Here is the breakdown:
Senator Liz Miranda secured a third consecutive year of funding for $1M for a statewide birth center grants program.
In addition, Worcester Community Midwifery received a dedicated $100K with the adoption of a budget amendment championed by Senator Robyn Kennedy.
Senator Miranda also secured $220K, the first infusion of funding for the Moms Matter Act mental health grants program that passed in the 2024 Maternal Health Omnibus Law, making it a real program not just a framework on paper.