Maternal & Family Health Services

The Trump administration's scrutiny of federal funding keeps hitting home. A freeze on federal funding for a reproductive health program has left Maternal and Family Health Services struggling to continue serving Pennsylvania.

The Trump administration froze Title X funding, leaving a grant half-paid to Maternal and Family Health Services. The organization may not be able to pay its subgrantees, such as Planned Parenthood Keystone, as it waits for money that might not come.

The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture notified local governments and agencies last week that the federal government is holding back money appropriated for the vouchers, which means fewer recipients will get vouchers and their distribution has been delayed.

Rep. Bridget Kosierowski organized town hall about future of Medicaid and Medicare during President Trump's second term.

Maternal and Family Health Services (MFHS) is leading a regional maternal health coalition that will aim to identify gaps in maternal healthcare and implement tangible solutions over three years.

Fifty years ago Pennsylvania introduced WIC, a federal program to help at-risk mothers and their children. Since then the program has helped millions of mothers and children not just in the Keystone State but across the country. Maternal and Family Health Services has provided the program in the region since it began five decades ago.