Healthy Babies Louisville 2.0 Vote!

Healthy Babies Louisville is prioritizing our work for 2019 and beyond and we need your input! Please review the Effort/Impact matrix below and the information attached to each option to inform your decisions.

Question to keep in mind: Which policies impact the ROOT CAUSES that affect

infant mortality (infant death)
premature birth (born before 38 weeks)
low-birth weight

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* 1. Please enter your organization or how you identify yourself.

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* 2. Please choose the top 3 initiatives that will have the MOST IMPACT on the families your organization serves or your family and community.

MAJOR PROJECT: HBL members will support current efforts led by Kentucky Youth Advocates in adoption of the Earned Income Tax Credit in KY.

This is a HI-5 initiative: https://www.cdc.gov/policy/hst/hi5/taxcredits/index.html
LINK: https://www.cbpp.org/research/state-budget-and-tax/states-can-adopt-or-expand-earned-income-tax-credits-to-build-a

MAJOR PROJECT: HBL members will support current efforts led by Louisville Metro Office for Women to establish a paid family leave policy. LINK: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/05/17/paid-maternity-leave-elite-benefit-u-s/325075001/

FILL IN JOB: HBL mental health committee will complete a system needs assessment to inform policy.

FILL IN JOB: HBL members will RESEARCH the local opportunities to implement a 1% childcare tax to FUND universal pre-k. LINK: https://www.taxpolicycenter.org/briefing-book/how-does-tax-system-subsidize-child-care-expenses

MAJOR PROJECT: HBL members will support the postpartum LARC access advocacy team

MAJOR PROJECT: HBL members will advocate for medicaid reimbursement of doula care in KY.
LINK: https://www.kff.org/womens-health-policy/report/medicaid-coverage-of-pregnancy-and-perinatal-benefits-results-from-a-state-survey/

MAJOR PROJECT: HBL members will support current efforts led by Metro United Way to establish Universal Pre-K in Jefferson County. LINK: https://work.qz.com/1096890/the-crazy-economics-of-childcare-costs/

Please comment as needed.