State Maternal Health Innovation (MHI) Program

The task forces:

• Drive collaboration and provide resources to public health professionals, providers, payers, and consumers
• Use their state’s most recent Title V MCH Block Grant Program’s needs assessment to conduct a baseline assessment of state maternal care and coverage
• Identify gaps from Maternal Mortality Review Committee (MMRC) reports and publications
• Assist MHI program staff to develop and implement a state-focused strategic plan
• Help State MHI program staff carry out new interventions that address critical gaps in service delivery

Through this investment, some of the ways we work to improve data include:

• Linking data sets more effectively and enhancing surveillance activities
• Expanding how data are used to inform program development and policy recommendations
• Examining additional data about other factors that can contribute to disparities (e.g. economic stability and housing, education, social and community context)

We aim to improve access to services during pregnancy and the postpartum period by carrying out new activities in a variety of areas such as:

• Direct clinical care
• Workforce training
• Maternal health data enhancements
• Community engagement

Cooperative agreements fund a total of 18 entities.

• Read the State Maternal Health Innovation (MHI) Program closed notice of funding (HRSA-19-107) for more information on this initial funding. Nine entities received about $2 million each year (see awards chart in the next section).

• Read the State Maternal Health Innovation & Data Capacity closed notice of funding (HRSA-22-149) for more information on this round of funding.  Nine 9 entities received $1 million each year (see awards chart in the next section).

Note that HRSA-22-149 funding modified the earlier program by specifying that a portion of funding must be dedicated to improve the collection, reporting, and analysis of data collected through the Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health (AIM) investment.

FY 2023 Awardees*

*These funding amounts represent base funding and do not include the supplemental funding in the "FY 2023 Supplemental Awards" chart.
**While Comagine Health is based in the state of Washington, they are providing services to the state of Oregon.

FY 2023 Supplemental Awardees

This supplemental funding is to support states in helping new mothers and their families navigate the Medicaid redetermination process associated with the end of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency.

**While Comagine Health is based in the state of Washington, they are providing services to the state of Oregon.

FY 2022 Awardees (funding from 2022-2027)

FY 2019 Awardees (2019-2024)

The State MHI program is one of many complementary investments we make to improve maternal health across the nation. Read about our approach and investments on our Maternal Health webpage.

To help the award recipients, we funded the Supporting Maternal Health Innovation Program. Through this funding, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill provides the Maternal Health Learning and Innovation Center. This national center develops resources & policy documents and facilitates peer learning opportunities. This center helps all the State MHI grantees optimize their efforts. The center also supports the Rural Maternity and Obstetrics Management Strategies (RMOMS) program to increase access to maternal and obstetrics care in rural communities.