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Our Perinatal Outreach and Education program
reaches out to women in the greater downtown
Los Angeles and East Los Angeles areas to provide short-term assistance,
case management, health education and support.
Through
outreach
in
the
community,
we
meet
and
assist
women
and
their
families
with
short-term
problems
and
referrals
to
services,
including
into
our
case
management
and
health
education
programs.
Case
management
offers
an
opportunity
to
develop
a
longer
relationship
and
to
work
with
each
woman
individually
to
develop
and
carry
out
a
plan
that
addresses
the
spectrum
of
her
health
and
other
needs
throughout
her
pregnancy
and
postpartum.
Pregnant
women
and
those
with
infants
under
six months of
age
are
eligible
for
our
formal
case
management
services,
however,
we
also
work
with
women
who
need
assistance
with
an
abortion,
or
with
medical
care
for
cancer
or
other
illnesses.
We
provide
additional
food,
limited
short-term
housing,
transportation
coupons,
counseling
and
support,
clothing,
a
newborn
welcome
basket
and
needed
supplies.
Our
greatest
work,
however,
may
be
the
support
we
provide
each
woman
and
the
advocacy
for
her
and
her
family’s
rights
to
health
care
and
other
social
services.
We
currently
see
about
65
women
a
month
in
outreach
and
provide
case
management
to
another
40-50 women per
month.
Our
Perinatal
Outreach
and
Education
Program
is
funded
by
a
grant
from
First5LA.
For general information regarding the program, please contact:
Elena Bazini, Program Director (213) 749-4261 ext. 304 or elenab@mchaccess.org
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