Maternal & Family Health Services Inc

Reproductive health servicesmfhs offers accessible, confidential family planning and related preventive care to women, men, and teens in 15 pennsylvania counties. Through title x of the public health service act, we prioritize the needs of low-income and uninsured women, men, and teens by offering free or affordable care through our direct services and a diverse network of contractors. In 2024, 15,246 women, men and teens in our network received reproductive health services and were counseled on their contraception options, avoiding 2,900 unintended pregnancies. Mfhs continues to offer reproductive health education to adolescents through the safespace health resource center and personal responsibility and education program in collaboration with local school districts, community organizations and intermediate units.

Nurse-family partnershipthe mfhs nurse-family partnership (mfhs-nfp) empowers pregnant mothers to develop critical parenting skills and knowledge through the guidance and support of highly trained nurse home-visitors. With funding from the pennsylvania office of child development and early learning, we partner at-risk moms, many of whom are teens, with visiting nurses who provide health, planning, and goal-setting education. Through this evidence-based program, parents are able to learn how to build healthy families for a lifetime of health and economic self-sufficiency.in 2024, in total, 421 at-risk mothers received home health education and support through 5,320 completed home-visits.

Specialized human services programs, general/other: a number of minor projects and miscellaneous expenditures not properly costed in the other projects.

Maternity care and pediatricswe provide low-income, pregnant people with comprehensive prenatal and postpartum care including medical, nutrition and social services. Through funding sources such as healthy beginnings plus, we strive to assist people in achieving healthy pregnancies and develop long-term healthy lifestyles for themselves and their child. The maternity medical home provides a fully integrated coordination of holistic healthcare to mitigate risk of the maternal patients by providing all services in one location. During the fiscal year, 372 maternity patients had 2,546 visits. Also, 1,424 patients had 2,564 reproductive health visits.