Perinatal and Infant Community Health Collaboratives (PICHC)

The New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH), Bureau of Women, Infant and Adolescent Health (BWIAH), announces the availability of approximately $14 million annually to support implementation of the Perinatal and Infant Community Health Collaboratives (PICHC) initiative. Funds will be awarded to approximately 25 programs throughout New York State (NYS) to support the development, implementation and coordination of collaborative community-based strategies to improve perinatal and infant health outcomes and eliminate racial, ethnic, and economic disparities in those outcomes. Funded programs will work to improve specific perinatal and infant health outcomes including preterm birth, low birth weight, infant mortality, and maternal mortality.