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ComMunitY
collaboration
INNOVATION
Maternal and Family Health Services
2017 Annual Report
Dear Friends,
Community. Collaboration. Innovation.
Those three words aptly describe the state of Maternal and Family Health Services (MFHS) in this dynamic,
yet challenging, time in the nonprofit sector. As organizations adapt to the ever-changing landscape in
care : a simple word
that describes who we are
healthcare and social services, their leaders are challenged to find new ways to meet the changing needs
that have emerged and continue to evolve—and Maternal and Family Health Services is no exception.
Community: For 47 years, our organization has served hundreds of thousands of disadvantaged women,
children and families. Steeped in our mission of meeting the needs of the community through information,
education and CARE, we have always recognized that a community is only as good as the quality of life
it offers its residents—no matter what socioeconomic status. Providing programs and services designed
and what we do every day.
to help those in our community achieve long-term success has proven to be the foundation for building
stronger families and changing lives.
Collaboration: As resources become scarcer and emerging needs arise almost
continually, nonprofit organizations must seek and secure effective collaboration
with others to address the issues that together can best be solved by maximizing
each other’s pool of resources to achieve the best possible outcomes. Collaboration
C A R E
also means working together with our funders to help our organization be better
positioned to secure the funds it needs to enhance our programs and services to
meet our clients’ needs, improve operations for optimal efficiency and to help support Commitment to quality Accountability for Respect for individuals Excellence in
Bette Cox Saxton staffing shortfalls so we can ensure effective organizational support. I’m proud to in our work and to the our actions and our within our agency performance and
President & CEO
relate that we continually look for any joint opportunities and now, more than ever, are people we serve demeanor and throughout the service
doing just that; we are striving to nurture a culture of collective impact so that non- community
profits, private funders and public funders collaborate and grow together.
Innovation: Our organization is always mindful of innovative approaches to achieving
the goals and objectives that help us fulfill our mission. In our case, innovation
means looking at potentially new and better ways to perform well—individually and
collectively—to improve our delivery of services. It also means seeking opportunities Who we are...
to help address critical community needs by contributing our resources, developing
Jill A. Murray, Ph.D
and implementing strategies, and aligning our capabilities to the problem at hand. Maternal and Family Health Services is a non-profit health and human service organization working to improve the health of Pennsylvania
we are an innovative
Chairperson,
Board of Directors One such recent example is seeking and securing funds to provide a Licensed women and children by offering programs that prevent disease and promote wellness.
Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) to support our clients who are battling opioid addiction,
a national crisis that is far too prevalent in Northeast Pennsylvania. The addition of this professional is
health and Human services important to our team and represents a responsive action to help fill a serious gap in our service delivery.
What we do...
organization dedicated to meeting In closing, Maternal and Family Health Services will commit to advance our collective work to create a
brighter future, one in which we can truly make a difference. We believe that is the greatest privilege of
Since 1971, MFHS has delivered essential and preventative services meeting the ever-changing needs of women, children and families by
providing information, education and quality care. The agency oversees a system-wide network of health and nutrition centers in 16 Pennsylvania
the needs of the community our work.
Sincerely, counties, serving nearly 100,000 individuals annually through the following core programs:
through information, education
and WIC (Women, Infants and Children) Reproductive Health Nurse-Family Partnership
quality care Nutrition Program
. Cancer Screening Maternity Care
Bette Cox Saxton Jill A. Murray
2017-2018 Board of Directors
The MFHS Board of Directors is the governing
body responsible for the organization’s health
programs that and sustainability. These community-minded
individuals volunteer their time to ensure the
empower women, strengthen families
ongoing success of MFHS. As allies in the pursuit
of the MFHS mission, they each provide unique
talents and expertise to offer guidance, direction
and vision to shape the future of Maternal and
and give everY babY the very best start in life. Family Health Services.
Board Officers
Dr. Jill A. Murray, Chairperson
Kathy Finsterbusch, Vice Chairperson
The Honorable Phyllis Mundy, Secretary
Debbie Eastwood, Treasurer
Board Members
Rebecca Binder
WIC Nutrition Pediatrics to quality reproductive healthcare. That’s why we offer
accessible, confidential family planning and related,
diagnosis and referral for treatment. Through vital public
and private funding sources, including The HealthyWoman
centers throughout Pennsylvania. The fast growing
SafeTeens Answers! text line saw a nearly 25% increase
Barbara Bossi
The WIC Nutrition Program improves the lives of at-risk Our Early and Periodic Screening Diagnostics and Joseph Boylan
preventive care to women in 15 Pennsylvania counties. Program and the Northeast and Twin Tiers Affiliates of in usage—with teen health “textperts” answering 2,713
women and their families by promoting good nutrition Treatment (EPSDT) Program puts health coverage within Kenneth Donlavage
Through Title X of the Public Health Service Act, we Susan G. Komen for the Cure, we leverage resources to reproductive health questions from teen texters.
habits. Through nutrition counseling, vouchers for reach for many working families. Through EPSDT and our Kathleen Dunsmuir
prioritize the needs of low-income and uninsured women, ensure all women in Northeastern Pennsylvania can access
healthy food options, and breastfeeding support, we are partnership with Dr. Linda Thomas and The Wright Center The Honorable Judge Lesa Gelb
men and teens by offering free care to those whose the cancer screening care they need.
Debra Lefkowitz
fostering healthier pregnancies, healthier birth outcomes, for Primary Care, we are able to offer free well-child incomes fall below the federal poverty level. Nurse-Family Partnership George Rable
better growth and development of young children, and a check-ups that include all basic but necessary exams and
reduction in childhood obesity. immunizations. 82 children scheduled well-visits in 2017. 20,601 women, men and teens received our Reproductive SafeTeens The Nurse-Family Partnership empowers first-time
mothers to develop critical parenting skills and
Sheila Saidman
Health services in 2017. 18,228 were counseled on Shanti Wesley
Through a website, text line and hotline, the MFHS knowledge through the guidance and support of highly
52,444 women, infants and children received WIC services their contraception options, avoiding 3,920 unplanned
at 36 MFHS centers throughout 16 Pennsylvania counties Maternity Care pregnancies. 23,467 STD tests were provided to
SafeTeens Initiative provides adolescents across
Pennsylvania’s 67 counties with the knowledge required
trained nurse home-visitors. With funding from the Agency Solicitor
in 2017. Over $40 million in annual gross sales were Pennsylvania Office of Child Development and Early Philip Gelso, Esquire
Access to early prenatal care is vital to safeguarding Pennsylvania women, men, and teens, avoiding 190 cases to prevent unplanned pregnancies and make informed,
generated from redeemed WIC checks at 441 stores. Learning, we partner at-risk moms, many of whom are
the health of both mother and baby. Partnering of Chlamydia, 40 cases of Gonorrhea, and 20 cases of healthy choices about their futures. These programs allow teens, with visiting nurses who provide health, planning
with Moses Taylor Hospital Family Birthing Suites in
Scranton, we provide low-income, pregnant women with
Pelvic Inflammatory Disease. Nearly $27 million was saved
in maternal and birth-related costs and public expenditures
teens to take charge of their health on the engaging, and goal-setting education. Through this program, Agency Leadership
Breastfeeding Support comprehensive prenatal and postpartum care—including through MFHS Reproductive Health services.
innovative platforms that they use the most. MFHS
continues to bring reproductive health education to at-risk
first-time mothers and fathers are able to learn how
Bette Cox Saxton, President & CEO
to become healthy families for a lifetime of health and
We are improving breastfeeding rates by providing medical, nutrition and social services. Through funding teens in local school districts through programs like the economic self-sufficiency. In 2017, 396 at-risk mothers Karen Tyrrell, Vice President of Clinical &
new moms with education, support and Breastfeeding sources, such as Healthy Beginnings Plus, we assist SafeSpace Health Resource Center. In Lackawanna and received 4,812 visits including home health education
Peer Counselors. In our program, new moms are paired women achieving healthy pregnancies and developing Breast and Cervical Cancer Luzerne Counties during 2017, our education services and support from our nurses. 105 babies were born
Administrative Operations
with other local mothers who act as educators and long-term healthy lifestyles for themselves and their
role-models. Mothers who have breastfed for at least families. 335 pregnant women enrolled in our maternity Screening provided ongoing, in-person education to 125 youth
through our evidenced-based reproductive health
into the program in 2017—each less likely to experience John Kearney, Vice President of Program
6 months provide a support system to new moms and
abuse or neglect, language delays, and behavioral and Services & Business Initiatives
program in 2017 and 197 babies were delivered. Early detection is key to surviving breast and cervical curriculum. We also offered individual counseling and intellectual problems.
demonstrate how valuable breastfeeding can be to the cancer. In 2017, 820 underinsured women received free education to 59 students who visited the school-based Laurie Germino, Vice President of Finance &
health, nutrition and emotional state of their babies and life-saving preventative screenings and diagnostic services Planning
themselves. 64% of mothers enrolled in the MFHS WIC Reproductive Health for breast and cervical cancer at its earliest stages—
SafeSpace Health Resource Center.
Nutrition Program breastfed in 2017, and breastfed on We believe that every woman, regardless of age, including 399 mammograms and 192 ultrasounds. After In 2017, SafeTeens gave 221,860 teens access to reliable James Schilling, Development &
average for 15.3 weeks. insurance status or ability to pay, should have access 57 breast biopsies, 5 women with breast cancer received health information and connected them to Title X health Communications Officer
2017
WIC MFHS is Nurse-Family Partnership
Pennsylvan
ia
largest wic ’s
62%
64%
provider 52,444
women and children received
↓48% less abuse
or neglect*
network!
25% 57% New moms
healthy foods and nutrition
education through MFHS WIC 683 ↓50% less
language
breastfeeding
mothers and babies served delays*
through the MFHS
2017 program goal of
2015 2016
Nurse-Family Partnership ↓67% less behavioral and
MFHS serves a quarter of all WIC participants in Pennsylvania. In 2017,
62 home visits per mom intellectual problems*
64% of MFHS WIC new moms initiated breastfeeding—more than in
2016 and 2015.
6,000+ ers
MFHS empowchieve
Cancer Screening
women took advantage of
a
breastfeeding support women to als!
399 mammograms offered through MFHS WIC 20,601
women, men and teens
their go
Reproductive Health
18,228 counseled on their contraception options
192 ultrasounds
received reproductive health
57 breast biopsies nearlY services through MFHS 3,920
tection
early de lives!
100,000
unplanned pregnancies avoided*
saves
820
underinsured women received women, children, and
free life-saving cancer
screenings through MFHS
families served across 2,713
reproductive teen health
SafeTeens
16 pa counties. questions answered by
“textperts” through MFHS’s connecting more
SafeTeens Answers! and more teens to 434,237
reliable info!
2,713
335
pregnant women enrolled in
the MFHS maternity program in
Lackawanna County
5,942
Pennsylvanians accessed
2013 2014 2015
In 2017, MFHS provided reliable health information through 434,237
pageviews on SafeTeens.org and answered 2,713 questions through
2016 2017
SafeTeens Answers!
accurate, reliable health
information on SafeTeens.org
*Outcome data based on studies published, sponsored, or promoted by Nurse-Family Partnership,
Pictured on left: Bonadie Family, MFHS clients and Guttmacher Institute (Reproductive Health).
Thank You to all
MFHS Donors, Supporters
and partners.
MFHS Circle of Friends Deborah Rutkoski
James Schilling
Susan F. Rickert
David Saxton
Pamela Kirshner Heiber
Keith Herstek
Jenelle Osborne
Kristen Owens
Sponsors and Friends Lioness Properties Sweet Valley Church of Christ Molly Thoma
Karen Tyrrell
Clinical Outcomes Group Luzerne County Children and Youth Scranton Primary
Scranton School District
Aetna Better Health The Luzerne Foundation Tambur Family Foundation Commission on Economic Luzerne County Drug and Alcohol
Platinum, $5,000+ Midge Smithburg Kathie Flanagen-Herstek Cynthia L. Page Matheson Transfer Company Tammac Corporation Laurie Waskovich Opportunity Luzerne County Head Start SLHDA Head Start
Hackett Philanthropies Foundation Benefactor, $100 - $249 ASCO Financial Group, Inc. Denise Yaletsko
Rodney Acker Stephen Taren Amy Huntington Susan Petokas McCarthy Tire Thomas’ Family Markets Commonwealth Health Moses Taylor Marywood University Soldier + Sailors Memorial Hospital
Rebecca Binder & Charles Cohen AssuredPartners of Northeastern Hospital
Malek & Lynn Ahmad Nicole Williamson Ann Marie Jennings Mandy Pennington Pennsylvania McCauley Insurance Unistar Property Management LLC Mental Health and Developmental St. Joseph’s Family and Women’s Care
Gold, $2,500 - $4,999 Beatrice Quinn Patron, $1 - $99 Beverly Jean Johnson Erin Platts Mary Beth Bohri Mericle Commercial Real Estate United Way of Wyoming Valley Private Funding Community Health and Dental Care Services Sullivan County Medical Center
Christopher Graham & Shanti Wesley Elizabeth Milder Beh Maureen Albrecht David Jolley Ann Poepperling Services Vision Imaging AllOne Foundation Community Health System Misericordia University Surgical Specialists
Boyer’s Food Markets
Kenneth & Ann Krogulski Magdalen Braden Juan Alvardo Ann Marie Jones Jessica Preiman Metz Culinary Management Westmoreland Club Women’s David Katz Foundation, Inc. Comprehensive Women’s Health NEPA Community Health Care Tioga County Health Partnership
Brand Graphic Solutions Services
Law Firm of Selingo & Guagliardo Shana Cavuto Justin Ash Michelle Kalinowski William Price Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs Committee Friends of Susquehanna County The Northeastern Pennsylvania Towanda Memorial Hospital
Brandon’s Forever Home Geisinger-Community Medical Center
Silver, $1,000 - $2,499 Ashley Clewell Kristen Barrett Margaret Anne Kane Alicia Pringle Moses Taylor Foundation Wayne Memorial Community Health The Luzerne Foundation Rainbow Alliance U.S. Department of Agriculture
Brooks Realty DATS Drug and Alcohol Treatment
Barbara Bossi Faye Daum Kristi K. Bauer Gail M. Kauffman John Riccardo Nexstar Broadcasting WBRE/WYOU Centers The Robert Y. Moffat Family Northeast Regional Cancer Institute U.S. Department of Health and
Paula Roos C 3 Group LP Services
The Honorable Phyllis Mundy Michalene Davis John Beresford John Kearney NextGen Healthcare Nicole Williamson Charitable Trust Northeastern Regional HIV Planning Human Services
Kerry Rusak Tom Casper Delta Medix
Kristin Decker Claire M. Bernardo Mark Kendzor Northeast Cartage & Recycling The Moses Taylor Foundation Coalition United Neighborhood Centers of the
Bronze, $500 - $999 Haley Kepner Matt Rusak The Citizens’ Voice Dunmore Comprehensive Treatment Ob-Gyn Associates Lehigh Valley – Vida Nueva at Casa
Kate Dickerson Morgan Bernitt Solutions, LLC Scranton Area Foundation
Jill Murray, Ph.D
Kenneth Donlavage Alexandra Bernotsky Sherry Koch Lenore Russin Commonwealth Health Moses Taylor
PenTeleData
Kathryn Dickerson Mem- Susan G. Komen for the Cure –
Center Penn State University Guadalupe
Allison Nguyen, Ph.D Hospital
Sheila Saidman, Esq. Alexandra Eidam Mary Saxton Boylan Kasia Kopec Karen M. Russo
Cook’s Pharmacy - Shavertown Peoples Security Bank & Trust orial Scholarship Fund NEPA Affiliate East Stroudsburg University Penn State University Center for United Neighborhood Centers of
Yvonne Kozemko Benjamin Alan Sappé Claire M. Bernardo Employment Opportunity and Training Childhood Obesity Research Northeastern Pennsylvania
Bette Saxton Michael Ferraro, M.D. Janet Brier Corcoran Printing Perzia Construction The United Way of Susquehanna
Cheryl Lynn Kramer Ann Saxton County Center of Northeastern PA Pennsylvania Department of Health Victims’ Intervention Program
Val & Gus Genetti Dana Cali Dempsey Uniform & Supply Inc. Pine Street Partners Erica M. Bozentka
Mary Lou Schaefer Alexis Lattari Laurie Schwager Endless Mountains Health System Vida Nueva at Casa Guadalupe
Laurie Germino Susan Charnetski Distasio and Kowalski, LLC PNC Bank Bonnie Ciero The United Way of Wyoming Valley Pennsylvania Department of Human
Karen Tyrrell Lynn Louise Lauri Elizabeth Smith Family Health Clinics of Barnes Kasson Services Vision Imaging
David W. Greenwald, M.D. Tamara Colon Brian Ebersole Postler & Jaeckle Corp. Faye Daum
Leadership, $250 - $499 James & Dawn Guadino John Dawe Barbara Lewis Robyn Snyder Kristin Decker Family Health Council of Central PA The Pennsylvania Partnership for Volunteers in Medicine
Erica M. Bozentka Shannon Hayward Carla DeRocco Summer Lewis Elizabeth Spagnola Engle Eyewear PPMRS, Inc.
Kate Dickerson
Our Partners Family Service Association of NEPA Healthy Youth Wallenpaupack Area School District
Bonnie Ciero Olivia Spagnola Erwine Home Health and Hospice, Inc. Professional Orthopedic Associates AccessMatters Food Stamp Nutrition Education Wayne County Drug and Alcohol
Elizabeth Hildebrandt Kathy Dunsmuir Charlene Lombardo Margaret Anne Kane PhysicianCare, P.C.
Pete Danchak & Maggie Koehler Lauren Stash Fisher & Fisher Law Office Project Donating Joy Adagio Health, Inc. Geisinger Obesity Institute Commission
Frank Hughes Denise Eichenberg Sharon Shipley-Marsh John Kearney Physicians Health Alliance
Carol Douds Colleen Martin Russ Suko FNCB Redner’s Markets Bethlehem Health Bureau Grube Gynecology Wayne County Office of Children &
Robert Kelly, Esq. JoEllen C. Engelhardt Haley Kepner Planned Parenthood Keystone
Kathy Finsterbusch Lorianne Masi Molly Thoma Carol Fromer Rodano’s Blaum Breast Care Specialists Guthrie Clinic Youth
Patrick Kilduff, D.O. Michelle Egerton Kasia Kopec Planned Parenthood of the Rocky
The Honorable Judge Lesa Gelb Mike McGinley Mark Tosh Law Offices of Philip Gelso, Esq. The Sayre Mansion Bradford County Communities That Care Hispanic Center Lehigh Valley Mountains Wayne Highlands School District
Frank Kolucki, Jr. Len Ermak Charlene Lombardo
Anne C. Gober Edward McGuire Bruce Valen Gerrity’s Supermarkets Mary Lou Schaefer Bradford-Tioga Head Start Keystone College Pocono Medical Center Wayne Memorial Community Health
Linda M. MacLeod Katherine Kasia Filak Linda M. MacLeod Centers
Jean & Matthew Holmgren Sierra Marsh Yuri Filak Tracey McGuire Laurie Waskovich Gmerek Government Relations Scranton Area Community Foundation Sierra Marsh Breast Health Services Keystone Job Corps Center Pocono Services for Families and
Cindy Kennedy Janet Watto Golden Business Machines Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders Children Western Wayne School District
Mollie McHale Peter Pelepko-Filak Roberta Walsh-McHale Mollie McHale Carbondale YMCA Kutztown University
Kathy Krivenko Ellen Welch The Hazzouri Group at Morgan Stanley Law Firm of Selingo & Guagliardo Red Rock Job Corps The Wright Center for Primary Care
Catherine Mihalick, Esq. Jody Franklin Lisa McKeown Roberta McHale Casa Guadalupe Center Lackawanna College
Debbie Eastwood Don Whitfield David Hazzouri Dental The Settlers Inn Regional Hospital of Scranton The Wright Center for Graduate
Vince Noble Allison Fry Jeannette Melendez Jeannette Melendez Cedar Crest College Lackawanna County Children and Medical Education
Debra Lefkowitz Office of Honorable Eddie Susan Gadon Michael Micca Dave Williams Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield Silver Branches Kristen Owens Center for Women’s Medicine Youth Services The Responsible Sex Education Institute
Nina Magnani Day Pashinski Philip Gelso, Esq. Shannon Mullery Denise Yaletsko Kronick Kalada Berdy & Co. Site2 LLC Susan Petokas Centers for Disease Control and Lackawanna County Educational Ronald McDonald House Charities The above list includes gifts and support received
between 1/1/2017 and 12/31/2017. MFHS wishes to
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Mericle Jodi Phillips Lori Giampietro Carol Murray Craig Yarrish Lackawanna College Snyder and Clemente Jodi Phillips Prevention Opportunity Center Rural Health Corporation of ensure that every donation is acknowledged correctly.
Corina Moser Beatrice Quinn David Harris, Esq. Lynne Mylet Lakeway Beverages, LLC Staples Erin Platts Children’s Service Center of LaPorte Medical Center Northeastern PA If your name is omitted or listed incorrectly, please
accept our apologies and contact us at 800-637-6347
George Rable Harry Reich, M.D. Pamela Heard Lesley O’Boyle Lightspeed Technologies Sun Buick GMC Bette Saxton Wyoming Valley Lehigh Valley Hospital Sacred Heart Hospital so we can correct the error.
2017 Fiscal Report
MFHS values its donors enormously. Without the investments we received in 2017 from various
2017YEAR
individuals, businesses, private foundations, public funding and workplace-giving campaigns, all of the
accomplishments cited in this annual report would not have been possible. As a private non-profit, every
grant, sponsorship and individual gift provides financial support to help us achieve our goals and uphold
our mission.
in review Project Revenues
WIC, $8,985,718
Title X Project and Contracted Family
Planning, $3,026,655
Nurse-Family Partnership, $1,241,615
Pre-Natal and Direct Family Planning,
$943,534
Other, $480,154
RaisingFunds with United Way Upgrading to MFHS Welcomes Increasing Access SafeSpace Health Coordinating Making the Digital Grow With WIC Improving LGBTQ
#NEPAMatchDay Recognizes MFHS Electronic Health New Board with New Satellite Resource Center Care: MFHS Hires Connection The Grow With WIC Cultural Cancer Screening, $354,104
and #GivingTuesday with Community Records Members WIC Centers Joins NEPA Youth Licensed Clinical MFHS Communications research project is a Competency $15,031,780
& Digital Marketing collaborative effort of Total Project Revenues
MFHS was invited to be Partner Award MFHS completed the Two new board MFHS opened new Shelter Social Worker MFHS and other WIC
MFHS continued to build
WIC satellite locations at The MFHS SafeSpace The Highmark Specialist Jean on previous work done
part of the Scranton Area The United Way of transition to electronic members, Barbra Bossi agencies to develop,
the Carbondale YMCA, teen health resource Foundation awarded Holmgren was invited with the Persad Center
Community Foundation’s Wyoming Valley honored health records for our and Shanti Wesley, implement, and evaluate
Scranton Primary Health center expanded to MFHS a grant to fund to speak at the National to provide culturally
3rd Annual NEPA Match Maternal and Family family planning and joined MFHS at the an intervention to
Care’s South Scranton include hours at the a Licensed Clinical WIC Association competent care and
Day. Donations raised Health Services as their maternity programs, October Annual Meeting. increase WIC retention.
office and The Mountain NEPA Youth Shelter’s Social Worker at the conference. Her session create a welcoming
on NEPA Match Day first-ever Outstanding which will result in Both professionals bring It’s designed to help
Center in Monroe Teen Drop-In Center in Circle of Care office in “Making the Digital environment to LGBTQ
and at a happy hour Community Partner. improved patient their expertise to the participants understand
County. These co- Scranton. The center Scranton. The addition Connection: Using clients. Many of their
held in conjunction MFHS was nominated by care, improved care agency’s board to further that WIC supports
located satellite offices serves as a safe place for of a Licensed Clinical Integrated Marketing recommendations were
with Rodano’s, Sarah Arledge, whose coordination, practice the MFHS mission of
to Connect Families to parents through critical Project Costs
Pepperjam and efficiencies, cost care in the community. provide convenient high school students to Social Worker helps implemented in 2017,
family has participated in pre-school years and it
access to WIC for go after school, providing MFHS better serve an WIC” helped show WIC including more in-person Program Services, $13,234,617
Nexstar Broadcasting several MFHS programs. savings, increased trains staff to address
families enrolled in them with a positive increasing number of agencies across the trainings for staff, updates Management and General and Fundraising,
were doubled by the Sarah shared how the patient participation, and barriers to retention
other programs at these environment in which high-risk clients with country how to reach to the language on the $1,218,637
foundation. The agency Maternal Family Health improved diagnostics that participants face.
locations. they can do homework, additional screenings potential clients through MFHS website, and
also saw a 400% Services’ Nurse-Family and patient outcomes. Grow With WIC is
socialize and rest. Once a and counseling. They digital advertising. distribution of LGBTQ
growth in donations Partnership Program funded through a
on #GivingTuesday, a week, a health educator coordinate client care U.S. Department of educations materials for
impacted the lives of
national day of giving on is at the center to provide across programs and Agriculture (USDA) grant staff and patients.
her and her husband,
the first Tuesday after Alexander, after they reliable information physicians, as well as awarded to Pennsylvania
Thanksgiving. became pregnant. and answer questions
the teens may have
provide referrals and
resources to help clients
WIC to help improve $14,453,254
retention of children Total Project Costs
regarding their health. have healthy babies and in the WIC Nutrition
lead healthy lives. Program.
Carbon, Lackawanna, Luzerne & Schuylkill Counties Monroe, Pike & Wayne Counties
Eliminating barriers to care at 6 centers with co-located Meeting the needs of those we serve with programs for
social services. Pennsylvania’s fastest growing population.
Bradford, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Tioga & Wyoming Counties
21 locations across 5 counties—our commitment to rural
Pennsylvania and small towns.
Bradford Susquehanna
Tioga
Wayne
Wyoming
Lacka-
Sullivan wanna
Pike
Luzerne
M o nr o e
Carbon
North-
Schuylkill ampton
Lehigh
Berks
Mont-
gomery
Berks, Lehigh, Montgomery & Northampton Counties
18 centers in 4 counties serve 60% of our clients—
for where the need is greatest, we serve.
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