Maternal and Child Health Access

1111 W. 6th Street, Suite 400
Los Angeles, CA 90017
http://www.mchaccess.org

Contact Information


Name(s):	Lynn Kersey, Executive Director Celia Valdez
Phone:	213.749.4261	Fax: 213.745.1040
E-mail:

Organization Information


Type of Organization:	Community-based organization
Tax Status:	501(c)(3)
Vision/Mission:	Maternal and Child Health Access (MCHA) is dedicated to ensuring meaningful access to health and social services for low-income women and their families and to helping them improve the quality of their lives. MCHA provides information, support, and technical assistance to health and social service organizations, assists individual women to achieve healthy pregnancies and obtain quality health care for themselves and their children, and educates policymakers and the general public to improve the health and social services systems for all low income women and families and to benefit the entire community in which we live.
Health Care Focus:	Children and pregnant women and their families
Focus Areas:	Training and education Perinatal outreach and education Breastfeeding support groups Women's art collective Outreach and education
Key Policy Initiatives:	Newborn and prenatal care enrollment into health coverage programs Dental care for pregnant women Expanding definition of "pregnancy-related" care Ensuring equity and application methods for Medi-cal and Healthy Families statewide Participation in and monitoring One-e-App and Health-e-App
Racial/Ethnic Groups Served:	All
Income Groups Served:	Low income
Age Groups Served:	All
SPAs Served:	All, SPA 4; SPA 6
Communities Served:	Los Angeles County
Coalition Participation:	Coalition for Health and Justice, Children's Health Initiative, California Partnership, LA Health Collaborative, LA's Best Babies Network, March of Dimes, Medi-Cal Managed Care Advisory Committee, Denti-Cal Stakeholders, Statewide Prematurity Prevention C
Other Partnerships:	Health Consumer Center, National Health Foundation, St. John's - LA's Best Babies Collaborative, Hope St. Family Center
Additional Information:	We provide direct services to populations in and around downtown, and those who wish to travel here from other areas of the county and by phone.