What We Do

We remove the barriers between a mom and a healthy start.

Three programs, one goal: making sure income never stands between an Arlington mother and the care, supplies and support she and her baby need.

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Pillar One

Access to Prenatal Care

Transportation, telemedicine, monitoring and healthcare partnerships that help women receive consistent prenatal care.

Real examples of this work

VHC Telemedicine Program

From 2017 to 2020, we funded remote prenatal monitoring for high-risk pregnant women at Virginia Hospital Center's Outpatient Clinic — a program so successful it expanded to all pregnant patients.

300+ women served61% fewer NICU admissions25% fewer C-sections

OB Connect

In 2021–22 we piloted remote "Continuing Care Visits" by secure video, pairing each expectant mother with dedicated care nursing throughout her pregnancy at VHC.

Well-Child Visits

Because a healthy start doesn't end at delivery, we've funded newborn checkups for families who couldn't otherwise afford them.

200+ visits funded
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Pillar Two

Help Moms Bring Baby Home Safely

Car seats, Pack 'n Plays, breastfeeding supplies, diapers and essential newborn resources.

Real examples of this work

The Nursery Project

Launched during the pandemic, the Nursery Project supplies newborn essentials — promoting safe sleep and breastfeeding while distributing car seats, portable cribs, diapers, strollers and baby books to families who need them.

50+ car seats since 2020

Breastfeeding Starter Kits

New moms leave the hospital with the supplies and resources to feed their babies with confidence from day one.

Why it matters

Hospitals can't discharge a newborn without a car seat. For a family already stretched thin, that one requirement can stand between a mother and bringing her baby home.

35%

of mothers surveyed in 2022 struggled to obtain basic baby supplies — including the car seat they're required to have just to leave the hospital.

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Pillar Three

Invest in Better Maternal Health

Partnerships, innovative programs and research aimed at reducing barriers for economically vulnerable mothers.

Real examples of this work

VHC Health Partnership

Our longest-running collaboration has taken ideas from pilot to standard practice — the telemedicine program we funded for high-risk patients proved so effective that VHC expanded it to every expectant mother.

Pilot → hospital-wide practice

Community Grantmaking

We partner with and fund local organizations that expand maternal care during and after pregnancy, keeping every dollar working in Arlington and Northern Virginia.

Education & Classes

From mommy-and-me classes to nursing education, we invest in the knowledge and confidence that help mothers thrive — not just get by.

This work runs on community support.

Every program above exists because someone in Arlington decided a mom they'd never met deserved a healthy start.

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