MCAH Programs plan, implement, and evaluate services that address the health priorities and primary needs of infants, mothers, fathers, children, and adolescents in Los Angeles County.
Inland Counties Regional Perinatal Programs (Region 7 of Regional Perinatal Programs of California) serves over 41,000 square miles comprising the four counties of Inyo, Mono, Riverside, and San Bernardino. Thirty-two birthing facilities within this region deliver perinatal care to multicultural women of childbearing age.
Our Purpose
The Regional Perinatal Programs of California (RPPC) evolved from the need for comprehensive, cooperative networks of public and private health care providers within geographic areas to promote the well-being of pregnant women and their babies. The goal is to match the needs of high-risk perinatal patients with the appropriate type of care by developing a multi-tiered network of care providers and facilities within geographic regions.
RPPC programs address four basic Statewide Perinatal Goals:
All children born healthy to healthy mothers
Racial/ethnic, gender, regional, and economic groups will all achieve similar health status
Access to appropriate and needed care within an integrated system for all women, children, and their families
A safe and healthy environment for women, children, and their families
Go Folic! is a SF MCAH program working to increase folic acid intake among San Francisco reproductive age women through a public awareness campaign, community outreach and vitamin distribution.
The Sonoma County MCAH program carries out the core Public Health functions of assessment, assurance and policy development to improve the health of women, children and adolescents.