FLOURISH regularly provides updates on our progress and the work our partners are doing to reduce infant mortality in St. Louis. To receive new updates by email, sign up for our newsletter.
In June, 21 members of FLOURISH’s Community Leaders Cabinet graduated from a Community Organizing and Family Issues (COFI)-inspired training. COFI trainings help parents utilize their own strengths and commitment to their neighborhoods to create a positive impact within their own lives, their families and their communities. The goal of the training was to equip parents… Read More
St. Louis’ home visiting programs are one of the best ways to connect families with resources they need for a healthy pregnancy and baby. To further this work, Generate Health, FLOURISH’s backbone organization, received a grant from Children’s Trust Fund to create a home visiting collaborative, made up of various home visiting providers in our… Read More
The 2019 Missouri Legislature’s regular session closed in mid-May, resulting in 102 new bills passed. In June, Generate Health, along with Vision for Children At Risk and St. Louis Child Abuse & Neglect Network, sponsored a 2019 Legislative Wrap-Up. Brian Colby from Missouri Budget Project, Jessica Seitz from Missouri KidsFirst and Craig Stevenson from Kids… Read More
Since 2017, FLOURISH has been partnering with several St. Louis organizations to address transportation barriers to health care for pregnant women and new parents. This is part of our work with the BUILD Health Challenge, a national initiative that puts multi-sector partnerships at the foundation of improving community health. We were recently asked to share… Read More
Funding is now available for individuals and organizations who have ideas that will improve the lives of moms, babies and families in St. Louis. The Community Mobilization and Innovation Fund will enable community groups to implement new and existing community engagement efforts that promote maternal and infant vitality, provide social support and healing, and/or build community… Read More
Do you help patients access Medicaid transportation? FLOURISH, along with Medicaid managed care companies and transportation brokers, will host listening sessions to increase awareness of Medicaid transportation policies and protocols and cultivate information sharing to learn what is working and how things can be improved. The goals of this session include: Increasing awareness of non-emergency… Read More
On May 3, FLOURISH St. Louis and SSM Health hosted the Safe Sleep Summit, an event that integrated learning, networking and coordinating of resources between service providers and community members. One of the main focuses of this spring’s program was to conduct a safe sleep “Train the Trainer” training to community leaders so they can educate within their own communities. “Delivering consistent safe sleep messages throughout the community is paramount in order to change behaviors,” said Lori Winkler, Injury Prevention Nurse Coordinator at SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital and event co-chair. “It is extremely important… Read More
As part of its strategic initiative to bring the region closer to zero racial disparities in infant mortality by 2033, FLOURISH St. Louis changed its governing structure to focus the community at the center of its decision making. We recently selected our first Community Leaders Cabinet, which includes moms, dads and other local community leaders.… Read More
FLOURISH recently completed an assessment of home visitation programs within St. Louis. Home visiting has come up time and again as a vehicle for improving infant mortality in our region. Through home visiting programs, trained nurses, educators or community health workers visit eligible families, often those expecting a baby or with a young child, to… Read More
On Mar. 21, FLOURISH MORE, a group within FLOURISH focused on housing, hosted a “Community Meet & Greet” to address concerns raised by Clinton Peabody Housing Complex residents. Residents have been battling unhealthy and unsafe living conditions , caused by mice infestations. A mice infestation poses health and safety risks for babies and small children,… Read More
