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COMMUNITY ACTION FOR PRENATAL CARE (CAPC) Despite all of our efforts, there are still about 800 women every year in Erie County who either receive late or no prenatal care during their pregnancy. Many of these women have multiple barriers and require special efforts to recruit and retain them in care. Some of these women may use substances, are very young, homeless, a refugee, or an immigrant.

The Community Action for Prenatal Care is a coordination and collaboration program that is developing a multifaceted approach to finding and retaining these women in care. The mission of CAPC is to create and provide a comprehensive, seamless system of perinatal care for pregnant women at greatest risk for adverse birth outcomes.

The program has several components:

• The Community Action for Prenatal Care Coalition, comprises service providers from many organizations committed to working together to find women outside of the usual paths to get and keep women in care.
• The outreach and recruitment component works with existing outreach programs to develop strategies to bring high-risk women into care.
• The CAPC Consumer Advisory Group allows consumers of services to give feedback and guidance to ensure appropriate care that is responsive to the needs of the women being served.
• Prenatal care providers can opt to participate in intensive provider training to learn how to make services more consumer-friendly, especially for very high-risk women.

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