Buffalo Prenatal-Perinatal Network Inc

COORDINATE PUBLIC EDUCATION WITH RESPECT TO PRENATAL-PERINATAL, PRECONCEPTION, AND POSTNATAL CARE.SPONSOR AND CONDUCT MEETINGS AND LECTURES FOR THE PUBLIC. RECRUIT AND ASSIST LOW INCOME FAMILIES FOR THE PROGRAM.

LIKE MUCH OF THE REST OF THE COUNTRY, THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC CONTINUED TO IMPACT OUR ABILITY TO CARRY OUT SERVICES AND WE HAD TO MODIFY AGENCY OPERATIONS AND SERVICE DELIVERY DURING THE LAST HALF OF THE YEAR. DESPITE RETURNING TO FULL OPERATIONS IN AUGUST 2020, INCLUDING HOME VISITS, WE WERE FORCED TO RETURN TO VIRTUAL VISITS IN NOVEMBER 2020 DUE TO A COVID SPIKE IN ERIE COUNTY AND DID NOT RETURN TO IN-PERSON VISITS UNTIL MARCH 2021. A HUGE THANK YOU TO THE BPPN STAFF FOR THEIR UNTIRING DEDICATION TO THEIR WORK AND THE SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE THEY PROVIDE TO INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES EACH AND EVERY DAY. THE PANDEMIC HAS HAD A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON OUR AGENCY, MODIFYING AND/OR DELAYING SOME SERVICES AND CONVERSION OF OUR MAJOR FUNDRAISING EVENT, GREAT BABY BEGINNINGS TO A VIRTUAL PLATFORM. WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL AND ELATED TO SHARE THAT WHEN THE MAJORITY OF LOCAL BUISNESSES THAT COMMITTED TO BEING SPONSORS LEARNED OF OUR NEED TO CONVERT TO A VIRTUAL EVENT, THEY CONTINUED TO SUPPORT BPPN BY CONTINUING THEIR SPONSORSHIP COMMITMENT.2020-2021 PERFORMANCE: THE VOLUME OF SERVICES PROVIDED BY BPPN STAFF (OF 46) WAS ESPECIALLY IMPRESSIVE THIS PAST YEAR AS WE SURPASSED 1300 FOR THE NUMBER OF CLEINTS 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 INFANT MORTALITY AND MORBIDITY, IMPROVING PREGNANCY AND BIRTH OUTCOMES, AND PROMOTING AND SUPPORTING FAMILIES. DURING THE PAST YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2021, WE ACCOMPLISHED THE FOLLOWING:- OUR COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS HELPED 500 WOMEN FIND A PROVIDER OR OTHER HEALTH SUPPORTIVE PROFESSIONALS, IDENTIFY FAMILY PLANNING OPTIONS AND PROVIDERS, FIND HOUSING, SET AND ACHIEVE GOALS, PROVING EDUCATION ON PREGNANCY, PARENTING AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT. OUR PROGRAM WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER BUFFALO ON HOUSING AND LEAD ISSUES. OUR NUMBER OF HOMELESS WOMEN TRIPLED DURING COVID AND WE HELPED HOUSE 25 WOMEN.- OUR HEALTHY FAMILIES PROGRAM CARED FOR 470 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.- OUR FATHERHOOD INITIATIVE WORKED WITH 100 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, WIC, ETC. THEY INTERACTED WITH 150 WOMEN RESULTING IN 87% FULL TERM DELIVERIES.OUR AGENCY CONTINUES TO RELY ON GOVERNMENT AND FOUNDATION GRANTS TO PROVIDE PRIMARY SUPPORT OF 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 REMIAN COMMITTED TO ENSURING PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS, ORGANIZATIONAL EFFICIENCY AND INTEGRITY, AS WELL AS ENSURING FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY. WITHIN EACH FOCUS AREA, STRATEGIES INLCUDE 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 PRORAMS AND TO ACCESS OUR ANNUAL REPORT.