The Momnibus Act

the solution to America’s maternal health crisis

Introduced by Representative Lauren Underwood (D-IL), Representative Alma Adams (D-NC), and Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ).

Background

The United States has the highest maternal mortality rate of any high-income country and significant disparities in outcomes, and since the pandemic, this crisis is getting worse. But there is hope: the data show that 80% of America’s maternal deaths can be prevented, and that’s what the Momnibus Act is designed to do.

The Momnibus takes action through historic investments that address every driver of maternal mortality, morbidity, and disparities in the United States. It is the only legislation in Congress that will comprehensively address America’s maternal health crisis and save moms’ lives. Since 2023, the Caucus has enacted over $200 million in Momnibus funding through the federal appropriations process.

For more information or to add your organization’s endorsement to the list below, please email BlackMaternalHealthCaucus@mail.house.gov.

About the Momnibus

The Momnibus Act is a comprehensive package of 13 individual bills that will:

Make critical investments in social determinants of health that influence maternal health outcomes, like housing, transportation, and nutrition.
Extend WIC eligibility in the postpartum and breastfeeding periods.
Provide funding to community-based organizations that are working to improve maternal health outcomes and promote equity.
Increase funding for programs to improve maternal health care for veterans.
Grow and diversify the perinatal workforce to ensure that every mom in America receives maternal health care and support from people they trust.
Improve data collection processes and quality measures to better understand the causes of the maternal health crisis in the United States and inform solutions to address it.
Support moms with maternal mental health conditions and substance use disorders.
Improve maternal health care and support for incarcerated moms.
Invest in digital tools to improve maternal health outcomes in underserved areas.
Promote innovative payment models to incentivize high-quality maternity care and non-clinical support during and after pregnancy.
Invest in federal programs to address maternal and infant health risks during public health emergencies.
Invest in community-based initiatives to reduce levels of and exposure to climate change-related risks for moms and babies.
Promote maternal vaccinations to protect the health of moms and babies.

Click HERE for a printable one-pager on the bill.

Cosponsors

Click HERE for the current list of House cosponsors and HERE for the current list of Senate cosponsors.

Endorsements

Click HERE for a list of quotes in support of the Momnibus. The Momnibus is endorsed by the following organizations (to add your organization, email BlackMaternalHealthCaucus@mail.house.gov):

American Association for Psychoanalysis in Clinical Social Work 
American Association of Birth Centers 
A Better Balance 
Abide Women's Health Services  
ACA Consumer Advocacy 
Advocate Aurora Health
African American Breastfeeding Network 
African Heritage Physician Assistant Caucus 
AfterBirth LLC
Alliance for Black NICU Families 
Alliance for Nurses for Healthy Environments
Alliance for the Implementation of Clinical Practice Guidelines
Alliance of Black NICU Families
Alliance to End Hunger 
American Academy of Family Physicians 
American Academy of Nursing 
American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy 
American Association of Colleges of Nursing 
American Association of Nurse Practitioners 
American Association of Suicidology
American Association of Suicidology 
American College of Nurse-Midwives 
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists 
American Federation of Teachers
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention 
American Heart Association 
American Initiatives for Military Support
American Muslim Health Professionals 
American Nurses Association 
American Organization for Nursing Leadership
American Psychological Association 
American Public Health Association 
American Telemedicine Association 
America's Essential Hospitals
America's Health Insurance Plans
Ancient Song Doula Services
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Antelope Valley Hospital WIC Program
Anthem, Inc.
Anxiety and Depression Association of America 
Arika Trim Foundation 
Arkansas Birthing Project
Asian and Pacific Islander American Health Forum
Association of Black Cardiologists 
Association of Black Women Physicians 
Association of Community Health Nursing Educators (ACHNE) 
Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs 
Association of Physician Associates in Obstetrics and Gynecology 
Association of State Public Health Nutritionists (ASPHN) 
Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses
Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN)
Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America
ATA Action (American Telemedicine Association)
Baby Cafe USA 
Babyscripts 
Bayard Rustin Liberation Initiative 
Big Cities Health Coalition 
Birth Future Foundation
Birth Supporters United, LLC
Birthing Beautiful Communities 
Black Birth Justice, Inc. 
Black Mamas ATX
Black Mamas Matter Alliance, Inc. (BMMA) 
Black Mothers Breastfeeding Association 
Black Women Birthing Justice, Inc 
Black Women for Wellness Action Project
Blactavist
Bloom Maternal Health 
Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) 
Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) 
Blue Shield of California 
Bobbie 
Boston Medical Center 
Breastfeed Durham 
Breastfeeding Family Friendly Communities 
BreastfeedLA 
California Breastfeeding Coalition 
California Nurse-Midwives Association
Catholic Health Association of the United States 
Catholics for Choice 
Center for American Progress 
Center for Black Women's Wellness
Center for Health Equity Transformation, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) 
Center for Reproductive Rights 
Centering Healthcare Institute
Champaign County Health Care Consumers 
Childbirth and Postpartum Professional Association (CAPPA)
Childbirth Survival International
Children's Defense Fund
Children's Health Fund 
Children's HealthWatch
Cityblock Health 
Commission for the Accreditation of Birth Centers (CABC)
Commonsense Childbirth Inc. 
Community Catalyst 
CVS Health
Deans' Nursing Policy Coalition 
Dem Black Mamas Podcast
Department of OBGYN at Penn Medicine
Disabled American Veterans (DAV)
Diversity Uplifts, Inc. 
DONA International 
Doula Philosophy
Dr. Shalon's Maternal Action Project 
DrChelleMD
EcoMadres 
El Jardin Birth & Family
Empowering Pacific Islander Communities (EPIC)
Equitable Maternal Health Coalition 
EverThrive Illinois 
Every Body Texas
Every Mother Counts 
Expecting Health
Families USA 
Fayetteville Police Accountability Community Taskforce
Federation of American Hospitals 
Fertile Ground Foundation
Fibroid Foundation 
First Focus Campaign for Children 
Flourishing Families, Inc.
Futures Without Violence 
GA Maternal Fetal Health Alliance 
Glo Preemies
GLO Preemies 
Global Military Lactation Community (formerly Mom2Momm Global)
Glow Birth & Body and The Birth Deck 
Grandmothers for Reproductive Rights (GRR!)
Grow Midwives, LLC 
Growth Mindset Communications
Hackensack Meridian Health 
Happy Family Organics
Harambee Birth and Family Center (HBFC) 
Harambee Village Doulas
Healing Hands Community Doula Project
Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association (HBA)
Health Care Service Corporation
Health Tech for Medicaid (HT4M)
HealthConnect One 
Healthy Birth Day Inc. 
Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies Coalition of Hawai'i
HealthyWomen 
Heluna Health 
Her Hope Behavioral Health LLC
HIMSS (Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society)
Huggies
Hustle Mommies
Illinois Health and Hospital Association
In Our Own Voice: National Black Women's Reproductive Justice Agenda 
Ingram Screening, LLC 
INNERWISDOM, INC
International OCD Foundation 
Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA) 
Irth/Narrative Nation, Inc.
Jacobs Institute of Women's Health
Japanese American Citizens League
Jericho Road Community Health Center
Johnson and Johnson
Just Us Women Productions
Lamaze International 
Let Mommy Sleep
Lifeline for Families Center and Lifeline for Moms Program at UMass Chan Medical School 
Living Well Black 
LOOM
Luna Tierra Birth Center 
Mainline Maternity Care
Majaica 
Malone Center/Malone Maternal Wellness
Mama Glow
Mamatoto Village 
March for Moms Association
March of Dimes 
Mary Amelia Center for Women's Health Equity Research 
Massachusetts Maternal Equity Coalition
Maternal Applications of Technology for Community Health (MATCH) Coalition 
Maternal Mental Health Leadership Alliance 
Maternity Care Coalition 
Melanated Midwife
Melinated Moms 
Melissa Simon, MD, MPH, Director for Health Equity Transformation
Mental Health America 
Michigan Council for Maternal and Child Health 
Mind Body Baby NC
Mindfull-Well, CDC
Minority Veterans of America 
Mississippi Black Women’s Roundtable 
Mom Congress 
Mom.ME. 
Mom2Mom Downers Grove
Momma’s Village Fayetteville 
Moms Clean Air Force 
MomsRising 
Mothering Justice 
Mothers Out Front 
MS Black Women's Roundtbable
NARAL Pro-Choice America 
Narrative Nation Inc. 
National Advocats for Pregnant Women
National Alliance for Hispanic Health
National Alliance on Mental Illness
National Alliance to impact the Social Determinants of Health (NASDOH) 
National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum
National Association for Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors
National Association for Children's Behavioral Health
National Association for Professional and Peer Lactation Supporters of Color (NAPPLSC)
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
National Association of Certified Professional Midwives (NACPM) 
National Association of County and City Health Officials
National Association of County Behavioral Health and Developmental Disability Disorders
National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women’s Health 
National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners 
National Association of School Nurses (NASN)
National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors
National Birth Equity Collaborative
National Black Nurses Association
National Black Women’s HIV/AIDS Network
National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Chicago-Metropolitan Chapter
National Council of Jewish Women
National Diaper Bank Network
National Health Law Program 
National Healthy Start Association 
National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice 
National League for Nursing 
National LGBTQ Task Force
National Medical Association 
National Medical Fellowships, Inc., 
National Organization for Women - Hollywood Chapter 
National Organization for Women 
National Partnership for Women & Families 
National Perinatal Task Force 
National Register of Health Services Psychologists
National Rural Health Association 
National Service Office for Nurse-Family Partnership & Child First
National Student Nurses' Association (NSNA)
National Urban League 
National WIC Association 
National Women's Health Network
National Women's Law Center 
National Organization for Nurse Practitioner Faculties
NC Breastfeeding Coalition 
Nemours Children's Health 
NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice 
New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute 
New Orleans Abortion Fund
North Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence
North Shore Postpartum Help
Northwestern Medicine
Nurse-Family Partnership 
Nurses for America 
Nzuri Doula Services 
Ob Hospitalist Group 
Once Upon a Preemie, Inc  
Orgs That Need to Be Organized Below
PA Education Association 
Pace University 
Partners In Health 
Perinatal Health Equity Initiative
Physician Assistant Education Association 
Planned Parenthood Federation of America
Poppy Seed Health 
Postpartum Health Alliance
Postpartum Support International (PSI) 
Postpartum Support International Alaska Chapter
Power to Decide 
Preeclampsia Foundation
Pregnancy Justice 
Premier Inc.
Prevent Child Abuse America
Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association 
Prolacta Bioscience 
Protect Our Care 
Public Health Advisory Council, Climate Action Campaign
Reach Healthcare - Happy Mama 
Rebirth Birth Initiative
Restoring Our Own Through Transformation
RI International, Inc.
RiskLD 
Roots and River Wellness
Sacramento Maternal Mental Health Collaborative
Salons for Health Education and Access (SHEA) Project
Santa Barbara Women's Political Committee
Sawubona4Life
Seleni Institute
Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
Service Women's Action Network 
Shades of Blue Project 
Sista Girl Birth Initiative
Sista Midwife Productions 
Sister to Sister International, Inc. 
SisterReach Illinois 
SisterReach 
Six Dimensions 
SMART Recovery 
Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine 
Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior 
Society for Public Health Education
Society for Women's Health Research 
Sojourners 
Soul2Soul
Southeast Asia Resource Action Center (SEARAC)
Southern California Community Empowerment Corporation
Star Legacy Foundation 
Star Legacy Foundation 
Sustainable Food Policy Alliance
Teladoc Health, Inc.
The Alliance for Strong Families and Communities
The American Legion
The Arc of the United States 
The B.L.A.C.K Course
The Big Push for Midwives
The Children's Partnership 
The Collaborative 
The Johns Hopkins Women's Mood Disorders Center
The Kennedy Forum 
The National Association to Advance Black Birth
The Psi Epsilon Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. 
The Root Cause Coalition 
The United Methodist Church - General Board of Church and Society 
Third Way 
Thomas for Health Education and Consulting
Trust for America's Health 
U.S. Breastfeeding Committee 
Union for Reform Judaism 
United Against Inequities in Disease 
United Church of Christ Justice and Local Church Ministries 
University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing 
Urban Baby Beginnings 
Urban Mommy Inc 
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (VFW) 
Vitality Wellness Solutions PLLC 
Well Being Trust
What to Expect Project 
Wolomi 
Women of Reform Judaism
Women’s Equity Center and Action Network (WE CAN)
WomenHeart: The National Coalition for Women with Heart Disease
Wounded Warrier Project
ZERO TO THREE 
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated
1,000 Days, an initiative of FHI Solutions
4Kira4Moms