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Ten years ago, the Journal Sentinel revealed stunning disparities in birth outcomes in Milwaukee. Newer statistics show little improvement.

These groups took on new roles and found new ways to connect with their clients during a trying time.

All 24 of Planned Parenthood’s health centers in Wisconsin stayed open from the onset of the pandemic last March. “We made a mission-decision to serve as many people as we (could) as long as we were safe,” said Tanya Atkinson, Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin’s president and chief executive officer. Lockdowns led to an initial decline in foot traffic, meaning that the organization had to find new ways to reach patients who come to  health centers for a wide variety of services, includ...

This year, dozens of mothers who wouldn’t otherwise have had access to a doula will receive personalized, hands-on help from doulas and other community health workers before, during, and after their babies are born. That’s thanks to NHRMC’s Community Health Worker-Doula Program, which officially began in January. The program, funded by a two-year grant, connects pregnant mothers to a community health worker and doulas who will help educate and serve as a support system for the moms during...

The Fund for Women and Girls awards more than $250,000 to local nonprofits The fund hosted its annual meeting virtually this month, its theme Lifting Each Other Up: A Celebration of Women and Philanthropy. Fund members and guests celebrated the work accomplished by multi-year grantee partners, and announced their 2020 grant awards and learned from two distinguished community leaders about how to address the needs in the community. “The Fund for Women and Girls believes we can lift each other...

Fund for Women and Girls awards more than $250G to Mercer County nonprofits in 2020 Updated Dec 18, 2020; The Princeton Area Community Foundation’s Fund for Women and Girls has awarded more than $250,000 in grants to local nonprofits this year. The 2020 grant awards were reported at the fund’s annual meeting, themed “Lifting Each Other Up: A Celebration of Women and Philanthropy,” which was held virtually this month. The nonprofit receiving grants are: CASA of Mercer and Burlington Cou...