Health Foundation for Western and Central New York’s Maternal and Child Health Initiative

Central New York has long struggled with the issue of poor maternal and child health (MCH) outcomes. While there have been some real successes over the years, poor MCH outcomes persist in the eight central New York counties served by the Health Foundation for Western and Central New York. In 2009 the foundation began to explore what role it might play in helping improve those outcomes. The result: the creation of the Maternal and Child Health Initiative in 2012.