Press Releases
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Representatives Alma Adams (D-NC-12) and Lauren Underwood (D-IL-14), along with U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), introduced the bicameral resolution recognizing April 11 through April 17 as Black Maternal Health Week. This resolution serves to bring national attention to the maternal health crisis in the United States and the critical need to reduce maternal mortality and morbidity rates among Black mothers.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) announced $18 million in grant funding requested by the Black Maternal Health Caucus.
WASHINGTON – This week, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced the final winners of the Connecting the Community for Maternal Health Challenge.
Today, Representative Lauren Underwood (IL-14), in collaboration with Representative Alma Adams (NC-12), announced the agenda and speakers for the 2024 Black Maternal Health Caucus (BMHC) Stakeholder Summit in Joliet, IL, taking place on Monday, August 26, 2024.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) announced $15 million in investments over the next four years to strengthen care, improve maternal health, and reduce disparities in rural communities.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has announced two additional Maternal Health Research Centers of Excellence funded through NIH IMPROVE, (Implementing a Maternal health and Pregnancy Outcomes Vision for Everyone), thanks to funding secured by the Black Maternal Health Caucus (BMHC) through the federal appropriations process.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Representative Lauren Underwood (IL-14) announced that the Black Maternal Health Caucus 2024 Stakeholder Summit will be held in Joliet, IL on Monday, August 26, 2024.
WASHINGTON D.C. – In a hearing on May 2nd, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) highlighted the ongoing maternal health crisis and the critical need to address the severe shortage of minority health care professionals. The hearing brought to light the alarming statistics surrounding maternal mortality and morbidity in the United States, and Senators emphasized their bipartisan commitment to comprehensively addressing the maternal health crisis.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Laphonza Butler (D-Calif.) and Katie Britt (R-Ala.) introduced the NIH IMPROVE Act, the Senate companion to Representative Lauren Underwood’s (D-IL) and Brian Fitzpatrick’s (R-PA) House bill, which would ensure continued funding for research on the maternal care and mortality crisis happening in the U.S.
WASHINGTON – Today, Black Maternal Health Caucus (BMHC) Co-Chairs Alma Adams (NC-12) and Lauren Underwood (IL-14) released the following statement after President Biden signed critical maternal health priorities into law as part of the bipartisan Consolidated Appropriations Act and Further Consolidated Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2024. Over $100 million for BMHC priorities and key Momnibus funding has been included in this law.