Reports and Resources
Postpartum Care Systems: Strategically Collaborating to Advance and Align Solutions Across Sectors | 2025
As state policymakers began extending continuous eligibility for postpartum Medicaid coverage from the 60 days following birth to the 12 months following birth in 2022, a small workgroup of funders connected to explore what philanthropy’s role could be in strengthening maternal health outcomes and how we might support effective implementation of the extension.
Navigating the Obstacles: The Complex Journey of Perinatal Care in New Jersey | 2024
This report from the New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute lays out the different coverage rules for perinatal care in New Jersey based on a person’s insurance status, identifying policy changes that would close existing gaps. Report supported by CHAP, the New Jersey Birth Equity Funders Alliance, and the Community Foundation of New Jersey.
Postpartum Medicaid Implementation Issue Brief | 2024
This issue brief highlights opportunities for funders to: help identify and advance a holistic standard of postpartum care, understand the status of coverage for that care, and identify the unique role of funders in advancing implementation. The brief shares key gaps in services and outlines opportunities to provide more comprehensive postpartum care that is inclusive of social and economic needs alongside medical and behavioral health. Brief supported by CHAP, Merck for Mothers, and Pritzker Children’s Initiative and produced by Afton Bloom.
Building Health Futures: Addressing Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders During Pregnancy and Postpartum | 2024
This report from the Center for Health Care Strategies examines access to care challenges for individuals with mental health disorders and/or Substance Use Disorders and outlines recommendations for evidence-based, person-centered perinatal services. The report highlights innovative, community-rooted programs that seamlessly integrate services through a no-wrong-door approach. These examples and recommendations can guide states, health plans, health systems, providers, and community-based organizations in improving maternal health and building healthier futures for all.
Building Successful Managed Care Programs with Community Health Workers’ Expertise | 2024
Across the nation, states are pursuing strategies to meet Medicaid members’ health and social needs, including coverage and requirements for deploying community health workers (CHWs). Because CHWs can build trust and connect members to resources for whole-person care, they are ideally positioned to help identify and address these needs and provide insights into how programs can be designed to meet community member needs. This brief offers guidance to help managed care organizations (MCOs) and Medicaid agencies—along with providers, community-based organizations, and funders—incorporate CHW expertise in the design, implementation, and quality improvement of CHW programs. Brief supported by CHAP.
Birth Equity Funders Landscape | 2023
This landscape report from Funders for Birth Justice & Equity provides an overview of the state of philanthropic funding for maternal health. The report focuses on who makes up the current landscape of funders, what they are funding, and how they are advancing improved outcomes for all in their practices and approaches.
Key Learnings from the Doula and Perinatal Community Health Worker in Medicaid Learning Series | 2023
This resource synthesizes key takeaways from the national “Doula and Perinatal Community Health Worker in Medicaid Learning Series,” a virtual program which took place between 2022 and 2023, spotlighting state successes, challenges, and lessons learned when designing and implementing a Medicaid benefit for community-based perinatal support. The learning series and this outcome document were designed to leverage existing resources and learn from those most deeply engaged in and impacted by this topic, while making the content as actionable as possible for Medicaid stakeholders. Report supported by CHAP and Every Mother Counts.
State Exchange Funders Summit Report | 2022
In October 2022, a group of private funders came together to organize the State Exchange Funders Summit as a first step towards strengthening our commitment to maternal health and activating a frank discussion on how funders can better support work being led by the field. This report captures themes and practical recommendations for funders in support of improving outcomes for mothers across the U.S.