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Public health presents maternal and child health data; supervisors flag housing and funding gaps
Summary
Public Health presented county data on births, disparities, infant/fetal deaths, and local programs including a guaranteed‑income pilot. Supervisors asked about housing insecurity among expectant families, the defunding of FIMR, and use of Measure W and other funds to sustain services.
Kimmy Watkins Tartt, Alameda County’s public health director, and staff presented a multipanel update on maternal, paternal, child and adolescent health, highlighting persistent racial and geographic disparities and several local program responses.
Anna Groover (Family Health Services Division) framed the MPCAH approach as prevention‑focused and tailored to population needs. Julia Raifman, CAPE director, showed data indicating declines in birth rates countywide and persistent inequities: slides cited a decline in births per 1,000 people from about 19,300 to 16,000 (a ~26% decline over the period shown) and disparities in infant and fetal mortality by race and neighborhood.
Raifman noted that African…
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