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- EIN 43-1897000
- (816) 283-6242
- 6400 Prospect Ave Suite 216 Kansas City MO 64132 USA
- www.mchc.net
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Health, Health Care
Mission: Mother & Child Health Coalition believes that every child deserves a healthy start. It is the best gift a community gives its children and itself. The Mother & Child Health Coalition works together with community partners and families to promote wellness and advocate excellence in health care.
Programs: Kansas City Healthy Start is a bi-state home visitation program that seeks to improve the health of pregnant women and babies, decrease infant mortality and health disparities in select urban zip codes of Jackson County in Missouri and Wyandotte County in Kansas. It offers outreach, care coordination, depression screening and health education. The program utilizes a unique home-visitation model, where a family health advocate provides case management to pregnant women and new mothers. The program provides parental education, promotes the importance of breastfeeding and vaccinations for infants, and discourages the use of alcohol, drugs and smoking. Housing, transportation, food/nutrition are addressed. Dedicated Dads is a program component that connects area men and fathers with people, programs and resources they need to be a better dad and role model. It is part of the Dedicated Dads Committee, a group of community organizations formed to address issues of fathers and fathering.