Together Indy CAN is a component of the Marion County Public Health Department’s Indianapolis Healthy Babies Fetal Infant Mortality Review (FIMR) Community Action Team (CAT).
The Fetal Infant Mortality Review (FIMR) program of Marion County, Indiana, aims to learn more about the loss of babies in and ways to prevent future losses. Through case reviews and interviews with families, it works to improve resources and services to better help mothers and save the lives of more infants.
The Maternal & Child Health (MCH) Department is composed of six programs that are dedicated to helping families through pregnancy and the first couple years of a baby’s life.
Gives mothers a chance to share their stories about the loss of their babies either with a nurse at a home visit, through a phone call, or by completion of a survey. The information gathered helps a team of health care experts find ways to make services and resources better for mothers and babies.
A community-based effort dedicated to improving birth outcomes and reducing the number of babies who die before their first birthday. Solutions are sought through advocacy, innovative initiatives and policy development.
A community-based initiative that provides case management through home visitation, free health education classes to the community and outreach to pregnant women and families in an effort to eliminate the disparities in birth outcomes and improve infant survival rates.
Addresses the nutrition needs of both mothers and babies by providing educational resources via virtual or live classes, demonstrations, and home visitation.
Provides nutrition education, breastfeeding support, supplemental foods and referrals to social and health services for pregnant women and children up to age five.
Beds And Britches Etc. (B.A.B.E. of Indianapolis)
A community-based incentive program that helps families increase self-sufficiency and decrease low birth weight births and infant mortality by encouraging positive coupon distributors for new and gently used clothing and basic baby essentials.
Fetal Infant Mortality Review (FIMR)
This program aims to learn more about the loss of babies in Marion County, Indiana, and find ways to prevent future losses. Through case reviews and interviews with parents, we plan to improve resources and services to save the lives of more mothers and infants.
Indianapolis Healthy Babies Consortium
A community-based effort dedicated to improving birth outcomes and reducing the number of babies who die before their first birthday. Solutions are sought through promotion, innovative initiatives, and policy development.
Indianapolis Healthy Start
This program offers education, referral, and support services to pregnant women and their families in an effort to eliminate disparities in birth outcomes and improve infant survival rates in Marion County.
Nutrition Services
This program focuses on addressing the nutrition needs and lifestyle choices of the community through education that is sensitive to individual cultures while emphasizing the relationship to health and wellness.
Women, Infants, & Children Program (WIC)
This program serves to safeguard the health of low-income women, infants, and children up to age 5 who are at nutritional risk by providing supplemental healthy foods, breastfeeding support, health assessments, and referrals to healthcare and community resources matched to the applicants’ unique needs. WIC also serves to empower families through participant-focused nutrition education and fatherhood engagement activities.
