ONE BIRTH

25 years of supporting babies & families

2011 Annual Report

For twenty-five years the power of one birth...

Dear Friends, I am both honored and humbled to share HealthConnect Ones 25th Anniversary Celebration with you! I have been part of the HC One family as a breastfeeding peer counselor participant, a Board Member, Board President, supporter and friend. In 25 years, HealthConnect One has served over 7,000 families, created jobs for thousands of community health workers both breastfeeding peer counselors and community-based doulas, and supported thousands of healthier births in Chicago and across the country. These past few years, we have even engaged with women in Chile and Japan. Yet our model one trained woman supporting one pregnant woman during that critical time from pregnancy through early parenting has remained the same. Across the country, hundreds of dedicated women and men are becoming community health workers. Andthe incredible thingweve found the funding to embrace this change the right way: one partnership and one woman at a time. By insisting on bottomup program creation and long-term sustainability, HC One is creating a model capable of improving birth outcomes in an incredibly wide range of at-risk communities. I am continually impressed with HC One and look forward to celebrating 25 years of growth, success and change. Sincerely,

Dear Friends, Watching your baby grow is one of the most satisfying of human experiences. My children have always known that HealthConnect One is my baby too and just like them, this baby has grown beautifully. Over twenty-five years, through two name changes and during times of tremendous expansion, HealthConnect One has been consistent in its mission. The peer-to-peer model is our core: community health workers are our heart. You will see in the pages which follow that these local leaders are now taking the national stage. Their experience as community-based doulas and breastfeeding peer counselors gives them the skills and the leadership to make a difference in this historic moment for maternal and child health. The United States spends more than any other country on health care, yet does not achieve better health outcomes. HC One is poised to catch the rising tide of interest in the role community health workers can play to combat the huge and unforgivable health disparities that exist in the U.S. This distance between someone in need and the care they require can sometimes seem insurmountable. But community health workers are there, providing one-on-one support, and helping underserved communities navigate Americas complex health care environment. HealthConnect One is proud to affect broad policy recommendations by amplifying voices often left unheard in particular, the important voices of community health workers. One by one, we find answers. One community by one community, we help develop strategy. For twenty-five years, the power of one birth again and again has been our strength. We look forward to twenty-five years more, with your support. Sincerely,

Gaylean Woods 25th Anniversary Chair

Rachel Abramson Executive Director

Breastfeeding Peer Counselor Class of 2008 Chicago, IL

Photo Flint Chaney

One Birth
In 1986, the Chicago Breastfeeding Task Force was born. Twenty-five years later, our baby has grown into HealthConnect One, a national agency dedicated to supporting new mothers, babies and families during pregnancy, birth, breastfeeding and early parenting, in some of the nations most underserved communities.

A new life is entering the world and I am there to help.

Tikvah Wadley, trained doula in the original doula pilot and now a full-time staff member with HealthConnect One

1986:The Chicago

Breastfeeding Task Force begins around a kitchen table, with the Health Evaluation and Referral Servive (HERS) as its fiscal agent.

What is remarkable about HealthConnect Ones story is how little we have changed.
OUR VISION is still a world where all families are supported throughout the birth process by a web of community-based care, regardless of income. OUR WORK is still the same: peer support and community leadership, to develop programs, partnerships and systems change based on the strengths and vision of each community. OUR STRATEGY is still driven by the extraordinary health benefits (better birth weight, more breastfeeding, less obesity, fewer c-sections) generated when ONE trained community health worker (breastfeeding peer counselor or doula) supports ONE pregnant woman in her community.

OUR CHALLENGE, unfortunately, has also remained steady: The United States has almost 20,000 newborn deaths each year, ranking 41st globally worse than rates of the Czech Republic, Malaysia and Cuba. [Source: World Health Organization, 2011] Throughout our 25 years, even as weve dramatically expanded our scope and reach, HealthConnect One has kept its focus on one-toone connections.

Then, when our community-based doulas and program supervisors expressed frustration about the funding necessary to sustain their innovative, life-changing programs, we ramped up our advocacy work and secured federal funding for community-based doula programs. When local community health workers came looking for a sponsor for a much-needed network, we became the sponsor for the Chicago Community Health Worker Local Network, which is making great strides in building the field for CHWs in Chicago. While so much about HealthConnect One has remained consistent for 25 years, so much, too, has changed. This has been a powerful year.

Our story is also about trust. Along the way, weve listened
When our breastfeeding peer counselors wanted to give more comprehensive support to new families, HC One explored the doula model, based it in our communities, and supported its growth.

Breastfeeding Task Force offers its first Breastfeeding Peer Counselor Training, which by 1990 evolves into trainings across the Chicagoland area, and a pilot program with Illinois WIC.

1987:The Chicago

1995:The Chicago

Breastfeeding Task Force becomes Chicago Health Connection (CHC).

2000: CHC completes

a four-year pilot of the Chicago Doula Project, and begins replication in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

HC One staff and conference participants on their way to Capitol Hill March 2011

The Power of One Year

In 2010-2011, HealthConnect One gained tremendous momentum, launching a new statewide breastfeeding initiative, and gathering deeper recognition and respect for our community-based doula model nationally.

Breastfeeding Blueprint is typical of HC One. We began by convening a wide range of stakeholders moms who did and did not breastfeed, physicians, nurses, community health workers, researchers who together shared and assessed strengths, needs, and desire for action. Then we crunched the numbers, pieced together the stories, and came back to each group with the data, to ask: Is this right? Are we hearing you? Does this make sense?
Sadie Wych, HC One Project Coordinator

The process of developing the Illinois

2002:CHC hosts its first

networking conference specifically for communitybased doulas. 100 people from 7 states participate.

What is remarkable about HealthConnect Ones story is how much we have changed.
While our vision, work and strategy remain steady, our growth has been exponential. Over the past 25 years, HealthConnect One has transformed from a direct-service agency supporting new families to an organization committed to training trainers, building the capacity of local advocates to gather community support, and guiding the development of new and sustainable programs. Just a few of our accomplishments during the past year include:

our model is affecting change in 82 communities in 28 states. Nine of these sites are piloting our online Doula Data system.

Speaking with One Voice: Advocacy to Sustain Community-based Practices

We secured new federal funding this year to sustain our work as the Community-based Doula Leadership Institute, which involves building support for our model, and training and mentoring six sites in Georgia, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, and Wisconsin. Deepening relationships with federal officials spurred us for the first time to host our National Conference in Washington, DC, and combine it with Advocacy Day. In March 2011, Birth, Breastfeeding and Beyond: Sustaining Community-Based Practices effectively advanced our message and provided the motivation, collaboration and support for community-based practitioners to hold critical face-to-face meetings with legislators and government leaders.

Promoting One Message: Support Breastfeeding Moms

HC One led the charge to create the Illinois Breastfeeding Blueprint, a strategic, researchbased plan for increasing breastfeeding rates and decreasing disparities in the state of Illinois. The Blueprint, developed collaboratively with the Illinois Department of Human Services and the University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health, launched in April of 2011 and has already begun to spark change in hospital practices and statewide policy. To read the full report or to learn about current Blueprint-related activities, please visit www.ilbreastfeedingblueprint.org.

Expanding One Model: Community Based Doula

As of October 2011, we work closely with 44 existing community-based doula sites in 16 states. Including sites currently in development,

2004:CHC develops

and mobilizes the Community-Based Doula Advocacy Network, now a vibrant Network over 400 members strong.

Group films and produces A Doula Story, a documentary following CHC-trained doula Loretha Weisinger. Shown on 43 PBS stations, her story touches many hearts. Zero to Three Press publishes The Community-Based Doula: Supporting Families Before, During and After Childbirth, a result of collaboration among CHC staff and supporters.

2005 and 2006:The Kindling

2007:The Chicago

Community Health Workers Local Network receives its first funding and CHC becomes the Networks fiscal agent and mentor.

Local leaders from BirthMatters in Spartanburg, SC share their commitment to breastfeeding.

Photo Sandy Schaeffer

Local Leaders Take National Stage

Inspiring individuals move this work forward one by one, day by day, expanding their wisdom, their talent, their skills and their reach.
2008:The very first federal funding

HealthConnect One helped me become more

confident about promoting breastfeeding in the community. I was able to bond with the other women. I was able to relate to the women of HealthConnect One in a way I never thought I would. I learned how to be affirmative and approachable. I feel that HealthConnect One has helped me grow as a Breastfeeding Peer Counselor and a breastfeeding mother.
Brittany Fells-Robinson, Breastfeeding Peer Counselor Class of 2009

stream dedicated to communitybased doula programs is established after years of tireless advocacy by HC Ones National Doula Advocacy Network. Awards are made via a competitive grants process through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services/ Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).

Here are just a few of our local leaders.

Wandy Hernandez, HC One Program Director, began working with Alivio Medical Center in 1993, promoting breastfeeding in their waiting room. Soon, she became a community-based doula and eventually trained community-based doulas on behalf of HC One. Every day now, she mentors and supports community-based doulas and other Community Health Workers (CHWs) in relating to clients, interpreting policy, and gathering any continuing education necessary to sustain their agencies CHW programs. In 2011, she was voted in as Chair-Elect for the CHW Section of the American Public Health Association. Loretha Weisinger, a community-based doula from the original Chicago pilot in the late 90s, was later featured in the documentary, A Doula Story: On the Front Lines of Teen Pregnancy. Moved by the film and the power of doulas, Nurse Midwife Rieko Kishi invited Loretha to Japan to speak about the impact of community-based doulas on new families and to support efforts to spread the doula model there. Now, while continuing as a doula for new families on the west side of Chicago, Loretha is part of a team helping policymakers, program administrators and researchers find the words to describe what makes this model so successful.
2008:Having worked outside
the boundaries of Chicago for years, Chicago Health Connection changes its name to HealthConnect One.

Laura Bahena, Chicago Community Health Worker (CHW) Local Network Coordinator worked for years advocating with and for people with disabilities, and over time, she added other health topics to her repertoire including poison prevention and breast cancer. She joined the Chicago CHW Local Network in 2008, helping to shape their vision, expand their membership base, and solidify partnerships throughout Illinois. A year later, she took a leap of faith and joined the HC One team as Network Coordinator and now in 2011 serves as co-chair for the National Steering Committee for Promotores de Salud, established by the U.S. DHHS Office of Minority Health as part of the Affordable Care Act. Hanifah Rios first learned about HC One from her midwife. In 2001, she participated in HC Ones first community-based doula training in Atlanta, and soon joined Families First as a bilingual family support worker, providing support services to first time mothers. When the Georgia Campaign Against Pregnancy Prevention (G-CAPP) solicited Families First to manage the Atlanta Community-Based Doula Project, Hanifah began her own campaign to become the doulas Doula. Now in 2011, Hanifah serves as Program Manager.

When she was first asked to call her Representatives in 2006 and talk about program outcomes, she felt uncertain. She wasnt the only one. Legislative advocacy was new for most of the communitybased doulas in HealthConnect Ones network. Hanifah continued to listen. She stayed connected to community-based doulas in other states through HC Ones network and ultimately realized that if she didnt tell her story, no one would hear it. She picked up the phone. She began sending emails to her Representatives. She became an advocate, one story at a time. People often judge teen moms harshly, she explains, and her goal with each story, or each conversation, is to bring them to life so people can see them not as pregnant teens, but as young women who would soon become mothers, mothers who need the same support, even more, as any new mother would. That intimidation phase doesnt always go away my hands may get sweaty, my body temperature may rise, but I still push forward. These people are not superhuman folks. Theyre human folks. Theyre supposed to be representing us and they cant do that if we dont start sharing our stories.

2010:HC One begins a series

of community forums on breastfeeding, engaging breastfeeding advocates at all levels new moms, seasoned program staff, physicians, and everyone in between leading to the development of an Illinois Breastfeeding Blueprint, launched in Spring 2011.

2011:HC One supports

44 community-based doula replication sites in 16 states, with more than 39 community sites in various stages of preparation or replication. Doula Data is piloted by 9 of these replication sites.

HealthConnect One Support

Corporate Supporters
Anonymous Baxter Employee Giving Campaign Careers in Nonprofits, Inc. Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Gail L. Mathews & Associates LLC GE Foundation Matching Gift Program Google Employee Giving Program Mommy Necklaces Inc. McAlpine Consulting for Growth Navistar, Inc Organic Bouquet Inc. Platypus Media Sanofi Aventis Matching Gift Program Troopzilla Wellsprings Health Associates Washington Post Company Matching Gift Program U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Maternal and Child Health Bureau U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Womens Health, Region V Michael Brown Arianne Burger Matthew Butkus Karen Callahan Georgann Cattelona Flint Chaney Mary Noel Chavez Mardge Cohen and Gordon Schiff Howard and Judith Cohen Lauren Cohen Sheri Cohen Dolores Connolly and Dan Casey Meredith Cook Heather Cooley Julio Cotto Goldie and Morton Cowen Sidney Dang Suzanne Davenport Emma Davis Roupen Demirdjian Olivia Diaz Helen and Ruben Dimas Rachel Dimas Mike Dobias Julie Dorfman and Jerry Herst Donna Grant Dorsey Nehama Dresner MD Lori and Monte Dube Kristy Dunton Luisa Ellenbogen and David Gass Israel Espinosa Harper Essenfeld Maribel Lopez Janine Marie and Bobak Farzin Miriam and Mordecai Feinberg Jacob Feinspan Elizabeth Feldman & Jay Schefsky Rosalba Felix John Ferguson Angela Forfia Dean and Kristin Foster Becky J. Frederick Brigitte Frett Donna Frett Sloane Frost Stephanie Gaines Raul Garcia Harold Gershenson and Naomi Kistin

Individual Supporters
Anonymous David Abramson Alice Abramson Ruth Abramson and James Lewis Rachel Abramson and Bill Dolnick Darcy Alamuddin Andrea and Danny Alpert Susan Altfeld and Lee Gorsky Doanny Alva Nancy Alvarez Alan Amberg Theresa Anasti David Anyadike Gail Apfel Bridget Arimond and Bruce Scheff Judith Aronson and Marc Hilton Stacey Austin Kathryn Auerbach Laura Bahena Rosemary Baldwin and Bill Hayward Nicolas Banda Jessica Barnes Katei Baron William and Donna Barrows Venoncia Bate Naomi Bayer and Stuart Brandhandler Aliza Becker Andrew Bertell Richard Bertucco Jenafer Birne Daniel Block Bobbie and Ken Boardman Elizabeth Bowen Anne Bowhay & Jeff Hanneman Jason Bozonelos and Kevin Oldenstat Goldie and David Brandhandler Nicholas Brazis Carolyn Bricklin Karen and Don Brodsky

Foundation Supporters
Anonymous Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois Foundation Chicago Community Trust The Lloyd A. Fry Foundation Healthcare Foundation of Northern Lake County Hirsch-Schwartz Foundation The Irving Harris Foundation Polk Bros. Foundation Pritzker Early Childhood Foundation Rosetta W. Harris Charitable Trust The Field Foundation of Illinois VNA Foundation

Government Supporters
Consortium to Lower Obesity in Chicagos Children (CLOCC), Childrens Memorial Hospital Communities Putting Prevention to Work Initiative Georgia Women Infants and Children (WIC) Program Illinois Department of Human Services Public Health Institute of Metropolitan Chicago (PHIMC) Communities Putting Prevention to Work Initiative

Sheri Gibson Phyllis and Ian Harris Elena Grossman Rosa Guitierrez Lawrence Hamilton Janessa Handschiegel Nurys Harrigan Emma Heemskerk Maria Held Laura Held Joann Held Allison and Neil Hellegers Vanessa Herman Wandy Hernandez Eva Hernandez-Thomas and Paul Thomas Lauren Herpe Linda Ianuzi Hess Beth Horwitz John Hudzik and Lindsay Gladstone Steven V. Hunter Beth and Andrew Isaacs Talibah Johnson Lauren Johnson Brian and Natasha Jones Kathryn Judd Kenneth and Rosalie Kadis Joanne Kalnitz and Marshall Sorkin Laura Kaufman and David Levine Robert Kemp Sarah Kerch Beth Kettelkamp Useme Khusbu Haila Kimball Rieko Kishi Doug Knuth Jon Korfmacher Emily Kropp Frank Kurland Brian and Susie LaDuca Tina Lane Lydia Lazar Kathleen and Miles Lee Ramona Lewis Daniel Lieberman & Suzanne Fenton Doug Lingo Linda Lipton and Steven Lubet Maryanne and Floyd Locklin Susana Lopatka Ian MacAllen Wendy Manasse and David Wiese

Sara Manewith McKendry Marano Lindsey Marano Kathi Marshall Gail Mathews Roseanne Maurici Jeretha McKinley and Herreece Fields Ellen and Ed McManus Sibyl Medie Joshua Meyer Barbara and Norman Miller Bertha Mitchell-Smith and Barbara Mitchell-Guy Kathryn Montgomery Shahari Moore Dr. Marilisa Morea Megan Moriarty David Moyer Germaine and Brian Mulhern Martha Mulligan and Johan Tabora Eileen and Timothy Murphy Stephen and Mary Murray Leslie Nagler Frances Nance Nancy Oda Mel and Rita Ogrin Rima Ogrin Eileen and Barry Ogrin Cindy Ogrin and Greg Concodora Susan J. Oliver Andrea Osterkorn K. Elise and George Packard Katherine Patton Kathleen Peddicord and Ronald Weiss Beth Pellettieri and Sam Hudzik Saleem Penny Hasha Perman Michael Peshkin and Laurie Kahn Edward M. Peterson Susan Elizabeth Phillips RoiAnn Phillips and Kelly Fondow Michael Presser and Miriam Socoloff Deborah Rabeor Alix Reisinger Mary Rose Reiter Laura Rodriguez Ronit and Ben Rose Martha and James Roseen Sharon Rossmark Bonnie Fry Rothman Robert Ruthardt

Gloria Rutues Lauren Samet Marsha and Dandy Sanders Paul Sanders Yanett Sandoval Jo Ann Saringer Margie Schaps and Jack Doppelt Stephen and Marian Schiffer Matthew and Sara Schiffer Leo Schlosberg and Maralee Gordon Amy Schuman and Larry Stoler Ellen Schumer Claudinette Schwartz Tamiko Scott Ruth Seidner Manuel Serrato Sarah and Manuel Serrato Joseph Shapiro Carolyn Sharaway Ari Shaw Robert Rubenstein Susan and Robert Sholtes Shaina Simenas Penny Simkin Lisa May Simpson Manish and Tracey Singh Rebecca Sive Kristy Skerrett Ann Marie Skrzekut Aimee Skrzekut Andrew and Meredith Slater Amy Slattery Michael Slutsky and Susan Agate Paula and Charles Small David Marc Small Jenny Small Mairita Smiltars Jessie Solomon-Greenbaum Tom Spees Laurel Spindel Laurie Steadman Elana Stern and Mark Juster Julie Stevenson and Tom Meyer Suzanne and Earl Strassberger Debra Stulberg Terrill Stumpf Graciela Suarez Karen Tan Jennifer Tani Nicholas Taylor and Daniel Langley

Judy Teibloom-Mishkin and Lawrence Mishkin Kasandra and Adam Tenbarge Judith Thierry Julie Tilson Stanley John Tingley and Evelyn Asch Matthew Topham Johnny Tyler Azucena Urbina Liliana Velazquez Grant Vitale Eugene Wagendorf III Marcia Weinstein Sarah Weisz Barbara Williams Kim and Robert Wilschek Catherine Wilson Mac Wingo-Grambauer Judith G. Wisnia Avi Wisnia Jane Witheridge Gaylean Woods Sadie Wych Carmen Wyttenbach Erica Young Sharon and Sheldon Yusim Mark and Margie Zivin Cheryl Zminda & Kevin Davey

Sprinkles Cupcakes Teatro Vista, Theater with a View Teething Bling by Smart Mom Jewelry The Motel Bar Trader Joes, Chicago ZED451 Restaurant, Chicago

Community Supporters & Partners

Access Community Health Network, Chicago, IL Access Kling Clinic, Chicago, IL Advocate Health Care, Chicago, IL Ahavah House & Institute, Inc., NJ Alabama WIC Program, AL Alivio Medical Center, Chicago, IL Alliance for Research in Chicagoland Communities (ARCC) American Institute of New Health, NY Baltimore Healthy Start, MD Berkeley Department of Public Health, CA The Birth Lounge, HI Birthing Hands of DC BirthMatters, ReGenesis Health Center, Spartanburg, SC Bloomington Area Birth Services, IN Brooklyn Young Mothers Collective, NY Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada, NV Center for Black Womens Wellness, Atlanta, GA Chicago Partnership for Public Health, IL Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning, IL Chicago State Universitys Neighborhood Assistance Program, IL Chicago Urban League, IL Christopher House, Chicago, IL East Liberty Family Health Care Center, Pittsburgh, PA Emory University, GA Families First, Atlanta, GA Families First of Palm Beach, FL Family Health and Birth Center, Washington, DC Family Service Agency of San Francisco, CA Fort Worth Dallas Birthing Project, TX Friend Family Health Center, Chicago, IL Gateway Northwest Maternal and Child Health Network, NJ

In-Kind Supporters
Ameda Breastfeeding Products CorePower Yoga, Oak Park, River Forest Baby Gooroo Beam Global Spirits & Wine, Inc. C. Benton Lenz, artist Cafe Absinthe Clear Channel Radio Chicago Flat Top Grill, Oak Park Flirty Girl Fitness Fullline Printing, Inc. Handstand Kids Cookbooks Ja Grill Restaurant Koval Distillery Lettuce Entertain You Restaurants Mommy Necklaces Piece Designs PopChips! Pompei Little Italy Restaurants SoReal Natural Bath and Beauty Salsa Nieto Smitten Boutique

Georgia Campaign for Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention, GA Georgia WIC Program, GA Grady Health System, GA Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council, Inc., Lac Du Flambeau, WI Greater Philadelphia Health Action, Pennsylvania, PA Green River Doula Network, Montgomery, MA Health and Medicine Policy Research Group, IL Healthcare Consortium of Illinois Healthy Family Initiatives, Houston, TX Healthy House within a MATCH Coalition, Merced, CA Healthy Origins, MD Healthy Teen Network, Washington, DC Heart of Georgia Healthy Start, Dublin, GA Houston Birthing Connection, TX Illinois Department of Human Services, IL Illinois Department of Public Health, IL Illinois Maternal and Child Health Coalition, IL Illinois WIC Program, IL Indiana Perinatal Network, IN Infant-Toddler Development, Minneapolis, MN Lambda Legal Mama Community Health Project, NC Mammalia, Valparaiso, Chile March of Dimes, Chicago, IL Marillac Social Center, Chicago, IL Marys Center for Maternal and Child Care, Washington, DC Maternal Infant Health Outreach Worker Program Maternity Care Coalition, Philadelphia, PA Mercy Hospital and Medical Center, Chicago, IL Metropolitan Family Services Agency, San Francisco, CA Migrant Health Promotion, Weslaco, TX and Saline, MI Mile Square Health Center, Chicago, IL Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe, Onamia, MN MOM Project, Healthy Families, IN

More than Midwives, Oregon, WI Mount Sinai Hospital, Chicago, IL New Mexico Community Health Workers Association, Albuquerque, NM North Carolina WIC, NC Open Arms Perinatal Services, Seattle, WA Pacific Area for Labor Support, Seattle, WA PCC Community Wellness Center, Chicago, IL Prentice Ambulatory Care (PAC) Clinic, IL Queen of Peace Center, St. Louis, MO Rock-Walworth Comprehensive Family Services, Inc. / Early Head Start, Beloit, WI Rocky Mountain Tribal Council, MT SIDS Foundation of Illinois, IL South Bay Center for Counseling, El Segundo, CA John H. Stroger Hospital of Cook County Perinatal Center, IL TCA Health, Inc., Chicago, IL Tewa Women United, Espanola, NM The Haven Peer Support Doula Project, Denver, CO The Institute for Transfusion Medicine, IL The Phoenix Birthing Project, AZ True to Life Foundation, Chicago, IL University of Chicago, IL University of Colorado Harris Community-Based Doula Training Program, CO University of Illinois at Chicago, IL University of Minnesota Irving B. Harris Training Center for Infant-Toddler Development, Minneapolis, MN West Side Future YMCA, Chicago, IL Westside Association for Community Action, Chicago, IL Westside Health Authority, Chicago, IL Womens Auxiliary of John H. Stroger Hospital of Cook County Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation, Bethel, AK YWCA of Greensboro, NC Zero to Three Press, Washington, DC

HealthConnect One Team

Board of Directors
Stacey Austin, Partner, Wang Kobayashi Austin, LLC Donna Grant Dorsey, Vice President, Human Resources, Navistar Israel Espinosa, Assistant Professor, Department of Counselor Education Concordia University Chicago Stephanie Gaines, Senior Attorney, Walgreens Co. Steven V. Hunter, Partner, Quarles & Brady LLC Lydia Lazar, Associate Dean, Recruitment and Career Development, University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy Kathryn Montgomery, Director, Medical Humanities and Bioethics Program, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Sibyl Medie, Senior Policy Analyst, American Medical Association Susan J. Oliver, Adjunct Counsel, Ter Molen Watkins & Brandt Mary Rose Reiter, Partner, Deloitte - Chicago Aimee Skrzekut, Director of Programs, Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance David Marc Small, Program Officer, Center for Healthcare Strategies, Inc. Kim Wilschek, RN, CCE, Owner, Chicago Pregnancy and Chicago CPR Gaylean Woods, President, Woods Consulting Services Claire Dunham, Senior Vice President, Ounce of Prevention Fund Michael Fraser, CEO, Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs Angela Girgenti, Ex-Officio, Womens Health Coordinator, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office on Womens Health - Region VI Phyllis Glink, Executive Director, Irving Harris Foundation Kathryn Hall-Trujillo, Director, Birthing Project USA Arden Handler, Professor, UIC School of Public Health Maternal and Child Health Program Angela Hayes-Toliver: Senior Project Officer, HRSA/ MCHB/ Division of Healthy Start and Perinatal Services Michelle Hoersch, Ex-Officio, Womens Health Coordinator, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office on Womens Health Region V LaLaKesha Holmes-Allen, Doula Lisa King, Ex-Officio, Womens Health Specialist, HRSA/MCHB/Division of Healthy Start and Perinatal Services Rieko Kishi, RN, NM, PHDc Benita Miller, Executive Director, Brooklyn Young Mothers Collective Ellen Pliska, Senior Analyst, Maternal and Child Health Policy, ASTHO Rise Ross Ratney, Project Director, Northwest Indiana Healthy Start Alma Roberts, President/CEO, Baltimore Healthy Start, Inc. Margie Schaps, Executive Director, Health and Medicine Policy Research Group Molly Schlife, Project Coordinator, City MatCH Glendean Sisk, Ex-Officio, Interim Title V, Bureau of Infant and Maternal Health, IDHS Myrtis Sullivan, Ex-Officio Margaret Turner, Director, Heart of Georgia Healthy Start Beverly Wright, Team Leader, Healthy Start Branch, HRSA/MCHB/Division of Healthy Start and Perinatal Services

HealthConnect One Staff

Rachel Abramson, RN, MS, IBCLC, Executive Director Helen Dimas, CLC, LSP, Project Coordinator Melanie Garrett, LCSW, Early Childhood Fellow Wandy Hernandez, AA, CD (DONA), CLC, CCE, Program Director Sarah Kerch, BS, Data Coordinator Jeretha McKinley, BA, CLC, National Program Director Stephen Murray, Office Manager Cindy Ogrin, Development Director RoiAnn Phillips, Communications Manager Brenda Reyes, CLC, Project Coordinator Tikvah Wadley, AAS, Project Coordinator Sadie Wych, MPH, Project Coordinator

Chicago CHW Local Network Staff

Laura Bahena, CHW, CNA, CHW Local Network Coordinator Alfredo Lopez, CHW Local Network Organizer

National Community-Based Doula Leadership Institute Advisory Board

Sheila Capestany, Executive Director, Open Arms Perinatal Services Jessica Carda-Auten, Director of Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health, Injury and Violence Prevention, National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) Georgann Cattelona, Executive Director, Bloomington Area Birth Services

Please visit www.healthconnectone.org to view HC Ones Consultants and Associate Board members.

Financials
In 1988, just two years after the Chicago Breastfeeding Task Force was established, Board Members and staff planned a Benefit that raised over $1,000. Today, in 2011, with a budget of over $1,000,000, we are so pleased that most of the individuals attending our first fundraiser are still giving their time and financial support to HealthConnect One!

Fiscal Year 2011

In 25 years, HealthConnect One has become a $1.3 Million national organization. In FY2011, we not only raised more money than ever before, but we diversified our sources of funding and decreased overhead costs, allocating more revenue directly to programs. July 1, 2010 June 30, 2011: $1,356,976
39% 1% 4% 4% 86% 10%

Sources of Funding
Foundation Corporate Individual Government Other/In-Kind 39% 1% 4% 42% 5% 9% 42% 5%

How Funds were Used

Program Management Fundraising 86% 4% 10%

Fee for Service 9%

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