Feature Article: Four Delaware Organizations Receive Mini-Grants to Reduce Infant and Maternal Mortality Among Black Population

Four Delaware Organizations Receive Mini-Grants to Reduce Infant and Maternal Mortality Among Black Population

Published: January 26, 2021

NEW CASTLE (Jan. 25, 2021) – The Delaware Division of Public Health (DPH) and the Delaware Healthy Mother and Infant Consortium (DHMIC) awarded mini-grants totaling more than $145,500 to four local organizations to help reduce disparate birth outcomes and save infant and maternal lives.

The grantees – who will be honored during the consortium’s quarterly meeting March 3 – are Parent Information Center, Rose Hill Community Center, Metropolitan Wilmington Urban League, and Breastfeeding Coalition of Delaware.

All four grantees are dedicated to supporting the shared initiative of DPH and DHMIC to:

Narrow the wide variance in poor birth outcomes between Black women and White women;

Build state and local capacity and test small-scale innovative strategies;

Improve public and professional awareness of the issues related to improving maternal health outcomes before, during and after pregnancies, especially for women of color.