Mission

Mission


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"To provide committed, caring leadership to empower neighborhoods and communities and to build self-esteem through education, collaboration, and partnerships, resulting in access to health services, resources and information to promote healthy families and reduce infant mortality."

Babies First reaches out to central and west Fresno neighborhoods, to educate and ensure that pregnant women get the care they need to have a healthy baby.

Health Start Initiative

In 2009, Fresno County received a fourth five-year Healthy Start Grant to reduce infant mortality and other perinatal health disparities. To qualify for the grant, infant mortality rates by census tract were reviewed to determine the project area. The project area selected includes 34 census tracts which have high infant mortality in one or more racial/ethnic groups above the project threshold of 10.35 per 1,000 births.

Low birthweight is the leading cause of death during the neonatal period. Contributing factors to low birthweight include late or inadequate parental care, smoking, alcohol, illicit drug use and poor nutrition.

To learn more about the impact Babies First has made in the lives of program participants and the community, refer to the following:

This report provides an overview of the significant improvements in maternal health, birth outcomes and infant care among Babies First Program clients.