Michelle Chiezah

They'll have their own work plan and budget, and they'll prioritize recommendations from this action plan to implement it. This is a five-year project. In addition, we have these infant mortality prevention grants, infant health and mortality prevention grants. Those are funds that came through the legislature last year through the Healthy Beginnings, Healthy Families Act.

They'll have their own work plan and budget, and they'll prioritize recommendations from this action plan to implement it. This is a five-year project. In addition, we have these infant mortality prevention grants, infant health and mortality prevention grants. Those are funds that came through the legislature last year through the Healthy Beginnings, Healthy Families Act.

And that is intended to create opportunities across the state for addressing infant mortality in four areas. Prematurity, sudden unexpected deaths or sleep-related deaths. congenital malformations and the social determinants of health. And we issued 33 grants across the state. I believe it was like 55% of those grants went to the metro area and 45% went to greater Minnesota.

And that is intended to create opportunities across the state for addressing infant mortality in four areas. Prematurity, sudden unexpected deaths or sleep-related deaths. congenital malformations and the social determinants of health. And we issued 33 grants across the state. I believe it was like 55% of those grants went to the metro area and 45% went to greater Minnesota.

So those grants went to tribes, nonprofit agencies, and local public health agencies.

So those grants went to tribes, nonprofit agencies, and local public health agencies.

in total 33 grants went out so we also have other products that are working towards maternal morbidity and mortality you can think about the maternal mortality review committee which is quite robust and doing some amazing work to try and uncover the causes of maternal mortality in Minnesota they make recommendations there's also another project which they call Time On For Short.

in total 33 grants went out so we also have other products that are working towards maternal morbidity and mortality you can think about the maternal mortality review committee which is quite robust and doing some amazing work to try and uncover the causes of maternal mortality in Minnesota they make recommendations there's also another project which they call Time On For Short.

It's a five-year funded project, $5 million over five years. And that project is intended to strengthen implementation of innovative approaches, data-driven kind of community-led and driven strategies to improve outcomes in the Black American, Indian, and other populations of color, refugees and immigrants as well. And this is linked very closely to

It's a five-year funded project, $5 million over five years. And that project is intended to strengthen implementation of innovative approaches, data-driven kind of community-led and driven strategies to improve outcomes in the Black American, Indian, and other populations of color, refugees and immigrants as well. And this is linked very closely to

the Maternal Mortality Review Committee and other work that's going on with the Minnesota Perinatal Quality Collaborative as well. And so that project they'll develop, we're working on a perinatal health plan to implement to improve outcomes. And then there's also the Dignity in Pregnancy and Childbirth Act, which was passed by the Legislature in 2021 in maternal health care.

the Maternal Mortality Review Committee and other work that's going on with the Minnesota Perinatal Quality Collaborative as well. And so that project they'll develop, we're working on a perinatal health plan to implement to improve outcomes. And then there's also the Dignity in Pregnancy and Childbirth Act, which was passed by the Legislature in 2021 in maternal health care.

And part of that is to develop access to a continuing education curriculum that address, that provides, it's a course that providers have to take. It focuses on anti-racism training and implicit bias. And I know the state worked or partnered with CARE, C-A-R-E-C, at the U of M to make this curriculum possible.

And part of that is to develop access to a continuing education curriculum that address, that provides, it's a course that providers have to take. It focuses on anti-racism training and implicit bias. And I know the state worked or partnered with CARE, C-A-R-E-C, at the U of M to make this curriculum possible.

So there's a lot of, and through this Dignity in Pregnancy and Childbirth Act II, there is resources online through a database called Help Me Connect for doulas.

So there's a lot of, and through this Dignity in Pregnancy and Childbirth Act II, there is resources online through a database called Help Me Connect for doulas.

Anybody searching for doula, my colleague at the health department, Sarah Hill, she worked with Help Me Connect to create this fabulous area within that database so that people can search for doulas based on maybe geography or some other characteristics of interest to them. So there's also the sewage subcommittee.

Anybody searching for doula, my colleague at the health department, Sarah Hill, she worked with Help Me Connect to create this fabulous area within that database so that people can search for doulas based on maybe geography or some other characteristics of interest to them. So there's also the sewage subcommittee.

That's a review committee where we review certain unexpected infant deaths and then make recommendations for implementation. And so that work will also inform the project that we're doing funded through the CDC to address this issue. We also have grants through other agencies. some of which I mentioned that I didn't mention earlier. We work closely with the African American Babies Coalition.

That's a review committee where we review certain unexpected infant deaths and then make recommendations for implementation. And so that work will also inform the project that we're doing funded through the CDC to address this issue. We also have grants through other agencies. some of which I mentioned that I didn't mention earlier. We work closely with the African American Babies Coalition.