Mothering Asheville's Journey to Sustainability

Greetings CHIP Partners! This is Maggie Adams, Project Manager for Mothering Asheville, taking over the IM Blog here for the time being! We are happy to continue to partner with CHIP to continue to battle systemic barriers women in our community face that keep them from having healthy babies. We have a lot going on: so jump right in!

Clinical Shift

1. Currently working on creating an in-house referral system for women to SistasCaring4Sistas (SC4S)  at MAHEC OB that is easy and becomes a part of OB operations on a consistent in regular basis. Including having process to pull and enter data in EHR (electronic health record) with the help of our MAHEC Admin team!
2. We are also finishing the final drafts of a referral sheet for referrals for SC4S that come from outside of our clinic

Community Capacity Building

1. Mother to Mother (M2M) in Pisgah View Apartments continues to meet on the second Thursday of every month from 6 to 7:30 PM. If you have interest in attending, please see Mother to Mother - Request to Join or if you are interested in getting feedback that anything you or your organization are working on with partnership from the participants of M2M fill out : M2M- Request for Meeting Time.
2. The Back to School Bash, hosted by M2M and Father's Touch was postponed and we are in the process of planning another community event in it's place- please keep your ears and eyes out for more information in upcoming Blog Posts
3. SC4S is continuing to build skills, training, and capacity with the help of Michele Ashley (Couer Conscious Consulting) and Chama Woydak (Homegrown Babies). They recently have taken on new positions to increase the workload that we are hoping to grow by creating new positions. If you have certain questions regarding SC4S and the particular role they will be serving, feel free to email them directly. 
1. Cindy McMillan- Director of Education and Training, cindy.mcmillan@mahec.net
2. Nikita Smart - Director of Operations, nikita.smart@mahec.net
3. Wakina Norris- Director of Mentoring, wakina.norris@mahec.net
4. Sade Mustakem- Director of Hospitality, sade.mustakem@mahec.net

Policy and Environmental Change

1. We have some BIG things going on regarding the possibility of sustaining and creating a pathway for doula reimbursement, to learn more contact Maggie at maggie.adams@mahec.net

Want to get more involved with Mothering Asheville?

1. Sign up to help us plan our upcoming conference at MAHEC based on the Community Centered Health Model - our first planning meeting will be on October 8, 2018 at 9 AM in the Penland Board Room at MAHEC Education
2. We need to help restart the Home Visitors Collaborative - with some turnover in the last few months this group has struggled to sustain. We need someone to help lead this initiative and particularly SC4S needs your organizations help in getting referrals! How can we set up a good system?! email Maggie at maggie.adams@mahec.net
3. Does your organization want to create a way to refer to SC4S, have ideas or need to schedule a meeting to make it easier and to be sure your referrals are being taken. Email Nikita at Nikita.Smart@mahec.net
4. Visit our Google Drive for meeting notes, resources, and more! Mothering Asheville Google Drive