Illinois Governor JB Pritzker proposes $23 million investment in 2025 budget to improve maternal health outcomes for black women.
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker proposed investing $23 million in the state's 2025 fiscal year budget to improve maternal health outcomes and reduce disparities for black women. The initiatives aim to prevent black women from dying before, during, and after childbirth through community-based birth care. The funding would support grants for community health care providers and a $1 million pilot program to ensure low-income moms have diapers.
February 26, 2024
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