Community project funding/congressionally directed spending - construction - the community care maternal mobile health unit will bring key partners together to deliver maternal health and…

Community project funding/congressionally directed spending - construction - the community care maternal mobile health unit will bring key partners together to deliver maternal health and wrap-around services to the women and children in the lower yakima valley in washington state. Greater columbia accountable community of health (DBA greater health now (GHN)) is committed to moving upstream to address this area of need by deploying a maternal mobile care unit in yakima. This project will be executed in collaboration with other partners to ensure efficient and equitable care is delivered to meet the demand. The overarching goal of the community care maternal mobile health unit is to deliver maternal care services to the underserved yakima valley by increasing access to health care and reducing the number of infant and maternal fatalities. Upon deployment of this unit, our partner organizations will infuse the lower yakima valley with indigenous doulas and promotoras to offer trusted, culturally concordant support for women. The anchor of our model will be a mobile unit supported by elson S. Floyd college of medicine. Risk stratification will allow earlier intervention and planning. IT provides an institution of higher learning to enhance workforce innovation and opportunity. The community care model also provides employment and training for the local workforce. Bringing women's and maternal health directly to lower yakima valley will help close the accessibility GAP and improve maternal and fetal outcomes. Within the first year of the mobile unit deployment, this collaboration will increase the number of women accessing care and connecting to a primary care provider to continue maternal health services and decrease perinatal complications. This funding opportunity will focus on the first phase of this multi-faceted project, through the building and acquiring of a mobile health unit to deliver culturally aligned care and improve health outcomes. The mobile unit will include the necessary equipment to provid E standard clinical services. These services include but are not limited to health screenings, physical assessments, routine lab draws, vaccines, and referrals for specialty care as needed. The unit will also be equipped with necessary supplies to address immediate, non-urgent medical treatment such as wound care, and medical-grade freezers and refrigerators to store medications and vaccines safely. The collaboration project will meet individuals and families where they are to provide culturally responsive care and help bridge the GAP in connecting women to long-term health care of their choosing. GHN will be working diligently through the build to ensure equipment chosen and acquired will be efficient in improving health outcomes and building trust within communities.