Program areas at MFHS
Wic nutrition programthe wic nutrition program helps improve the lives of at-risk women and their families in 17 Pennsylvania counties at 32 office locations and 6 locations served by our wic mobile unit by promoting good nutrition habits. Through nutrition counseling, electronic wic (ewic) benefits to purchase healthy foods, and breastfeeding support, we are fostering healthier pregnancies, healthier birth outcomes, better growth and development of young children, and a reduction in childhood obesity. As of november, a total of 73,894 unduplicated participants were served by the wic program.
Nurse-family partnershipthe mfhs nurse-family partnership (mfhs-nfp) empowers pregnant mothers to develop critical parenting skills and knowledge through the guidance and support of highly trained nurse home-visitors. With funding from the Pennsylvania office of child development and early learning, we partner at-risk moms, many of whom are teens, with visiting nurses who provide Health, planning, and goal-setting education. Through this evidence-based program, parents are able to learn how to build healthy families for a lifetime of Health and economic self-sufficiency.in 2023, in total, 372 at-risk mothers received home Health education and support through 4,527 completed home-visits.
Reproductive Health servicesmfhs offers accessible, confidential Family planning and related preventive care to women, men, and teens in 15 Pennsylvania counties. Through title x of the public Health service act, we prioritize the needs of low-income and uninsured women, men, and teens by offering free or affordable care through our direct Services and a diverse network of contractors. In 2023, 16,317 women, men and teens in our network received reproductive Health Services and were counseled on their contraception options, avoiding 2,400 unintended pregnancies. The mfhs safeteens initiative, through a website, text line and hotline, provides adolescents across Pennsylvania with the knowledge required to prevent unplanned pregnancies and make informed, healthy choices about their futures. Mfhs continues to offer reproductive Health education to at-risk teens through such programs as safespace, in collaboration with local school districts and intermediate units.
Specialized human Services programs, general/other: a number of minor projects and miscellaneous expenditures not properly costed in the other projects.
Maternity care and pediatricswe provide low-income, pregnant people with comprehensive prenatal and postpartum care including medical, nutrition and social Services. Through funding sources such as healthy beginnings plus, we strive to assist people in achieving healthy pregnancies and develop long-term healthy lifestyles for themselves and their child. The maternity medical home provides a fully integrated coordination of holistic healthcare to mitigate risk of the Maternal patients by providing all Services in one location. In our first 6 months of operation, the mfhs circle of care mmh has seen over 14,000 client visits across all programs.