Advance Economic Opportunity Working Group
Disrupting lifelong economic insecurity to improve the health of moms, babies and families.
To improve birth outcomes, we must advance economic opportunity by supporting families with programs and policies that increase access to living wages and workforce development, quality housing and education, childcare and beyond.
This working group will take actions that include:
- Advocating for funding and programs that increase access to safe and affordable quality housing
- Supporting increased access to quality affordable childcare, free preschool and pre-kindergarten
- Supporting community workforce development
- Identifying and implementing programs to bring fresh and affordable foods to communities
- Promoting the scale-up of novel systems approaches to help disrupt lifelong economic insecurity (i.e., universal basic income and baby bonds)
Working Group Members
This working group will be launching soon. Please join the Mom and Baby Action Network and share your interest in this working group, please contact us.
WORKING GROUP CO-CHAIRS
David Radcliffe
State and Local Policy Director, The New School Institute on Race, Power, and the Political Economy
Megan Smith, DrPH
Senior Director of Community Health Transformation, Connecticut Hospital Association (CHA)
News & Resources
Housing insecurity is a risk factor for birth-related complications. This resource from the National Association of Counties provides insight and context on the various U.S. federal programs created to support and increase the supply of affordable housing.
Economic insecurity is a risk factor for birth-related complications, and women of color experience the nation’s continuing gender wage gap most severely. This report from the National Partnership for Women and Families breaks down national gender wage gap data by race and ethnicity.
Good nutrition is crucial to ensuring health for birthing people and babies, before, during and after birth. Learn about U.S. Department of Agriculture programs through the National Institute of Food and Agriculture that help individuals, families and communities make informed choices about food and lifestyles that support their physiological health, economic and social well-being.
GET INVOLVED
Every family can have the best possible start. But today, too many moms and babies are dying or experiencing serious health complications related to childbirth—and far too many are moms and babies of color. Only by working together can we confront inequities and ensure the health and wellbeing of every family.
