"Community-led Birthing Justice and Equity Resource Initiative Program Act;" appropriates $12 million.

Summary

The bill establishes a Community‑led Birth and Wellness Resource Initiative Program, funded with $12 million, to support nonprofit, faith‑based, or community groups that provide culturally appropriate maternal and infant care—such as midwives, doulas, and Black OBGYNs—to low‑income Black and Hispanic families in areas like Atlantic City, East Orange, Newark, Plainfield, and Trenton. It seeks to lower the high maternal and infant mortality rates that disproportionately affect Black women and babies in New Jersey.

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