Buffalo Prenatal-Perinatal Network

The volume of services provided by the bppn staff (of 46) was especially impressive this past year as we surpassed 1,200 for the number of clients served through our 4 program areas. We are proud that bppn continues to be recognized as a strong and successful organization and for our programs and staff. Our mission remains: Buffalo prenatal perinatal Network is dedicated to promoting health equity and honoring the dignity of all women, fathers, and families by providing educational information, empowering support, advocacy, and emphasizing connection to community resources and services in wny. We focus on reducing outcomes infant mortality and morbidity, improving pregnancy and birth outcomes, and promoting and supporting families. During the past year ending september 30, 2022 we accomplished the following:- our community health workers helped 250 women find a provider or other health supportive professionals, identify family planning options and providers, find housing, set and achieve goals, providing education on pregnancy, parenting, and child development. Our program worked closely with the community foundation of greater Buffalo on housing and lead issues. We also initiated a new consumer advisory board comprised of current and program graduates.- our healthy families program cared for 500 families. They provided in home parenting and child development education along with prevention of child abuse and neglect and assisted clients with self-sufficiency, including returning to employment or school.- go Buffalo mom provides transportation navigators in the birthing hospitals prenatal clinics. The navigators work with mothers to ensure they can attend their prenatal visits to assist with a healthy birth outcome. This program worked with over 100 women this year.- our fatherhood initiative worked with 400 fathers through our nuturing fathers initiative. They continue to offer the financial peace budgeting course as well as mentoring young men of color through ecc and nccc.- our go Buffalo mom program continues to work at the prenatal clinics of the 2 major health care systems to assist women with transportation to their prenatal appointments, etc. Our agency continues to rely on government and foundation grants to provide primary support for our programs. This year, more than ever before, community support has been essential for our sustainability, and we are so very grateful for the numerous examples of community support over this past year.our board of directors and administration staff remain committed to ensuring program effectiveness, organizational efficiency, and integrity, as well as ensuring financial sustainability. Within each focus area, strategies include enhancing partnerships and establishing new relationships as we know no single agency or provider can improve community and family/individual health alone. Visit our website: www.bppn.org for more information about our programs and to access our annual report.