The University of Maryland Schools of Medicine and Social Work Promise Heights are the lead agencies in the communities of Upton and Druid Heights and Greater Mondawmin. This initiative is composed of Resource Parents (Certified Community Health Workers) and peer leaders from the communities we serve, under the direction of the Clinical Instructor and Director. Our Community Collaborative of ten partner organizations meets monthly to identify needs in the community, promote referrals among partners, and share the recommendations from the Fetal-Infant Mortality Review. We also convene a wider meeting of the Neighborhood Action Team that brings together residents, partner organizations, and others to rally around a common action, community initiative or legislation.

 

Based in Payne Memorial African Episcopal Methodist Church Nimrod Building, BHB/UDH works with many partners who together provide a network of resources for pregnant and postpartum women and their families. Our Resource Parents provide evidence-based and evidence-informed services that build upon the strengths of the family to ensure positive birth and early parenting experiences. They offer regularly scheduled programs to provide education and support around pregnancy, parenting, and breastfeeding. They use a two generational approach in educating expectant parents and other caregivers about safe sleep, smoking cessation, breastfeeding, and reproductive health. A Resource Dad, who is based in Frederick Douglass High School in Mondawmin, leads the father engagement component. All programming strives to address the social determinants of health, adverse childhood experiences, and adverse community exposures and to disrupt structural inequities. 

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Members of the U/DH BHB Team and the Collaborative serve on a number of BHB Coalitions, the Core Implementation Team, and the Fetal and Infant Mortality Review.