VICPP has long had a focus on ensuring that all Virginians have access to high-quality, affordable healthcare. We were key in the fight to expand Medicaid, and have been instrumental in expanding access to care. See the issues we are currently focused on below!
Issues
Link to Op-Ed in Richmond Times Dispatch, March 5, 2025
Unconscious Assumptions: Jumping to conclusions is human nature. So is implicit bias.
Co-authored by Kathryn Haines, Health Equity Manager at Virginia Interfaith Center, Michelle Van Ryn, John F. Dovidio, and Beth O'Connor
Cover All Kids
Unconscious Bias/ Maternal Mortality
Community Health Workers
Resources
Congregational Toolkit for PUSH Maternal Health Campaign
January 2025 Goals
- Uplifting optimal maternal health outcomes
- Remembering pregnancy & infant loss
- Advocating unconscious bias training mandate
FAMIS Prenatal Coverage Pamphlet
Beginning July 1, 2021, all expectant mothers in Virginia will become eligible for FAMIS Prenatal Coverage regardless of their immigration status if they meet all other eligibility criteria. This is a trifold pamphlet (print file double-sided, flipped on short edge and fold). It contains information on the new eligibility rules and shares ways you can get involved in our Health Care Hope program to help ensure the best implementation.
Maternal Health Congregational Pamphlet
This is a trifold pamphlet (print file double-sided, flipped on short edge and fold). It contains ways that congregations can support pregnant and nursing mothers, what faiths say about maternal health, and a scope of maternal health disparities in Virginia to encourage people of faith to become a Health Care Hope ambassador to support our advocacy to eliminate them.