American Indian Maternal Support Services
The Office of Tribal Affairs (OTA) administers the
American Indian Maternal Support Services AIMSS program. AIMSS provides perinatal case
management and home visitation program services to focus on the health of
American Indian women during and after pregnancy as well as the care of
American Indian infants for their first year of life. This program is grant
funded and currently has four American Indian programs who receive funds to
provide a combination of perinatal case management and/or home visitation. Perinatal
case management and care coordination is conducted by trained clinic staff to
assist pregnant American Indian women to receive health care, education,
emotional support, referrals to social, health and community services, and to
follow-up during and after pregnancy. The home visitation program provides
health education to pregnant American Indian women (with children ages 0-1) to
improve maternal-child health outcomes utilizing evidenced-based home
visitation models.
For additional information regarding the American Indian Maternal Support Services (AIMSS) program, please call Barbara Hart at (916) 713-8611. You may send an eFax to OTA@dhcs.ca.gov or contact the office by mail at:
Barbara Hart, Nurse Consultant
Office of Tribal Affairs
California Department of Health Care Services
P.O. Box 997413, MS 8502
Sacramento, CA 95899-7413
