Nursing education and support provided for you and your baby.
The purpose of the Maternal Infant Health Program (MIHP) is to reduce infant mortality and morbidity. The goal is to promote healthy pregnancies, positive birth outcome and healthy infant growth and development. Services are intended to supplement regular prenatal/infant care.
The components of the Program include: nursing services, social work, and nutrition counseling including health and nutrition education and beneficiary advocacy services.
The goal of MIHP is to support Medicaid beneficiaries in order to promote healthy pregnancies, positive birth outcomes, and infant health and development. MIHP services are intended to supplement medical (prenatal and infant) care. MIHP provides care coordination and intervention services, focusing on the mother-infant dyad. Care coordination services are provided by a registered nurse and licensed social worker, one of whom is designated as the Care Coordinator. Intervention services are provided by a registered nurse, a licensed social worker, registered dietitian (with a physician order), and an infant mental health specialist, depending on the beneficiary's particular needs.
Medicaid Application Assistance
OB/GYN Appointment
WIC Enrollment
Nutrition Education
In-home Pregnancy Education
Answers to Infant Care Concerns
Reducing Stress
Transportation Help
Childbirth & Parenting Education Classes
Referrals
