Resources and tools for advancing perinatal cash.

Resources and tools for advancing perinatal cash.

Built for advocates, policymakers, and practitioners working to get direct cash into the hands of pregnant people and new parents.
Built for advocates, policymakers, and practitioners working to get direct cash into the hands of pregnant people and new parents.

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Evidence and documentation in all forms: research reports, policy briefs, and blog entries.

Evidence and documentation in all forms: research reports, policy briefs, and blog entries.

Research Reports

Research Reports

The evidence base behind perinatal cash: data on reach and impact, the models explaining how it works, and the outcomes it drives.

The evidence base behind perinatal cash: data on reach and impact, the models explaining how it works, and the outcomes it drives.

Perinatal Cash Transfer Map

Report detailing the reach of perinatal cash transfer programs across the US, including total families served and funds distributed.

Perinatal Cash Literature Review

Review of the evidence on perinatal cash transfers, with original research from MICC members.

Conceptual Model

Model produced by MICC researchers demonstrating how cash transfers support families in scaling Maslo's Heirarchy of Needs.

Mechanistic Framework

Model produced by MICC researchers demonstrating the exact levers by which perinatal cash transfers produce improved health outcomes.

Birth Outcomes Brief

Research report summarizing the evidence on how perinatal cash transfers impact birth outcomes.

Moving Upstream: Perinatal Cash Transfers as a Tool to Address Inequities in Birth Outcomes

Research publication on cash's impact on birth outcomes authored by MICC members.

Policy Briefs

Policy Briefs

Practical guidance for advocates and lawmakers on the funding mechanisms and legislative pathways that bring perinatal cash transfers to scale.

Practical guidance for advocates and lawmakers on the funding mechanisms and legislative pathways that bring perinatal cash transfers to scale.

Public Financing Brief

Snapshot of public funding mechanisms and their demonstrated use financing perinatal cash transfer programs, pulled from MICC's Public / Private Partnership Report.

CHIP HSI Brief (General)

Brief on how public agencies can use CHIP funds to finance perinatal cash transfer programs at scale.

CHIP HSIs in California

Brief on how public agencies can use CHIP funds to finance perinatal cash transfer programs at scale in California

CHIP HSIs in Georgia

Brief on how public agencies can use CHIP funds to finance perinatal cash transfer programs at scale in Georgia.

CHIP HSIs in Mississippi

Brief on how public agencies can use CHIP funds to finance perinatal cash transfer programs at scale in Mississippi.

CHIP HSIs in Hawaii

Brief on how public agencies can use CHIP funds to finance perinatal cash transfer programs at scale in Hawaii.

Public / Private Partnership Report

Functional tool for advocates and lawmakers looking to scale perinatal cash transfer programs using public funding vehicles.

Income Disregard Waiver Brief

The waiver and State Plan Amendment mechanics for protecting families from the benefit cliff, program by program.

Blog Entries

Blog Entries

Accessible explainers and coalition perspectives on what perinatal cash is and why we do the work we do.

Accessible explainers and coalition perspectives on what perinatal cash is and why we do the work we do.

MICC Overview

One-page guide to what, exactly, is the Mother & Infant Cash Coalition.

What is Perinatal Cash?

101-level primer on what we mean by "perinatal cash transfers" and the outcomes these programs drive.

State Agencies
Legislators
Coalition Partners

Moving this agenda takes partners in every state.

Moving this agenda takes partners in every state.

If you administer benefits, write policy, or fund this work, we can help you put perinatal cash on the table.

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