The purpose of this program is to reduce maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity by supporting programming that improves maternal health through quality services, a skilled workforce, enhanced data quality and capacity, and innovative programming. Health status and care received by individuals before, during, and after a pregnancy are strong contributing factors to maternal mortality and morbidity. In addition to there being room for improvement in maternal health outcomes overall in Wisconsin, there are stark maternal mortality and morbidity factors that need to be addressed. The Maternal Health Innovation (MHI) Program serves as a catalyst to accelerate improvement and identify medical and non-medical causes of maternal mortality and morbidity. This funding request will support efforts by Wisconsin DHS and the MHI program to evaluate the Maternal Health Innovation Task Force and Innovation grantees impact on maternal health. MHI Innovation grantees are organizations around the state working on reducing maternal mortality and severe morbidity through a variety of projects and are funded through Sept 29, 2028. This funding will utilize the MHI Strategic Plan (to be released Fall 2025), task force workgroup activities and the MHI Innovation grantees scope of work and semi-annual reporting to identify alignment and develop and execute a monitoring plan.
