Equity for Moms and Babies Realized Across Chatham (EMBRACe) seeks to ensure successful and equitable birth outcomes for women and babies in Chatham County, NC, through system and service alignment across the following partners: Chatham County Public Health Department, Chatham Hospital, UNC Family Medicine, Piedmont Health Services, Chatham County Department of Social Services and the Chatham Health Alliance. The proposed project is an outcomes-focused initiative launched out of ongoing efforts in the county to work collaboratively across sectors to address the root causes of the county’s most pressing health disparities.

In pursuit of system alignment, we will establish a formal structure of collaborative governance, engage community members from the populations we serve, build systems for data sharing that facilitate data-driven decision-making and seamless service alignment, and cultivate innovative revenue and funding opportunities. We will align our services to ensure that all women who receive prenatal, intrapartum and postpartum services from project partners are treated with dignity and respect, establish an evidence-based continuum of services, and lead data and community-informed systems-level initiatives to address psychosocial barriers to positive birth outcomes.

EMBRACe Story Circles

STORY CIRCLE: an equitable space for listening and sharing that cultivates relationships and builds community

EMBRACe hosts monthly bilingual story circles in Chatham County centered on the topic of motherhood. See the EMBRACe Story Circle rack card by clicking on the language: ENGLISH | ESPAÑOL 

More coming to this webpage soon!