Health care
BY AMANDA CUTSHALL
Maternal health grants aim to fill rural care gaps The St. David’s Foundation awarded $4.6 million across nine Healthy Births, Healthy Communities Rural grants in April, with four initiatives tied to Bastrop County families. Why it matters The funding is aimed at improving access to maternal health care that reflects families’ language, culture and needs in rural Central Texas. Foundation officials said these families may face limited birth services, transportation barriers and other gaps during pregnancy, postpartum care and early parenting. A closer look Efforts include services ranging from midwifery care to doula support, food assistance, grief ser- vices and more for local Black, Latino, Indigenous and immigrant families.
Chosen Women Empower Funding will support a partnership between Bastrop County Emergency Food Pantry and Chosen Women Empower to connect pregnant mothers from underserved communities in Bastrop County with food assistance, SNAP enrollment support and referrals to longer-term family resources. www.chosenwomenempower.org
Birthing Belonging Funding will support Birthing Belonging, a HEAL Alliance initiative providing community-led maternal health help for rural Black, Latina and Indigenous mothers in Bastrop County, with a focus on healing-centered care, cultural belonging, creative expression and financial independence. www.healhistory.org
St. David’s Foundation rural perinatal grants
The foundation awarded $2.1 million across four Healthy Births, Healthy Communities Rural grants in April, tied to Bastrop County families.
Birthing Belonging
Ciclos de Vida Funding will support a partnership between Embody Transformation and ALAS Texas to expand the community-led maternal health program. Ciclos de Vida connects Latino immigrant families in Bastrop County with prenatal and postpartum support, resource navigation, peer support, grief and loss services, and burial and funeral assistance. www.alastexas.org
WOMB 360 Collaborative Funding will support the Women Overcoming Maternal Barriers 360 Collaborative, a partnership led by The Bastrop Birthing Center with Bastrop County Cares, Nurtured TX, Doc Who Listens and EverMother to connect Bastrop County families with midwifery care, perinatal mental health support, transportation, doula services and more. www.bastropcares.org
$600,000
Chosen Women Empower
$600,000
Ciclos de Vida
$400,000
WOMB 360 Collaborative
$500,000
SOURCES: ST. DAVID'S FOUNDATION/COMMUNITY IMPACT
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