Worcester Healthy Baby Collaborative Quarterly Meeting

Monday February 24, 2020

8am - 10am

Agenda

• Networking
• Welcome/Call to Order/Introductions
• Acknowledgments and Celebrations
• Subcommittee Reports
• Strategic Goals Tracking
• CHA/CHIP 2020
• Breastfeeding
• Follow up
• Actions Item

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Acknowledgments and Celebrations

Special thanks to all of you from the Worcester Healthy Baby Collaborative!

Subcommittee Reports: Restructuring

• Treasurer: Stephen Sycks

United Way: fiscal agent: donate here: https://www.classy.org/give/180663/#!/donation/checkout

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New Year: please complete membership form

• https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf-nWZiIdmwE2ea7o_Gy6f8LvDtx-hZLloNJAMcj7VveW9_VQ/viewform

Subcommittee Reports: Baby Box�

• Capstone Project—presentation is March 18 at UMass
• Manuscript—in the works
• Over 100 boxes distributed
• Next Distribution Day: Saturday 2/29 at Ministerios La Trinidad, 731 Main St, 11am-3pm (Barbershop Network health fair)
• Ongoing distribution: Pernet, EMK, FHCW
• Storage issues

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Subcommittee Reports: Communication

• Website: https://www.worcesterhealthybaby.org/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WorcesterHealthyBaby/

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Like us on Facebook!

Check out our weekly postings connecting you to relative information, videos, upcoming events, and more!

Subcommittee Reports: Data�

• Recent CDC report on Infant Mortality due to birth defects

Subcommittee Reports: Data

• Worcester 2019 IM preliminary

Strategic Goals Tracking

Planning for 2020 Strategic Planning Meeting

Save the Date: Thursday June 4, 1-5pm

Valerie Zolezzi-Wyndham for planning/facilitating

CHA/CHIP 2020

Keeping IM on the radar for CHIP 2020

Breastfeeding

Worcester Community Resources and WHBC’s role

WHBC promotes breastfeeding through our Baby Box work and through member agencies’ work.

WHBC and Worcester DPH have been partners; working together on REACH grant with some funds directed through WHBC will help re-vitalize this partnership.

City Council Infant Mortality Update Report

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1euMgTUw-6CTp9gIGwN-r04BzrQtuZaoO/edit?ts=5e4afdad

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Please review and give edits by 3/15/2020

Specific asks:

1. paragraph about structural racism
2. rewrite of Baby Box paragraph
3. summary of 2017 strategic planning meeting

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Congressman Letters and Meetings

Letters sent to Congressmen Kennedy and McGovern on 1/21/2020

Reply from Kennedy’s office 2/5/2020

Awaiting reply from McGovern re: meeting time

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Worcester District Medical Society Updates

WHBC is on TV! https://wccatv.com/video/health-matters/healthmatters200

Look for us in the March/April

edition of the WDMS Magazine, also

Update on Racism Training

New Connections

Together for Kids

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a group of early childhood champions with a mission to promote the social-emotional well-being and general health of young children and families throughout Central MA.

Equity; home visiting�

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Baby Steps Savings Plan

every child born or adopted who is a Massachusetts resident after January 1, 2020, will be eligible* to receive a $50 seed deposit into his or her U.Fund account from the State Treasurer’s Office.

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https://www.babystepssavingsplan.org/

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Upcoming Meeting of Interest—March 13, Boston

• Please let Sara Shields know if you are interested in attending
• Agenda:

 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM Massachusetts Center for Unexpected Infant & Child Death: Mission, Scope, and Partnership 

10:30 AM – 11:15 AM Supporting Families: Interdisciplinary Principles of Intervention 

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM The Investigatory Process: 

What Healthcare Professionals Need to Know 

1:15 PM – 2:45 PM Advisory Panel: Perspectives and Experiences 

3:00 PM – 4:00 PM Supporting & Addressing the Needs of Grieving Siblings 

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Action Items