Causes: Health, Health Care

Target demographics: Women who need to obtain quality, personalized childbirth, prenatal and gynecological primary care.

Direct beneficiaries per year: more than 800 un-insured, under-insured, and/or low-income women obtain individualized care

Geographic areas served: Pittsburgh and surrounding area

Programs: With Woman Fridays/Con Mujeres, which provides services like cervical cancer screenings, wellness exams, breast cancer screenings, family planning services and more for uninsured, under-insured and/or low-income women; scholarships for prenatal, breastfeeding, and infant care classes for families; our Ruth Brexendorf Stifel Fellowship program for new midwife graduates, allowing us to accept more women and their families for care; our post-partum phone call counseling program to support women in breastfeeding, nutrition, post-partum depression screening and more.