Buffalo Prenatal Perinatal Network
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Reduction of infant mortality and low birth weight infants. LBW infants and prematurity result in additional costs to both the family and the community. These costs include special education, hospitalizations and intensive care nursery days. There can be long term effects preventing children from achieving their highest potential as they grow into adulthood and becoming productive citizens of society.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Healthy Families NY
Home based program which engages pregnant and parenting women with a focus on parenting ,child development ,prevention of child abuse and encouraging self-sufficiency
Maternal Infant Child Health Collaborative Community Health Worker Program
Program works with women between 14-44 who are preconceptual, interconceptual or prenatal/ postpartum. Intensive case management engages women who are not connected to the system. provides education, ensures clients have health insurance, health provider, housing, food, etc.
Responsible Fatherhood Program
Support program for fathers involving a 13 week series with evidence based curriculum.Focuses on personal development,co-parenting, engagement with children
Where we work
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Goals & Strategy
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Charting impact
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What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
“Buffalo Prenatal Perinatal Network empowers women and families to take charge of bettering their family health and well -being by providing education, support, advocacy, and connection to resources and services in WNY. “
We want every women to have a healthy delivery and become good parents as well as ensuring children receive preventative health care. The family is the basis of the community and healthy moms and babies lead to healthy adults.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
We work with pregnant and parenting families who are primarily African American or Hispanic, in the high risk zip codes in the city of Buffalo. We are a free home based program that works with women for anywhere from 2-5 years. Our Community Health Worker Program engages with families and case manages them beginning with necessities like health insurance, a health provider, housing, food, clothing, baby basics, etc. We ensure women attend their prenatal visits , transporting them or arranging transportation as well as their children's well child visits. We often accompany them on their visits to advocate for them with their providers. By addressing the social determinants of health , we ensure our families are stable so they can make future goals to be self sufficient , whether that is returning to school or employment. Our Healthy Families program provides an evidence based parenting program in the home which also concentrates on child development and prevention of child abuse and neglect. They remain with the family until the child is 5 and in the home every week for 6 months after the baby is born. We also provide support groups on educational topics , breastfeeding and mental health issues.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
Our staff are from the communities they serve and 30% of the staff speak Spanish. 16% of our staff are former program participants. They have a strong affinity with their communities and are very knowledgeable of the resources available for their clients. They are able to develop strong relationships with their clients due to this.
Both programs have been in existence for over 20 years and are well respected by the entire State due to their long standing history. We receive our funding from the Office of Child and Family Services and the NYS Department of Health. We have strong relationships with the birthing hospitals in the area , social services and other nonprofit agencies who refer clients to us often.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
Prenatal care 1st trimester or within 42 days of enrollment 94%
Postpartum visit between 7-84 days after delivery
Well child visits 3rd - 5th year of life 98%
Well child visit in first 15 months of age 98%
Lead screening by 2 years of age 95%
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Buffalo Prenatal Perinatal Network
Board of directorsas of 12/30/2020
Mary Dillon
Sisters of Charity hospital
Term: 2018 - 2020
Aimee Gomlak
Catholic Health System
Term: 2018 - 2020
Organizational demographics
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Equity strategies
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- We review compensation data across the organization (and by staff levels) to identify disparities by race.
- We ask team members to identify racial disparities in their programs and / or portfolios.
- We analyze disaggregated data and root causes of race disparities that impact the organization's programs, portfolios, and the populations served.
- We disaggregate data to adjust programming goals to keep pace with changing needs of the communities we support.
- We employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders.
- We disaggregate data by demographics, including race, in every policy and program measured.
- We have long-term strategic plans and measurable goals for creating a culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
- We have a promotion process that anticipates and mitigates implicit and explicit biases about people of color serving in leadership positions.
- We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
- We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.
- We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability.
- We measure and then disaggregate job satisfaction and retention data by race, function, level, and/or team.
- We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.