• Make connections and referrals (opportunities, joint ventures, client leads, partnerships).
• Build stronger working relationships with like-minded individuals and connect with key influencers through discussions.
• Stay up-to-date with trends (conversations about what has been/is happening).
• Benefit from new ideas from those who are successfully working on African American high-risk pregnancies.
• Commit to collaborative system responses.
• Help advance disparity reduction.

• Paraprofessionals training and integration of paraprofessionals into ICHRP Teams
• Coaching for Primary Care Providers in Psychosocial health care strategies (Assistance in implementing ongoing quality improvement activities, facilitating successful family/provider relationships)

• Training for Primary Care Providers in Psychosocial health care strategies (Assistance in implementing ongoing quality improvement activities, facilitaing successful family/provider relationships)

• African American and  broader community communication campaign (conferences, public service announcements, webcasts, print materials, research, practice recommendations)

• Coordinated Integrated Care (health, housing, social services, chemical dependency in a culturally responsive, family-oriented process)
• Broad-Based Family-Oriented Services (outreach, drop-in moms meetings, storytelling, systematized screening, collaborative care planning, referrals, follow up, father programs/services)

Programs

D.I.V.A. Moms (Dynamic Involved Valued African American Moms), Minnesota Community Care, St. Paul
IYA Empowerment Circle, Northpoint Health and Wellness, Inc. ICHRP, Minneapolis
Nubian Moms, Open Cities Health Center, St. Paul