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