center that has served Westchester County for over 51 years. The center provides preventive, specialized, behavioral, and support services for everyone, regardless of their ability to pay. It plans to use the Fidelis Care grant to expand prenatal services and provide educational workshops to ensure healthy pregnancies.


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The Fidelis Care maternal health grant applications were open to not-for-profit organizations with 501(c)(3) status in New York State.